Murray Darling Association Inc. - Minutes Region 3 Ordinary Meeting - 23 January 2017

Sep 13, 2026

Region 3 Ordinary Meeting minutes of Murray Darling Association Inc. held at Kooyoora Room, Council Offices on 23 January 2017. The record captures attendance, apologies, confirmation of prior minutes, and a stakeholders presentation on the South West Pipe Line. The presentation outlines project scope, service coverage, pipeline length, planning milestones, funding contributions totaling $80.6M, and contracting timeline. Reports include CEO updates by telephone and general business items, followed by the next meeting date and close.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLetters

FormatPDF

Pages15

Reading Time5 min

AccessFree to download

Attendance

Present

Apologies

Welcome

Minutes

Stakeholders Presentation

Simon Coutts - South West Pipe Line

Presentation points and funding

Reports

General Business

Next Meeting

Murray Darling Association Inc. [www.mda.asn.au](www.mda.asn.au) ABN: 64 636 490 493 Minutes Region 3 Ordinary Meeting Region 3 Ordinary Meeting Kooyoora Room, Council Offices 41 High Street, Wedderburn Monday 23rd January 2017 at 10am 1. ATTENDANCE 1.1 Present Cr Leigh Byron Aaron Drenovski Carol Holmes Cr Steve O’Halloran Margot Stork Charlie Gillingham David Pollard Neil Beattie Phil Pinyon Simon Coutts Chair GM Balranald Shire Council Executive Assistant Balranald Shire Council Councillor Balranald Shire Council Murray River Council Gannawarra Shire Council Buloke Shire Council Loddon Shire Council Loddon Shire Council Project Manager South West Pipelines 1.2 APOLOGIES Ken Pattison Loddon Valley Emma Bradbury MDA 2. WELCOME 2.1 Cr Leigh Byron, Chair – Region 3 􀁸 Cr Leigh Byron welcomed members and guests and declared the meeting open. 2.2 Cr Neil Beattie Mayor of Loddon Shire Council 􀁸 Acknowledged Cr Leigh Byron and welcomed members and guests to Loddon Shire Council 3. MINUTES Motion: That the minutes of the Region 3 meeting at the Tourist Information Centre, Swan Hill on Tuesday, 6th September 2016 be taken as read and confirmed. Phil Pinyon/Aaron Drenovski Carried 7. STAKEHOLDERS PRESENTATION 7.1 Simon Coutts – South West Pipe Line Simon – Manager Rural Pipelines Investigations GWM Water, welcomed and acknowledged landholders after a quick introduction of himself. Simon presented a PowerPoint presentation on the South West Pipe line. Attached to the minutes are some fact sheets regarding the pipeline. Some points of presentation: * Supply water to approximately 32,000 urban properties in 71 towns, with waste water services provided to 26 of those towns. * Manage 12 bulk water supply reservoirs in the Grampians * Covers 62,000 square kilometers or 25% of regional Victoria. * Approximately 14,000km of pipes to manage. * A request from Loddon Shire to GWM in October 2014 * Project steering committee was established. * October 2015 concept design report was developed. * December 2015 a business case produced. * Late February 2016 an interim Business case was established to National Stronger Regions Fund, * Final business case was submitted to State Government in March 2016. * June 2016 preplanning, landholder liaison, cultural heritage, Environmental Planning, * Funding received- $80 .6M, Victorian government $40M, Commonwealth $20M, GWM Water $15M and landholders $5 .6M. Contracting process Expression of interests closed December 2016 Short list for tenders – summer 2017 Early works contracts will be awarded Summer/Autumn 2017 Construction will commence Summer/Autumn 2017/2018 Complete construction by 30 June 2018 Cr Leigh Byron thanked Simon for his very informative presentation. ADJOURNED: At 11.30am meeting adjourned for morning tea. Margot Stork left the meeting. 5. REPORTS Emma Bradbury CEO presented her report via telephone, which is attached. There were no questions regarding the submissions from the floor. Emma also advised having 4 meetings per year for each region should be a priority. 6. GENERAL BUSINESS Region Issues: It was suggested that a submission be written regarding any issues this region may have and also the consideration of regional boundaries should be discussed. Charlie raised the question regarding the water extraction in Wangaratta now. Cr O’Halloran enquired about water guarantee for customers. Cr O’Halloran also commented on the framework proposal, this will be discussed further at the next meeting after Cr Byron has been to the Adelaide board meeting. 7. NEXT MEETING Gannawarra Shire Council will be host Council for Region 3 meeting being held on 10th April 2017. Cr Byron thanked Simon for his presentation and Loddon Shire for hosting the meeting and refreshments. Cr O’Halloran enquired about who is owner of the river system, Cr Byron will check atthe board meeting, w

FAQs

When and where was the Region 3 Ordinary Meeting held?

The meeting was held at Kooyoora Room, Council Offices on Monday 23rd January 2017 at 10am.

What project was presented as a stakeholder presentation?

Simon Coutts presented on the South West Pipe Line, including project purpose, service coverage, and planning and funding milestones.

What funding amount was committed for the pipeline project?

$80.6 million was committed, with contributions listed as $40M Victorian Government, $15M GWM Water, and $5.6M landowners, with the remaining balance subject to Commonwealth discussions.

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