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 5 May 2023, commencing at 9.31a.m.

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

In Attendance:     Nelson City Council Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), General Manager Regional Sewerage and Landfill N Clarke, Manager Waters and Wastes (M Schruer), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Senior Governance Adviser (H Wagener)

Apologies :          Nil

1.       Apologies

No Apologies

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There were no changes 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       10 March 2023

Document number M20037, agenda pages 6 - 8 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2023/012
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 10 March 2023, as a true and correct record.
Dowler/Paki Paki Carried

5.2       26 April 2023 - Extraordinary Meeting

Document number M20110, agenda pages 9 - 12 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2023/013
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.     Confirms the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 26 April 2023, as a true and correct record.
Paki Paki/Dowler Carried

6.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Manager Update Report

Document number R27636, agenda pages 13 - 31 refer.

General Manager Regional Services, Nathan Clarke, presented his report and it was taken as read. Operations Manager Regional Services, Brad Nixon, answered questions on odour issues and two instances of unplanned discharges, advising what measures had been put in place to avoid a recurrence.

Mr Clarke answered questions on the pipeline project.  

Resolved RSBU/2023/014
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.     Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Manager Update Report (R27636).
Skinner/Dowler Carried

7.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved RSBU/2023/015
	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:
Skinner/Dowler 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	Extraordinary Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Meeting - Confidential Minutes - 26 April 2023	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 48(1)(d)      That the exclusion of the public from the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting is necessary to enable the local authority to deliberate in private on its decision or recommendation in any proceedings to which this paragraph applies. Section 48(2) Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) applies to - (a) Any proceedings before a local authority where - (i) A right of appeal lies to any Court or tribunal against the final decision of  the local authority in those proceedings; or (ii) The local authority is required, by any enactment, to make a recommendation in respect of the matter that is the subject of those proceedings; and c) Any proceedings of a local authority in relation to any application or objection under the Marine Farming Act 1971.

The meeting went into confidential session 10.07a.m. and resumed in public session at 10.10a.m.

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

Resolved RSBU/2023/016
	That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit 1.     Confirms the minutes of part of the extraordinary meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held with the public excluded on 26 April 2023, as a true and correct record.
Skinner/Dowler Carried

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.13a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 01 September 2023.

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 5 May 2023, as a true and correct record.