Agendas

AGENDA
6:30 p.m., Thursday, January 22, 2026
Virtual Meeting, Community Monitoring Committee

Agenda  [ download PDF ]

 

Agenda Item

Action

Materials Included

 

Call to Order

 

 

1.0

Approval of the agenda with/without amendments

Decision

Agenda

2.0

Approval of the Oct.23, 2025 minutes with/without amendments

Decision

Minutes, Ocrtober 23, 2025

3.0

Members of the public in attendance invited to address the CMC with comments, questions or submissions

Information/ Discussion

 

4.0

Proposed CMC budget 2026-2027 – Reg Rankin. Chair

Decision

Proposed Budget 2026-2027

5.0

Appointments to fill HRM appointee vacancies on the Communications Committee and the Technical Advisory Group

Decision

Communications Committee and Technical Advisory Group Membership

6.0

Align the Liaison Assistant’s end-of-term date with the end-of-term date of other hires – Oct. 31, 2026 (i.e. rectify an inadvertent omission of the intended end date of the term of employment in the RFP that was correctly included in the letter of hire) – Reg Rankin, Chair

Decision

 

7.0

Update on the Compliance Plan / the Nov. 2025 Performance Audit — Jordan Vallis,
Manager, Engineering and Contract Services, Solid Waste Resources, HRM

Information/ Discussion

 

8.0 Brief overview of work undertaken by FluxLab at Otter Lake for an academic Canada-wide study on methane in landfills. (Report on results expected in early April.) —Jordan Vallis, Manager, Engineering and Contract Services, Solid Waste Resources, HRM Information/ Discussion  

9.0

New Federal Landfill Regulations & Otter Lake landfill – Steve Copp, Landfill Manager, Mirror Nova Scotia

Information/ Discussion

  • New Federal Landfill Regulations
  • Biomass Magazine
10.0 Report on Highway litter cleanup – Jordan Vallis, Manager, Engineering and Contract Services, Solid Waste Resources, HRM    
11.0 Information Report Information CMC Budget to Expenditures for the 9-month period ending Dec.31,2025

12.0

Adjournment

 

 

Immediately following adjournment of the regular meeting, an in camera session will convene to approve the in camera minutes of October 23, 2025. The minutes for approval will be distributed at the in camera session.