Town of East Fremantle Minutes – SMRC RRRC WCF Odour Issue – 18 November 2008
363.4 Southern Metropolitan Regional Council – RRRC
Mayor Ferris outlined the current situation in relation to the ongoing odour problem at the RRRC.
Mayor Ferris – Cr Rico
That the Town of East Fremantle:
1. affirms its total commitment to the operation of the Regional Resource Recovery Centre (RRRC) by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC) in providing an efficient and environmentally beneficial waste and recycling service for the region.
2. strongly supports the objective of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act of helping state and local governments to continuously improve their waste services and significantly divert waste from landfill.
3. requests the Premier of Western Australia the Hon Colin Barnett MLA have the Minister for the Environment establish an independent community consultative committee to work in liaison with the DEC and the SMRC to help resolve community concerns relating to the RRRC
4. requests that the Chief Executive Officer of the SMRC to provide a report on the actions the Council intends to take in relation to the development of an Odour Action Plan as requested by the Director General, DEC, Mr Keiran McNamara in his letter to the SMRC of 5 November 2008.
