2014-12-09 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                9 DECEMBER 2014


6                         WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT 1415T006 AND IMPROVED CHEMICAL
                          DOSING AND MONITORING
DOCUMENT IN FOR MATI ON




Author                               Manager Waste and Environmental Health, Wayne Schafer
                                     Community Services Department
                                     Project Manager, Adam Britton
                                     Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                                ECM/Subject/Waste Management/Contracting

Attachments                          Nil

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health and the
Project Manager to the Infrastructure & Services Committee Meeting dated 9 December
2014 and
A.                        Award Contract 1415T006 to Sunstate Group Pty Ltd for the lump sum amount of
                          $840,510;
B.                        Allocate $175,000 from the Waste Management Reserve to cover the additional
                          funding for delivery of contract 1415T006;
C.                        Agree to proceed with the design and construction of improved chemical dosing and
                          monitoring equipment for the project, which are outside the scope of Contract
                          1415T006, at an estimated cost of $120,000, with costs allocated from the Waste
                          Management Reserve; and
D.                        Agree to budget adjustments being made in the next budget review.


REPORT
Noosa Council is licenced by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection to
operate the Eumundi Road landfill. The licensed responsibilities include a number of criteria
that relate to the quality of stormwater released into the adjacent natural environment.
Sunshine Coast Council had previously engaged consultants to design stormwater
management systems to meet the requirements of the approval. The proposed systems
include:
1.                        Construction of a biological control basin, ‘Bio Basin’, designed to collect and treat
                          nutrient rich stormwater run-off from the green waste and mulching stockpiles using
                          reed beds before discharge to the adjoining environment.
2.                        Upgrade of the existing High Efficiency Sedimentation (HES) Basin to reduce the
                          release of sediment to the adjacent environment. Recent samples downstream of the
                          discharge point exceed the licence for the discharge of sediment for stormwater
                          leaving the site and this needs to be rectified to comply with licence conditions or risk
                          penalties under the Environmental Protection Legislation. The upgrade is designed to
                          accommodate a greater area of the landfill site in lieu of constructing a new HES on
                          another part of the site.



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