Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director – Environment setting out the way in which the Council intended to discharge part of its Waste Disposal functions and seeking approval to move forward with the development and implementation of enhanced waste recycling services in Halton.
It was noted that a Members’ Seminar had been held on waste management issues on 12th June 2007. This Seminar had set out the proposed future strategic and operational plans, including the implementation of enhanced recycling services and the partnership arrangement with the Mersey Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA). The Seminar had highlighted the significant financial implications associated with waste management and the major investment required in both the short and long term.
The Executive Board was now requested to consider and approve the delegation of defined aspects of the Council’s waste disposal functions to allow MWDA to procure contracts on behalf of Halton, the principles of which would be detailed in a formal Inter-Authority Agreement (IAA) with the MWDA. Members were also asked to consider and approve Halton’s Waste Action Plan, which had been updated following the Members’ Seminar. Further information was provided within the report regarding the IAA and the Waste Action Plan.
The Board considered a number of issues including:
Reason for Decisions
A formal partnership agreement with the MWDA was required in order for Halton to be included in the procurement of Waste Treatment Services and facilities by the MWDA.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
The options that had been considered, and had led to a decision to work in partnership with the MWDA, were detailed in previous reports presented to the Executive Board.
Implementation Date
Implementation was expected by September 2007, following consultation between relevant Officers and Elected Members.
RESOLVED: That
(1)
the Council, acting under the authority of the
Relevant Powers and in accordance with the Partnership Ethos, enter into an
arrangement with the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (“MWDA”) for the
discharge by the MWDA of the functions of the Council (in its capacity as Waste
Disposal Authority) specified in this resolution (“the Arrangement”) to achieve
the Purpose;
(2)
the Strategic Director – Environment, in
consultation with the Strategic Director – Corporate and Policy, the Portfolio
Holder for Environment, Leisure and Sport, and the Portfolio Holder for Corporate
and Policy, be authorised to take all actions and to make any decisions deemed
appropriate in connection with and in the furtherance of the Arrangement
(including entering into the Inter Authority Agreement referred to below), and
any modifications to the Arrangement which may be agreed with MWDA from time to
time;
(3)
in this resolution:
“the Relevant Powers” mean section 19 Local Government Act 2000, the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2000 and all other enabling powers allowed by law;
“the Partnership Ethos” means that in the discharge of the Arrangement the Council and MWDA shall act in a spirit of openness and trust in their dealings with each other and shall mutually support and co-operate with each other to ensure the success and performance of the Arrangement;
“the
Purpose” means achieving the provision of the procurement,
creation and administration of the Principal Contracts which will facilitate
the delivery of the Council’s waste management targets;
“the Principal Contracts” mean the contracts proposed to
be entered into by MWDA and a contractor or contractors in relation to firstly,
Waste Management and Recycling, and secondly, Resource Recovery;
“the
Inter Authority Agreement” means the Inter Authority Agreement defined in
paragraph (4);
(4)
“The Arrangement”:
the Council
delegates to MWDA that part of its waste disposal function as relates to the
procurement of the subject matter set out in the Principal Contracts subject to
the terms, restrictions and limitations contained or to be contained in a
document entitled “Inter Authority Agreement” in respect of the procurement and
management of the Principal Contracts, a draft of which has been produced to
the Council;
(5)
the principles of the Waste Action Plan and the
delivery of the pilot study contained within it be approved; and
(6) the financial expenditure required to deliver the enhanced recycling services, as contained within Halton’s Waste Action Plan, are considered following the monitoring of the pilot study, and during the budget setting process for 2008/09.
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