Issue - meetings

The Chairman explained that a proposal to undertake a joint review of the potential need for an integrated waste collection and disposal service in the county had been received from Worcestershire County Council (WCC).  The Board was being invited to consider whether a representative of the Overview and Scrutiny Board should participate in the review.

The following issues were highlighted during discussion of this item:

·                The county Council would be hosting the review as the Council had proposed the exercise.

·                WCC was seeking to receive feedback as soon as possible from district Councils regarding interest in the exercise.

·                Participating authorities would need to cover the expenses of their representative on any joint Scrutiny Task Group, including travel expenses.

·                It was suggested that some district Councils had already indicated that they would not be participating in the review.

·                The existing level of shared services between Bromsgrove District Council and Redditch Borough Council.

·                The potential outcomes of the review, including possible proposals to share services across the county and / or to contract services out to an external supplier.

·                The reporting route for a joint scrutiny Task Group and the fact that whilst the Cabinet would be invited to consider any recommendations from the group it would not be required to approve those recommendations.

RESOLVED that

(a)       Bromsgrove District Council should participate in the Joint Integrated Waste Collection and Disposal Services Task Group; and

(b)       Councillor R. J. Laight be nominated to serve on the Task Group on the Council’s behalf.