Meeting documents
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Contact: Mathew Bloxham Email: mbloxham@chiltern.gov.uk; 01494 732143
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Chairman This is the first meeting of the Committee in the Municipal
Year 2014/15. In accordance with the Constitution, the Committee is asked note
the appointment of the WDC Cabinet Member, Councillor Mrs J Teesdale,
as Chairman of the Committee. The Chairman and Vice Chairman must be a Cabinet Member. Appointments shall be made for a maximum of 2 years. The Chairmanship and Vice-Chairmanship shall alternate between the Councils. Minutes: RESOLVED - That Councillor Mrs J Teesdale be elected Chairman for the remainder of the Municipal Year. |
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Vice-Chairman In accordance with the Constitution, the Committee is asked to note the appointment of the CDC Cabinet Member, Councillor P E C Martin, as Vice-Chairman of the Committee. Minutes: RESOLVED - That Councillor P Martin be elected Vice-Chairman for the remainder of the Municipal
Year. |
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To agree the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 April 2014. Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting held on 10 April 2014 were agreed as a correct record. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Exclusion of the Public: To resolve that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act. Minutes:
Note: the relevant
paragraph number and description is indicated under the Minute heading. |
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Programme Report & Risk Register Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) Minutes: Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business
affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that
information). Members considered the report which provided an update on
the Programme Report and Risk Register and the following key points were made: Health and Safety Members noted there had been a concern over the Bank Holiday
catch-up when garden waste could not be tipped. There was a safety issue in
that if it was left in the collection vehicle there was the potential for it to
overheat and combust. After a short discussion it was agreed that the Chairman
would write to Bucks County Councillor Lesley Clarke for commitment on opening
times of the depot. Following a visit to Agrivert it
was questioned why Agrivert could not continue to be
used due to the good job they are doing.
It was noted that Agrivert had been working on
an interim basis and that a long-term tender was being sought although it was
not certain when this would be concluded. Contract Update This was discussed later in the meeting. Depots and Facilities Clay Lane Members were advised that Serco continued to raise concerns
about the management and infrastructure of the depot and a site visit by
Members took place on 24 June 2014. It
was noted there was a range of work required to bring the site up to standard
and that a programme of works was being prepared by the WDC Estates Team. London Road Members noted most work had now been completed and the site
was subject to a Members’ site visit on 24 June 2014. BCC Interface Members noted the report. Service Delivery It was reported that missed collections could be seen in
Appendix 1 of the report and that only 3 weeks were above the internal target
of 400 Approximately 325,000 containers
were collected a week and some reported missed data was:
Collect and returns remain at a higher reported error
rate. Missed collections out of
approximately 8,850 had been: ·
Highest week - w/c 12/5/14 - 84 reported miss
containers or 0.9% reported error rate.
This was the week following bank holiday. ·
Lowest week - w/c 26/5/14 - 45 reported miss
containers or 0.5% reported error rate.
This was bank holiday week. ·
w/c 9/6/14 - 46
reported miss containers or 0.5% report error rate. Members noted the tracker survey results for the last six
months in Appendix 2 which showed a positive trend in satisfaction rates. Overall satisfaction in Chiltern had
increased by 3.2 percentage points to 87.9% while overall the satisfaction in
Wycombe had increased by 4.3 percentage points to 89.8%. Phase Three - New Service Members noted that this phase ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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Contractor Notice of Change Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) Minutes: Paragraph 3 -
Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular
person (including the authority holding that information). Paragraph 5 -
Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could
be maintained in legal proceedings. The Committee considered the accompanying report and after much
debate and questions answered they unanimously agreed that the report and the
views of the committee should be presented to both Wycombe District Council
Cabinet and Chiltern District Council Cabinet for determination. RESOLVED - That the report and the views of the committee be
presented to both Wycombe District Council Cabinet and Chiltern District
Council Cabinet in September 2014 for determination. |
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Provision of Workshop Facilities at Clay Lane, Wycombe Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) Minutes: Paragraph 3 -
Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular
person (including the authority holding that information) The Committee considered this item earlier in the meeting. |
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Date of Next Meeting: To agree the date of the next meeting: Thursday 7 August, 10.30am (CDC) OR Thursday 14 August, 10.30am (CDC) Minutes: The next meeting of the Chiltern and Wycombe Joint Waste
Collection Committee to be held on Thursday 14 August 2014 at 10.30am at
Chiltern District Council. |