Items before Council’s meeting on May 16 include a push by two Greens councillors to make Byron Shire beaches accessible to people with disabilities.
Cr Duncan Dey requests a report into the flooding of Mullum’s east, yet while supportive, staff say they don’t have the staff resources or budget to undertake it currently.
‘Council has one engineer overseeing flooding and drainage’, James Flockton, Infrastructure Planning Coordinator, Infrastructure Services, writes.
Meanwhile, Mayor Michael Lyon seeks councillor support to endorse the ‘Northern Rivers Compact’, in his role as Chair of the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation. He writes the compact is an MoU between the Northern Rivers Leaders’ Forum, the Reconstruction Authority, and the National Emergency Management Agency.
The draft MoU is a confidential document.
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