Minutes of a meeting of the

Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

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

Held in the Council Chamber, Floor 2A, Civic House,, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Friday 26 November 2021, commencing at 9.32a.m.

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

In Attendance:    NCC Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), TDC Utilities Manager (M Schruer), General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill (N Clarke), Governance Adviser (E Stephenson) and Governance Support Officer (A Bryce-Neumann)

Apologies:           Nil

Apologies

1.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There was no change to the order of business.

2.       Interests

Industry Representative, Philip Wilson, declared that Nelson Pine Industries Ltd was interested commercially in solar power (Confidential Item 2 - Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Solar Power Update Report), however this did not equate to a conflict of interest.

3.       Public Forum

There was no public forum.

4.       Confirmation of Minutes

4.1      17 September 2021

Document number M18939, agenda pages 5 - 11 refer.

Councillor Skinner noted an amendment to the 17 September 2021 confidential minutes, in that his attendance was not recorded. It was noted that the iwi advisor position was recorded as vacant on the agenda cover, but had been appointed by Tasman District Council at its 25 November 2021 Council meeting, and that Nelson City Council would be making the appointment at its 8 December 2021 meeting.

Resolved RSBU/2021/020
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 17 September 2021, as a true and correct record.
Tuffnell/Skinner Carried

5.       Chairperson's Report

Document number R26442

There was no Chairperson’s Report.

6.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Managers Quarterly Report

Document number R26387, agenda pages 12 - 25 refer.

General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill, Nathan Clarke, spoke to the report. He provided further details of the Turners and Growers site electrical cable strikes, which were caused by incorrect as-built records and mitigation going forward, including writing to utilities to ask for a review of process and a five metre scan next to all areas requiring work. The need to be extremely careful in older areas was highlighted.

He noted that work at the Turners and Growers site was moving well towards a June completion date. He answered questions about the lightning strike due to a failure in the alarm system, capacity for staff to deliver the work programme and the effect of the Three Waters Reform on recruitment and the progress made at Bells Island was acknowledged.

Resolved RSBU/2021/021
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Managers Quarterly Report (R26387).
McGurk/Tuffnell Carried

7.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved RSBU/2021/022
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage 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:
McGurk/Tuffnell 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	Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Meeting - Confidential Minutes -  17 September 2021	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)(i)      To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)
2	Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Solar Power Update Report	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)(b)(ii)      To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information ·   Section 7(2)(h)      To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities

The meeting went into confidential session at 10.07am and resumed in public session at 10.44am.

8.       Restatements

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

1	CONFIDENTIAL: Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Solar Power Update Report
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 4.     Agrees that report R26388, remain confidential and the decision be made publicly available once negotiations are concluded.

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.44am.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 11 March 2022.

Resolved RSBU/2022/023
	1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 26 November 2021, as a true and correct record.