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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 17 November 2023, commencing at 9.30a.m.

 

Present:              Tasman District Councillor K Maling (Chairperson), Tasman District Councillor B Dowler, Nelson City Councillors K Paki Paki, T Skinner (Deputy Chairperson) and Independent Member T Mehmood

In Attendance:     Deputy Chief Executive/Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Senior Governance Adviser (H Wagener) and Assistant Governance Advisor (A Bryce)

Apologies :          Industry Representative (non-voting) P Wilson

 

 

1.       Apologies

Apologies

Resolved RSBU/2023/029

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.       Receives and accepts the apologies from Industry Representative (non-voting) P Wilson.

Dowler/Skinner                                                                             Carried

 

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       1 September 2023

Document number M20268, agenda pages 4 - 10 refer.

Resolved RSBU/2023/030

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

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

Skinner/Dowler                                                                             Carried

 

6.       Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Manager Report November 2023

Document number R28113, agenda pages 11 - 18 refer.

General Manager Regional Services, Nathan Clarke, and Operations Manager Regional Services, Brad Nixon took the report as read and answered questions on the causes of failures of handrails, fittings and inlet screens rotating drums and the need and challenges of proactive asset management, recruitment of the Contract and Sustainability Engineer, progress on the Rabbit Island biosolids resource consent application and inclusion in future reports of the safety audits summaries.

General Manager Regional Services, Nathan Clarke, and Accountant, Andrew Bishop answered questions on the effect of the disparity of interest charges on the two Councils and two major users due to the changes to interest rates used in the charging model versus the budget and the timing of setting these interest rates.

Resolved RSBU/2023/031

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Receives the report Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit General Manager Report November 2023 (R28113).

Skinner/Paki Paki                                                                          Carried

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.09a.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 28 November 2023.

 

That the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, held on 17 November 2023, as a true and correct record.