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The Water and Waste Committee is responsible for matters relating to water operations, water infrastructure asset management, water strategy and coordination, water project services and waste management. All Councillors are members of the committee.
The Committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month immediately following the Planning and Development Committee meeting, in Council Chambers, First Floor, City Hall, 541 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba.
Committee meetings are open to the public.
The notice of meeting, table of contents and agenda items (excluding confidential items) are available on this website on the Friday evening prior to the Meeting.
To access committee meeting reports past the year supplied below, please contact us.
The meeting schedule can be found in our 'Council meeting structure & meeting schedule' article.
His Worship the Mayor, Councillor Geoff McDonald (acting Chair) Councillor Bill Cahill Councillor Edwina Farquhar Councillor Gary Gardner Councillor Tim McMahon Councillor Trevor Manteufel Councillor James O’Shea Councillor Kerry Shine Councillor Carol Taylor Councillor Melissa Taylor Councillor Rebecca Vonhoff
ScopeThe Water and Waste Committee will be a standing committee of Council and these terms of reference will provide guidance for the matters that are to be referred to and considered by the Committee.
AimTo consider matters relating to the water and waste operations of Council and make recommendations to Council on an ongoing basis.
RoleThe Committee's role is to provide ongoing leadership and deal with particular aspects of the Council's water and waste business, giving detailed deliberation to these matters, before making recommendations to Council.
ResponsibilitiesThe Committee's responsibilities include:
Water Operations, including:
Water Infrastructure Asset Management, including:
Water Strategic Network Planning and Capital Delivery, including:
Waste Management, including:
MembershipMembership of the Committee is to include all Councillors.
QuorumA quorum of the Committee is a majority of its members (i.e. 6).
Meeting frequencyUnless otherwise determined, the Committee will meet on the second Tuesday of each month immediately following the Planning and Development Committee meeting, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 541 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba.
Reporting requirementsThe Committee is required to keep minutes of its meetings pursuant to section 254F of Local Government Regulation 2012.
Review of terms of referenceThese terms of reference are to be reviewed from time to time, as necessary.
We are in the process of changing the way we manage Council meeting agendas and minutes. While this change is being made documents can be found in two locations:
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Live Stream videos of Committee, Ordinary and Special meetings of Council commencing 23 April 2020 can be viewed on YouTube.
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