68 Delegation of Waste Function for Christchurch PDF 102 KB
To consider a report by the Lead Member for Waste.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Committee
considered a report by the Lead Member for Waste to delegate
the waste function of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council for the
Christchurch area to Dorset Council for a one-year period.
An amendment to
recommendation 2 was proposed by Cllr Jill Haynes to ensure that consultation was
undertaken with the Lead Members for Finance and Waste in respect of the terms
of the legal agreement. It was confirmed
that the financial impact would be minimal as the arrangement would charge for
the service at cost. Cllr Jespersen
seconded the proposal. On being put to the vote the amendment was agreed.
Encouragement was
expressed to consider the level of street cleaning in the Christchurch area
carefully as the requirement in the area was currently higher than other areas
and should be reflected in the negotiations for the service.
Decision
1. That a delegation of function by agreement under Section 101 of the Local
Government Act 1972 to allow waste services currently delivered by the Dorset
Waste Partnership, to continue to be delivered in the existing Christchurch
Borough area by Dorset Council on behalf of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Council, for a period of one year from 1 April 2019, be approved.
2. That Director of the Dorset Waste Partnership, the Director of
Environment Bournemouth Borough Council, and the Environmental Development
Manager Borough of Poole, along with the two interim monitoring officers, be
delegated authority to agree the terms of the legal agreement following
discussion with lead members/portfolio holders (for the Dorset area these would
be the Lead Member for Finance and Waste).
3. That a fee be agreed between the two interim S151 officers based on
the waste and cleansing disaggregation template and determined as part of the
budget making processes of the two Shadow Authorities. On the basis of the
disaggregation template no council should be financially disadvantaged.
Reason for
Decision
To ensure continuity of a high-profile service
delivered to every household in Christchurch for a transitionary period.