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 15 July 2022, commencing at 9.35a.m.

 

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

In Attendance:    Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Governance Adviser (T Kruger) and Assistant Governance Adviser (A Bryce-Neumann)

Apologies:           Nil  

 

 

Karakia

 

The Committee confirmed the re-appointment of Andrew Stephens and welcomed him.

 

1.       Apologies

 

          There were no apologies.

 

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

           There was no change to the order of business.

3.       Interests

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

4.       Public Forum

There was no public forum.

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      27 May 2022

Document number M19488, agenda pages 5 - 8 refer.

Resolved RLBU/2022/013

 

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 27 May 2022, as a true and correct record.

 

Courtney/Bryant                                                                           Carried

  

6.       Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit General Manager Update report

          Document number R27017, agenda pages 9 - 22 refer.

Group Manager Regional Services, Nathan Clarke answered questions on the landfill activities, confirmed these are ongoing. Airspace and buttress works have slowed down due to bad weather, no significant safety incidents since the last report and changes to the tailbacks have improved. New storm water system tested and achieved what was required to be compliant.

Nathan Clarke advised that the current primary compactor is having issues and the refurbished compactor is being used. Gas Management activities are underway. The odour that was detected on site has been investigated by contractors, sewer systems have been checked and will be monitored.

 

Resolved RLBU/2022/014      

 

That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit

1.        Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit General Manager Update report. (R27017).

 

Walker/Courtney                                                                           Carried

       

 

 

7.       Exclusion of the Public

 

Resolved RLBU/2022/015

 

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

Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Meeting - Confidential Minutes - 27 May 2022

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

The meeting went into confidential session at 10.25a.m. and resumed in public session at 10.26a.m.

The only business transacted in confidential session was to confirm the minutes.  In accordance with the Local Government Information Meetings Act, no reason for withholding this information from the public exists therefore this business has been recorded in the open minutes.

 

Resolved RLBU/2022/016

 

That the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit

1.    Confirms the minutes of part of the meeting of the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit, held with the public excluded on 27 May 2022, as a true and correct record.

 

Bryant/Courtney                                                                           Carried

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.27a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 09 September 2022.

 

 

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 15 July 2022, as a true and correct record.