Issue - meetings

ORDERED that Executive:

1.    APPROVES the amendments to the action plan (Appendix two) to include an update on relevant legislative changes and timescales on the forthcoming waste transfer station. Such updates would also be communicated to the relevant Scrutiny Panel.

2.    NOTES the content of the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s final report on Waste Management (Appendix one).

3.    APPROVES The action plan, as amended, developed in response to the Scrutiny Panel’s recommendations.

The former Environment Scrutiny Panel had undertaken a review entitled Waste Management. A copy of the full report was attached. The Scrutiny Panel had made six recommendations upon which a response was sought from the relevant service area.

The Executive Member for Environment and Sustainability and the Director for Environment and Community Services submitted a service response to the recommendations of the Scrutiny Panel. A copy of the action plan was appended to the report.

The Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Board introduced the Scrutiny report and advised the review had been undertaken by the previous Environment Scrutiny Panel, whose remit now came with in the Place Scrutiny Panel.

The Chair of the Place Scrutiny Panel presented the Scrutiny report.

The Executive Member for Environment and Sustainability provided a response to the Scrutiny report and presented the Service Response.

The Mayor commented there were new legislative updates concerning waste management and that the introduction of a new waste transfer station was getting nearer. As such a suggestion was made to amend to the Service Response to include additional actions. Those actions were for updates be provided on relevant forthcoming legislative changes associated with waste management and for an update to be provided on timescales for the introduction of the waste transfer station.

The Service Area commented that an Executive report was scheduled for consideration by Executive in the near future regarding the waste management transfer station.

It was also suggested that any updates provided to Executive should also be provided to Scrutiny the Overview and Scrutiny Board or the Place Scrutiny Panel via the Executive Forward plan.

ORDERED that Executive:

1.    APPROVES the amendments to the action plan (Appendix two) to include an update on relevant legislative changes and timescales on the forthcoming waste transfer station. Such updates would also be communicated to the relevant Scrutiny Panel.

2.    NOTES the content of the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s final report on Waste Management (Appendix one).

3.    APPROVES The action plan, as amended, developed in response to the Scrutiny Panel’s recommendations.

REASON

It was a requirement that Executive formally considered the Scrutiny Panel’s report and confirmed the service area’s response to the accompanying plan.