Minutes of a meeting of the

Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit

Te Rōpū ā-Rohe Ruapara, Whakatū / Te Tai o Aorere

Held in the Council Chamber, Floor 2A, Civic House,, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Friday 25 June 2021, commencing at 9.30a.m.

Present:              Nelson City Councillor J Edgar (Chairperson), Nelson City Councillor M Courtney, Tasman District Councillors S Bryant and T Walker (Deputy Chairperson) and Iwi Representative A Stephens

In Attendance:    Tasman District Council Engineering Services Manager (R Kirby), General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill (N Clarke) and Governance Adviser (E Stephenson)

Apologies :          Nil

1. Apologies

There were no apologies.

2. Confirmation of Order of Business

It was noted that the agenda distributed to members incorrectly stated Councillor B McGurk as a member instead of Councillor M Courtney, however, this had been corrected on the public agenda on Council’s website.

3. Interests

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

4. Public Forum

Attendance: Councillor Courtney entered the meeting at 9.31am.

There was no public forum.

5. Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      14 May 2021

Document number M17632, agenda pages 5 - 9 refer.

Resolved RLBU/2021/022
	That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit, held on 14 May 2021, as a true and correct record.
Walker/Courtney Carried

6. Chairperson's Report

Document number R25954

The Chairperson acknowledged the work of landfill staff and the resignation of the Regional Services Activity Engineer.

7. Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Quarterly Report.

Document number R25940, agenda pages 10 - 18 refer.

Attendance: Mr A Stephens entered the meeting at 9.37am.

General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill, Nathan Clarke, summarised the report, and answered questions regarding litter management, earthworks consents, steepness of the landfill face, stability, volume of cover fill, chemicals, review timing and budget

It was noted that ETS credits would be a matter for discussion at the  next meeting.

Further questions were answered regarding improved contractor responses, battery collections, gas capture efficiency, carry over budgets and staff resourcing.

Resolved RLBU/2021/023
	That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1.    Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Quarterly Report. (R25940).
Bryant/Walker Carried

8. Exclusion of the Public

Resolved RLBU/2021/024
	That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit 1. Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting. 2. The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:
Bryant/Courtney Carried

Item	General subject of each matter to be considered	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Particular interests protected (where applicable)
1	Eves Valley Landfill Gas Management Update.	Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7	The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(d)      To avoid prejudice to measures protecting the health and safety of members of the public

The meeting went into confidential session at 10.09am and resumed in public session at 10.31am.

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.31am.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

                                                       Chairperson                                     Date