Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Lead Member for Waste.

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.