Dams Safety NSW Board Meeting No 11 - 29 September 2020
Location: Remote via Google Hangouts
Time 9.30am to 2.00pm
Invitees - Ross Carter (Chair), Alex Fisher (Deputy Chair) Shane McGrath, Rob O'Neill, John Stacpoole, Chris Salkovic (CEO Dams Safety NSW), Peter Skehan (Secretariat)
Dam Safety NSW staff attendees - Margaret Hynes (Capability Manager), Peter Boyd (Governance & Assurance Manager), Asim Chohan (Operations Manager)
Minutes: Peter Skehan
Apologies: Nil
Approved: 27 OCtober 2020
| Item | Decision and Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Conflicts of Interest Alex Fisher, declared an interest in the presentation being delivered by Sam Banzi from WaterNSW. Previous minutes and actions Minutes and actions were accepted Guest speaker – Sam Banzi, WaterNSW Action -20202909-01: Future Agenda item: Facilitating a collaborative forum between stakeholders to assist smaller dam owners in regulatory transition. Action -20202909-02: CEO to assess issues raised from WaterNSW presentation and share with Members at future meeting. Action -20202909-03: DSNSW Staff to investigate inviting a smaller dam owner (local council) and a mining dam owner to future meetings to present their insights into their progress with meeting the new regulation and any issues they are confronting. |
| 2 | Strategy/Stakeholder Matters for discussion Strategic Risk Deep Dive – Dams Safety NSW does not have capacity or capability Action -20202909-04: Progress update on emergency management risk to be included in next meeting. Key Performance Indicators – priority dams and focus areas Action – 20202909- 05: Dams above the safety threshold to be presented quarterly. Action -20202909-06: CEO to demonstrate how KPI's link to strategic outcomes and highlight any adjustments to work activities to fine tune strategy execution that arise |
| 3 | Governance - NA |
| 4 | Operations Matters for Noting CEO Report Action -20202909-07: Annual Report to be added to agenda for October meeting. Action -20202909-08: Change journey chart to include proportion of dams as well as dam owners for future updates. Action -20202909-09 Trajectory of spending and opportunities for additional resources to be included in future CEO reports. Action -20202909-10: CEO to send parliamentary inquiry information to Members |
| 5 | General Business Action – 20202909-11: DSNSW to co-ordinate November meeting |
| 6 | Meeting Finalisation Members reviewed the actions taken and commended management on the success of the meeting. Next meeting: 27/10/2020. Remote |