Dams Safety NSW Board Meeting No 21
14 December 2021
Location: Online via Microsoft Teams
Time 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Invitees - Ross Carter (Chair), Alex Fisher (Deputy Chair), Shane McGrath, Rob O’Neill, Julie Garland McLellan, Chris Salkovic, Margaret Hynes, Jacqui Page (Secretariat), Jason Porter, Asim Chohan
Minutes: Jacqui Page
Apologies: Nil
| Item | Decision and Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Meeting open 1.1 Appointed members only 1.2 Acknowledgement of country and welcome 1.3 Apologies - Nil. 1.4 Conflicts of interest/ Disclosures Members noted the conflict of interests plans presented. 1.5 Previous minutes and actions Members noted a couple of amendments to the previous minutes were required prior to approval. Action 20211412-01: Management team to update previous minutes and re-circulate to members for approval. |
| 2 | Strategy/Stakeholder Nil |
| 3 | Governance Nil |
| 4 | Operations Matters for Discussion 4.1 Dams above the safety thresholdChris Salkovic provided an update on the dams above safety threshold and progress of actions being taken by owners. Chris advised that a direction under Section 19 had been issued for one dam and that he had scheduled a meeting with an owner of three of the dams above the safety threshold, to discuss proposed action. Action 20211412-02: Management team to contact the Office of Local Government to seek opportunities to expand communication channels with dam owners and discuss capability and capacity issues. Matters for Noting 4.2 CEO Report Chris Salkovic presented the CEO report. Presentation noted by members. Action 20211412-03: Management team to review Major Occurrence Response Plan (MORP) with respect to notifying Members during emergency responses. Action 20211412-04: Management team to provide commentary on significant deviation between actual and budget figures within financial report. 4.3 Key Performance Indicators and projects Chris Salkovic presented the key performance indicators and projects. Presentation noted by members. 4.4 Detailed operations update Asim Chohan presented the quarterly detailed operations update. Presentation noted by members. Action 20211412-05: Management team to include summary level information of ‘reported incidents’ within CEO report. 4.5 Capability maturity update Asim Chohan presented quarterly update on capability maturity. Presentation noted by members. |
| 5 | General Business Members and management team briefly discussed recently released report into Queensland's dam safety compliance concerns.
Action 20211412-06: Management team to inform Minister of Queensland Auditor General report into QLD dam safety regulator. Action 20211412-07: Management team to present analysis of Queensland Audit Office report into dam safety at next meeting. Action 20211412-08: Management team to prepare 2022 meeting and event schedule. |
| 6 | Meeting Finalisation 6.1 Review actions taken 6.2 Meeting evaluation, by Shane McGrath 6.3 Next meeting – February 2022 Closed at 12.30pm |