Minutes of a meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

Held in the Rūma Whakatū, Floor 2B, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Friday 14 May 2021, commencing at 12.03p.m.

Present:              Tasman District Councillor K Maling (Chairperson), Nelson City Councillors B McGurk, T Skinner (Deputy Chairperson), Tasman District Councillor T Tuffnell and Industry Representative (non-voting) P Wilson

In Attendance:    Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Tasman District Council Engineering Services Manager (R Kirby), General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill (N Clarke), Accountant (A Bishop) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)

Apology:             Independent Member B Silcock

1. Apologies

Resolved NRSBU/2021/007
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1. Receives and accepts the apology from Brendon Silcock.
Skinner/Tuffnell Carried

1.       Confirmation of Order of Business

           There was no change to the order of business.

2.       Interests

           There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.

3.       Public Forum

There was no public forum.

4.       Confirmation of Minutes

4.1      12 March 2021

Document number M16488, agenda pages 5 - 8 refer.

Resolved NRSBU/2021/008
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 12 March 2021, as a true and correct record.
McGurk/Tuffnell Carried

5.       Chairperson's Report

There was no Chairperson’s report.

6.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Long Term Plan Submission Feedback Report

Document number R25839, agenda pages 9 - 26 refer.

General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill, Nathan Clarke, presented the report. He answered questions about the submissions received. It was noted that all submissions had been carefully considered by the NRSBU Board.

Group Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, and Tasman District Council Engineering Services Manager, Richard Kirby, answered questions about the timeline and next steps pertinent to Nelson City and Tasman District’s respective Long Term Plan deliberations meetings the following week.  

Resolved NRSBU/2021/009
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Long Term Plan Submission Feedback Report (R25839) and its attachment (A2634083); and 2.    Confirms the Operational and Capital budgets outlined in the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (A2588684) and the 2021/2022 Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Business Plan (A2588602).
Tuffnell/Skinner Carried
Recommendation to Councill NRSBU/2021/010
	That the Nelson City Council and Tasman District Councils 1. Note that, following consideration of submissions, there are no changes to the 2021/2022 Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Business Plan (A2588602) adopted to populate the Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council 2021 – 2031 Long Term Plans; and 2. Note that, following consideration of submissions, there are no changes to the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (A2588684) adopted to populate the Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council 2021 – 2031 Long Term Plans.
Tuffnell/Skinner Carried

There being no further business the meeting ended at 12.15p.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

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