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 16 September 2022, commencing at 9.30a.m.

 

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

In Attendance:    Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), General Manager Regional Services (N Clarke), Tasman District Council Group Manager Community Infrastructure (R Kirby), Senior Governance Adviser (M Macfarlane) and Governance Adviser (T Kruger)

Apologies :          Nil

 

1.       Apologies

          There were no apologies.

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

           The Chairperson advised that the Order of Business would be adjusted to progress the meeting efficiently. Agenda Items 9 and 10 were heard before Agenda Items 7 and 8.

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      1 July 2022

Document number M19605, agenda pages 6 - 7 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2022/014

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 1 July 2022, as a true and correct record.

Tuffnell/McGurk                                                                            Carried

6.       Chairperson's Report

Document number R27217

The Chairperson gave a verbal update acknowledging retiring members, Councillors McGurk and Tuffnell, and thanked them for their service.  

7.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Manager Update report. (Agenda item 9)

General Manager Regional Services, Nathan Clarke, spoke to the Pipeline Duplication Overview Plan (tabled 1982984479-4688) and noted the impact of the recent weather event had on the network and the resulting higher volume of discharge.

Group Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, advised the Committee as to what Nelson City Council are doing with respect to , what works were underway on inspection of ng gully traps, inspector visits, and opportunities for connecting residential stormwater ons to stormwater mains on new capital and renewal projects. main services in new subdivisions and progress with Three Waters process.

Document number R27152, agenda pages 45 - 56 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2022/015

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Manager Update report.  (R27152)

Tuffnell/McGurk                                                                            Carried

Attachments

1    1982984479-4688 Pipeline Duplication Overview Plan

 

 

8.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Draft Business Plan 2023/24 Report. (Agenda Item 10)

General Manager Regional Services, Nathan Clarke, introduced the report and  noting it was a series of projections based on existing information. Mr Clarke answered questions on the current levels of inflation and CPI increases in the in the construction industrindustry,y  and associated impacts, what the potential impacts of the National Adaptation Plan were,capturing more information on climate impacts - particularly around emissions and discharges, and on if there are design and procurement options to reduce environmental impacts.

Document number R27155, agenda pages 57 - 78 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2022/016

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Draft Business Plan 2023/24 Report. (R27155) and its attachment (1080325921-63); and

2.    Approves the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Draft Business Plan 2023/24 (1080325921-63) for submission to Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council for their consideration and feedback.

Skinner/Mehmood                                                                         Carried

 

Recommendation to Council RSBU/2022/017

 

That the Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council

1.    Receives the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Draft Business Plan 2023/24 (1399367370-7649) for review and provide feedback to the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, if required.

Skinner/Mehmood                                                                         Carried

The meeting adjourned from 10.28 a.m. until 10.38 a.m.

9.       2021/22 Capital/Renewals Expenditure and Carryover Report (Agenda Item 7)

Operations Manager Regional Services, Brad Nixon, took the report as read and answered questions on Bells Island consenting delays, carryover capital and renewals spend.

Members noted significant improvements that had been made to the bio-solid facility, that carryovers were an inevitability in the current environment, and the reduction in the carry over value from the previous year.

Document number R26870, agenda pages 8 - 16 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2022/018

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Receives the report 2021/22 Capital/Renewals Expenditure and Carryover Report (R26870); and

2.    Approves the carryover of capital ($3.363M) and Renewals budgets ($2.5M) from 2021/22 financial year to the 2022/23 financial year, to ensure continuation of urgent and planned works.

Tuffnell/Skinner                                                                            Carried

 

10.     Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Annual Report 2021/2022 (Agenda Item 8)

General Manager Regional Service, Nathan Clarke, introduced the report and provided an update that a variation had now been lodged for non-compliance due to lack of Cultural Health Indexing (CHI).

Mr Clarke answered questions on the potential to build redundancy into the system, if there was an option to increased storage options, the resilience of existing assets and, if an additional pump station may be required in the future to service new growth and options to reduce impact of potential flood events.

Accountant, Andrew Bishop, spoke to Annual Financial Statements (tabled 1982984479-4687) and noted the impact of fluctuations in interest rates and that there was a minor deprecation difference between the statement and the managers’ report figures.

Document number R27151, agenda pages 17 - 44 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2022/019

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Annual Report 2021/2022 (R27151); and

2.    Approves the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 2021/22 Annual Report (R27151) and Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit – Annual Financial Statements 2021/22 (1080325921-64) for presentation to Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council with delegation of all minor amendments to the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit Chairperson and General Manager.

McGurk/Tuffnell                                                                            Carried

Attachments

1    1982984479-4687 Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Annual Financial Statements

 

Recommendation to Council RSBU/2022/020

 

That the Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council

1.   Receives the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Annual Report 2021/22 (R27151) and its attachment, the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit – Annual Financial Statements 2021/22 (1080325921-64).

McGurk/Tuffnell                                                                            Carried

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.29a.m.

Confirming minutes for last meeting of Triennium

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD BY THE CHAIRPERSON AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNDER STANDING ORDER 26.4:

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                                                       Chief Executive                                 Date