 | SEWAGE COMMISSION | |
| Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | ||
| Minutes of the meeting of the Sewage Commission held on December 8, 2020 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 2:30 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Vice-Chair: | K. Grant | Town of Comox |
| Members: | D. Hillian | City of Courtenay |
| W. Cole-Hamilton | City of Courtenay | |
| W. Morin | City of Courtenay | |
| M. Swift | Town of Comox | |
| N. Minions | Town of Comox | |
| Staff: | R. Dyson | Chief Administrative Officer |
| J. Warren | Deputy Chief Administrative Officer | |
| M. Foort | 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 | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | K. Stevens | CFB Comox |
| ATTENDANCE: | ||||||
| Vice-Chair Grant assumed the position of presiding member as the election of a new chair is to take place in January 2021. | ||||||
| All commission members participated via electronic means.
Also in attendance at the meeting were K. La Rose and C. Wile, CVRD. | ||||||
| RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES: | ||||||
| The Chair acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation | ||||||
| MANAGEMENT REPORT: | ||||||
| D. Hillian/W. Morin: THAT the Sewage Commission management report dated December 2020 be received [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS: | ||||||
| SEWAGE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES | ||||||
| N. Minions/W. Morin: THAT the minutes of the Comox Valley Sewage Management Advisory Committee meeting held November 26, 2020 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| COMOX VALLEY SEWERAGE SERVICE LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN – PREFERRED LEVEL OF TREATMENT | ||||||
| W. Cole-Hamilton/D. Hillian: THAT the report dated November 26, 2020 regarding the preferred level of wastewater treatment at the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Center be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| K. La Rose, Senior Manager of Water and Wastewater Services, provided an overview of the report regarding the preferred level of wastewater treatment at the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Center. | ||||||
| W. Cole-Hamilton/W. Morin: THAT the Comox Valley Sewage Commission approve the Comox Valley Sewerage Service Liquid Waste Management Plan selection of the preferred level of wastewater treatment at the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Center and proceed with inclusion of treatment upgrades consistent with Option 2, secondary treatment with disinfection of all wastewater flows, as presented in the WSP report “CVRD LWMP - Stage 2 Wastewater Treatment Level Analysis” dated February 12, 2020 in the Comox Valley Sewerage Service Liquid Waste Management Plan;
AND FURTHER THAT language be included within the Comox Valley Sewerage Service Liquid Waste Management Plan on providing provisions in the design for the future implementation of filtration at the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Center if and when required or desired; AND FINALLY THAT the use of reclaimed water at the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Center be further studied as part of the master planning process for this facility. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| IN-CAMERA: | ||||||
| D. Hillian/W. Morin: THAT the Commission adjourn to an in-camera session pursuant to the following sub-sections of section 90 of the Community Charter:
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 commission, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the regional district if they were held in public; and 90(2)(b) The consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the regional district and the provincial government or the federal government or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 2:51 pm | ||||||
| RISE AND REPORT: | ||||||
| The commission rose from its in-camera session at 2:59 pm. | ||||||
| TERMINATION: | ||||||
| M. Swift/W. Morin: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 2:59 pm. | ||||||
| Confirmed by: ____________________________________ Ken Grant Vice-Chair | |
| Certified Correct: ____________________________________ Lisa Dennis Manager of Legislative Services | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Antoinette Baldwin Recording Secretary These minutes were received by the Comox Valley Regional District board on the _________ day of _______, 20___. |