Issue - decisions

RECOMMENDED TO FULL COUNCIL ON 23^RD NOVEMBER, 2017:-

(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 1^st 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 current service users receiving the service after 1^st December, 2017.  All new applicants will also be charged a single, one-off administration fee contribution of £10 for applications after 1^st 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.

Cabinet discussed the report of the Place Spokesperson which set out proposed revisions to the Assisted Waste and Recycling Collection Policy. Cabinet noted that there was ambiguity regarding whether the proposal was for a one-off charge or a recurring annual charge. Therefore, it was agreed that this be clarified and consideration of the report be deferred until the Cabinet’s next meeting.

RESOLVED That the report be deferred for consideration by Cabinet at its next meeting.