Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Place Services.

Appendix 1 Project Progress Report Update associated with this report is not for publication: By virtue of paragraph(s) 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972)

(a)    That the award of a contract to construct and develop a new waste management centre at Blandford, using Dorset Highways Works Term Service Contract within the approved capital funding, be approved.

(b)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place Services and the Section 151 Officer to agree the contract terms.

Reason for the decision

To deliver works to secure critical infrastructure in Blandford for the development of a strategic waste transfer facility in central Dorset which will provide the capacity to maximise the benefits of operational efficiency and resilience to provide business continuity. 

The Cabinet Member for Place Services provided an update on the project for the new Blandford Waste Management Centre and sought authority to award the contract to build the essential infrastructure for waste services.

Cabinet members welcomed the recommendation and unanimously supported it. It was proposed by Cllr J Andrews seconded by Cllr R Biggs.

Decision

(a)    That the award of a contract to construct and develop a new waste management centre at Blandford, using Dorset Highways Works Term Service Contract within the approved capital funding, be approved.

(b)    That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place Services and the Section 151 Officer to agree the contract terms.

Reason for the decision

To deliver works to secure critical infrastructure in Blandford for the development of a strategic waste transfer facility in central Dorset which will provide the capacity to maximise the benefits of operational efficiency and resilience to provide business continuity.