8th March 2022 Environmental Services Committee

Environmental Services Committee

A G E N D A
1.    Apologies
2.    Declarations of Interest
3.    Minutes of Environmental Services Committee meeting held Tuesday 8 February 2022 (summary attached)
       FOR DECISION (Items 4-7 inclusive)
4.    Entertainments Licensing Report (report attached)
5.    Grant of Temporary Approval of a Premises as a Venue for Civil Marriage (report attached)
6.    Proposal to Establish Additional Dog Runs within the Borough (report attached)
7.    Net Zero Emissions for all new Council Buildings (report attached)
       FOR INFORMATION (Items 8-15 inclusive
8.    Cinema Licence Renewals (report attached)
9.     Approval of Premises as a Venue for Civil Marriage (report attached)
10.   Approval of Premises as a Venue for Civil Partnership (report attached)
11.   Entertainment Licence Renewals (report attached)
12.   Petroleum Spirit Licence Renewals (report attached)
13.  Street Trading Licence Renewals (report attached)
14.  Outcome of Legal Proceedings (report attached)
15.  Private Contractor Litter Enforcement Statistics (WISE) (report attached)
16.  Correspondence Report
17.  Consultation Documents
18.  Conferences
19.  Matters for Reporting to Partnership Panel
       IN COMMITTEE (Items 20 - 26 inclusive)
20.  Purchase of Replacement Vehicles (report attached)
21.  Procurement of RCVs (report attached)
22.  Provision of the Treatment of Biowaste (report attached)
23.  Asset Realisation 
       Declaration of ‘surplus to requirements’, assets at various locations within the Borough, (4no). (report attached)
24.  Variations to Concession Trading Licence (to follow)
25.  Dangerous Structures Notice (report attached)
26.  ES Financial Update - P10 Management Accounts (report attached)
27.  Any Other Relevant Business (notified in accordance with Standing Order 12 (o))   

Councillor McCandless
“At our Rates setting meetings in February, there was a cost reduction proposal of reducing brown bin collections in the Winter season Nov - Feb.
This proposal was a condensed version of an original, to prevent any loss of jobs.
I appreciate that food waste is a major issue and it is estimated UK households throw away over 7M tonnes of food and drink annually so we need to address this seriously.
This is a fairly recent innovation throughout our Borough, approx 4 years, and I would have serious concerns that the good discipline we are introducing could be impacted with a four month interruption to regular service. It took many years for the “blue bin” service to be established.
A few incidents of food waste being disposed of improperly could certainly cost more than the proposed £30K saving.”

Councillor McQuillan
Council policy on buying plots in the cemeteries