Issue - meetings

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve a spend of up to £20,000 from the current Resources and Waste reserve and up to £180,000 from an existing waste capital project (subject to approval of the next quarterly capital monitoring report) to install Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems, back-office integrations and customer facing web portal and the addition of this project to the 2022/23 Capital Programme; and

2)    Agree to conduct a public consultation in relation to the implementation of the existing budget saving and budget saving options put forward as part of the 2023-24 budget setting process. Namely: charging for usage of HWRC’s by non-residents, limiting the materials accepted on-site and reducing the opening hours of HWRCs.

Councillor C Renwick introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, that gave an update in relation to the operations and management of Household Waste Recycling Centres (“HWRC”), sought approval for spending from the current Resources and Waste reserve and to conduct a public consultation in relation to changes to the service provision.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve a spend of up to £20,000 from the current Resources and Waste reserve and up to £180,000 from an existing waste capital project (subject to approval of the next quarterly capital monitoring report) to install Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems, back-office integrations and customer facing web portal and the addition of this project to the 2022/23 Capital Programme; and

2)    Agree to conduct a public consultation in relation to the implementation of the existing budget saving and budget saving options put forward as part of the 2023-24 budget setting process. Namely: charging for usage of HWRC’s by non-residents, limiting the materials accepted on-site and reducing the opening hours of HWRCs.