Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Assistant Director: Place and Community, (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Assistant Director - Place and Community seeking Members’ nomination of two or more additional Member representatives on the Waste Contract Task and Finish Group (the Group).

The report provided background information following the reconvening of the Group in November 2024 to consider the 2025 / 26 savings proposals put forward in relation to Green Waste and Refuse Collections. Due to the number of Members that attended the last meeting of the Group and its quorum arrangements, additional Member representatives were being sought to ensure the Group achieved quorum and was both effective and robust when considering the 2025 / 26 waste savings proposals.

The Leader of the Council introduced the report and then following this, the Assistant Director - Place and Community provided the Council with additional information in relation to the request to expand the Member representation on the Group.

The Chairperson moved the recommendations as set out in the report and these were duly seconded.

The following proposals, duly seconded, were then made to expand the Member representation on the Group:

·                Councillor A S Fluker proposed Councillor C P Morley.

·                Councillor W Stamp proposed Councillor J C Stilts.

·                Councillor M F L Durham proposed Councillor J Driver.

·                Councillor Driver proposed Councillor P L Spenceley

·                The Leader of the Council suggested that the group be politically balanced and proposed Councillor A M Lay and E L Stephens.

The Chairperson then put that Councillors J Driver, A M Lay, C P Morley, P L Spenceley, E L Stephens and J C Stilts be added to the membership of the Waste Contract Task and Finish Group. This was duly agreed.

RESOLVED

(i)             That the Council agrees to expand Member representation on the Waste Contract Task and Finish Group;

(ii)            That Councillors J Driver, A M Lay, C P Morley, P L Spenceley, E L Stephens and J C Stilts be added to the membership of the Waste Contract Task and Finish Group.