Decision details

(R & E) Garden Waste Subscription Service

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To approve the fees for the garden waste subscription service for 2023/24.

Decision:

 

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

 

Date of Decision:

 

16th  November 2022

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 

Paul Woodcock

Strategic Director Regeneration and Environment

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

 

Part 9 of the Constitution Section 4C6 1D provides that the Strategic Director for Regeneration and the Environment may exercise Executive Powers in respect of the Council’s Waste Service.

Brief Description of Decision:

 

 

To set the fees for the garden waste subscription service for 2023/24 at £43 for the first bin and £34 for a 2nd bin.

 

Reasons for the Decision:

 

 

The charges for the garden waste service for 2023/24 need to be set by mid-November 2022 in order that the subscription service can go live on the Councils website in early December.  This enables direct debit notices to be issued within the required period for those customers signed up to automatic renewal, in advance of the 2023/24 collection period.  The charges for 2023/24 are set with the intention of ensuring that the income from subscriptions continues to cover the cost of providing the service.

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

 

It was not considered appropriate to set the charges at a level that would create budget pressures as the service costs are expected to be covered by those purchasing the service.  It was not considered appropriate to set the charges at a level that would generate a substantial surplus. Actual financial outcome will be determined by the combination of cost/cost increases and demand.

 

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

No conflicts of interest

 

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

 

None

Reports or parts of reports considered

None

 

I certify that this is a true record of the executive decision in relation to the fees for the garden waste subscription service for 2023/24 at £43 for the first bin and £34 for a 2nd bin.

 

      Paul Woodcock

Signed by the Decision Maker                                    

Dated: 16th November, 2022

Name: Paul Woodcock

Job Title: Strategic Director

 

Publication date: 21/11/2022

Date of decision: 16/11/2022