 | SEWAGE COMMISSION | |
| Tuesday, June 11, 2024 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Sewage Commission held on June 11, 2024 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 1:00 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | D. Hillian | City of Courtenay |
| Vice-Chair: | J. Kerr | Town of Comox |
| Members: | K. Grant | Town of Comox |
| W. Cole-Hamilton | City of Courtenay | |
| M. Eum | CFB Comox | |
| M. McCollum | City of Courtenay | |
| M. Swift | Town of Comox | |
| Staff: | J. Warren | Chief Administrative Officer |
| L. Wiwcharuk | Chief Financial Officer | |
| M. Rutten | General Manager of Engineering Services | |
| J. Martens | General Manager of Corporate Services | |
| L. Dennis | Manager of Legislative Services | |
| A. Baldwin | Legislative Services Assistant | |
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K'ómoks First Nation. | ||||||
| RESOLUTIONS STATUS REPORT: | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. Swift: THAT the Sewage Commission resolutions status report dated June 2024 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| SEWAGE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. Swift: THAT the Sewage Management Advisory Committee minutes dated May 30, 2024 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| INTEGRATED ENERGY AUDIT RESULTS FOR THE COMOX VALLEY WATER POLLUTION CONTROL CENTRE AND COMPOST FACILITY | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. McCollum: THAT the report dated June 5, 2024 regarding the integrated energy audit for the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Centre and compost facility and the proposed path forward be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| K. La Rose, Senior Manager of Water/Wastewater Services, provided an overview of the report regarding the integrated energy audit for the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Centre and compost facility. | ||||||
| M. McCollum/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT staff be directed to complete an application to BC Hydro for funding an integrated feasibility study for the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Centre that includes lighting and control upgrades and replacement of the natural gas heating system;
AND FURTHER THAT the other energy conservation measures as identified within the integrated energy audit are progressed per the proposed path forward as detailed within Table No. 1 of the staff report dated June 5, 2024. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| SANI-DUMP UPDATE | ||||||
| K. Grant/J. Kerr: THAT the report dated June 6, 2024 regarding an update on the identification of a suitable sani-dump site be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| K. La Rose, Senior Manager of Water/Wastewater Services, provided an overview of the report regarding the identification of a suitable sani-dump site. | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. Swift: THAT Comox Valley Regional District staff be directed to engage a consultant to:
- Identify and assess potential public sani-dump sites; - Support staff development and delivery of competitive process for incentivizing, identifying and assessing potential private sani-dump sites; and - Support staff and Sewage Commission in selection of an optimal site for implementation by summer of 2025. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| IN-CAMERA: | ||||||
| K. Grant/W. Cole-Hamilton: THAT the commission adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections of section 90 of the Community Charter:
90(1)(e) The acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the committee/board considers that disclosure might reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality; and 90(1)(k) Negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a regional district service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the committee/board, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the regional district if they were held in public. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time 1:27 pm. | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The commission rose from its in-camera session at 1:36 pm. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| K. Grant/M. McCollum: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time 1:37 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by:
____________________________________ Doug Hillian Chair | |
| Certified Correct: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Antoinette Baldwin Legislative Services Assistant These minutes were received by the Comox Valley Regional District Board on the _________ day of _______, 20___. |