Issue - meetings

To consider the (Exempt) report, To Follow.

[Cllrs Maurice Byham, Mary Foryszewski, David Hunter, Peter Isherwood and  Nick Williams attended the meeting as members of the Overview and Scrutiny Working Group.  The Leader invited them to speak on the item]

Having discussed this item in (Exempt) session, at 8.23pm the meeting resumed in open session to consider the recommendations.

The Executive considered the conclusions and recommendations of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on the procurement approach for the provision of waste, recycling, street cleaning and grounds maintenance services from the end of the current contracts in October 2019, as set out in the (Exempt) Annexe and RESOLVED that:

1.         the high standards of performance achieved under the current contracts for waste recycling, street cleaning and grounds maintenance be noted;

2.         the recommendations in relation to the proposed service design for the services to be delivered from October 2019, as set out in paragraph 1.5 of the Executive Summary in (Exempt) Annexe 1 be endorsed;

3.         the recommended approach to be taken to progress the three options for the procurement of services from October 2019, as set out in paragraph 1.6 of the Executive Summary in (Exempt) Annexe 1 be supported; and

4.         authority be delegated to the Strategic Director and Portfolio Holders for Environment and Finance to identify and action the most advantageous options for Waverley.

[Reason: to present the findings of the Overview and Scrutiny Working Group and  agree the next steps]