Issue - meetings

Policy Review - Recycling

Meeting: 21/11/2019 - Scrutiny Committee (Item 21)

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Report of the Chairman

Minutes:

A report of the Chairman of the Committee was considered which reminded the Committee of the terms of reference of the review and of information which had been identified in the project plan.

 

Paul Staines, Director of Environment; Gary Brown, Waste and Street Scene Manager; Tracey Flint, Recycling Officer and Geoff Green, RCP Sourcing Manager, UPM attended the meeting to provide evidence.  A number of questions were asked by the Committee which were responded to at the meeting.

 

(A full account of the questions raised and responses is available as part of the Committee’s records).

 

The Committee was satisfied with the information provided and recommended that a draft report be prepared for consideration at the next meeting of the Committee.  Arrangements for a site visit to Allerton Park Recycling Centre had been deferred due to technical problems and the Committee requested that the site visit be rearranged if possible take place prior to the next meeting of the Committee to enable it to consider any issues arising when considering the draft report.

 

THE DECISION:

 

That:-

 

(1)     the information provided so far be received; and

 

(2)     a draft report be prepared for consideration at the next meeting of the Committee in January 2020.


Meeting: 24/10/2019 - Scrutiny Committee (Item 17)

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Report of the Chairman

Minutes:

A report of the Chairman of the Committee was considered which reminded the Committee of the terms of reference of the review and of information which had been identified in the project plan.

 

Paul Staines, Director of Environment and Gary Brown, Operations Manager attended the meeting to provide evidence.  A number of questions were asked by the Committee which were responded to at the meeting.

 

(A full account of the questions raised and responses is available as part of the Committee’s records).

 

The Committee was satisfied with the information provided, but considered it needed more information on issues raised and additional evidence in order to progress the review.

 

THE DECISION:

 

That:-

 

(1)     the information provided so far be received; and

 

(2)     Paul Staines, Director of Environment and Mr Geoff Green from UPM, be invited to attend the next meeting of the Committee in November 2019.

 

 

Note:Councillor D Watkins arrived at the meeting at 9.50am during discussion of the above item.