Agenda item
Revision to Assisted Waste and Recycling Collection Policy (Cab.15.11.1017/8)
- Meeting of Full Council, Thursday 23 November 2017 10.30 am (Item 163.)
- View the background to item 163.
RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:-
(i) that the proposed changes to the current Assisted Waste and Recycling Collection Policy, as detailed in the report now submitted, be approved;
(ii) that the current eligibility criteria be amended so that the age of applicants is no longer considered as a determining factor, for new applicants after 1st December, 2017;
(iii) that approval be given to support Option 2 to introduce a single, one-off administration fee contribution of £10 (marked as C in the table at 4.3.15 of the report now submitted), which will be applied to all new current service users receiving the service after 1st December, 2017. All new applicants will also be charged a single, one-off administration fee contribution of £10 for applications after 1st December, 2017;
(iv) that a revised application process for service users be introduced to reduce the time taken to determine applications; and
(v) that a pilot project be supported that determines whether waste and recycling technology is suitably developed to consider the implementation of an ‘on-demand’ assisted collection scheme.
Minutes:
Moved by Councillor Miller – Seconded by Councillor Frost; and
RESOLVED that
(i) the proposed changes to the current Assisted Waste and Recycling Collection Policy, as detailed in the report now submitted, be approved;
(ii) the current eligibility criteria be amended so that the age of applicants is no longer considered as a determining factor, for new applicants after 1st December, 2017;
(iii) approval be given to support Option 2 to introduce a single, one-off administration fee contribution of £10 (marked as C in the table at 4.3.15 of the report now submitted), which will be applied to all current service users receiving the service after 1st December, 2017. All new applicants will also be charged a single, one-off administration fee contribution of £10 for applications after 1st December, 2017;
(iv) a revised application process for service users be introduced to reduce the time taken to determine applications; and
(v) a pilot project be supported that determines whether waste and recycling technology is suitably developed to consider the implementation of an ‘on-demand’ assisted collection scheme.
Supporting documents:
- Revision to Assisted Waste and Recycling Collection Policy (Cab.15.11.1017/8), item 163. PDF 294 KB
- Appendix A, item 163. PDF 15 KB