Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit
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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.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
There was no public forum.
5.1 1 July 2022
Document number M19605, agenda pages 6 - 7 refer.
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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. |
Document number R27217
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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.
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.
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Recommendation to Council RSBU/2022/017 |
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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. |
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.
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.
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Recommendation to Council RSBU/2022/020 |
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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). |
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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