Agenda and minutes

(The Cabinet Member authorised consideration of the following item in order for places to be booked)

Chartered Institute of Waste Management – 2009 Conference – 9^th to 11^th June, 2009 – ExCel, London

Resolved:-  That approval be given for the attendance of two Councillors.

Consideration was given to appointments to outside bodies and the Council’s Groups/Panels for the 2009/2010 Municipal Year.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the following appointments be made:-

ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE EXCELLENCE

(APSE) - Councillor R. S. Russell, Cabinet Member for Streetpride Services

KIVETONPARK – MINERS’ WELFARE GROUNDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE - Councillor Whysall

SOUTH YORKSHIRE JOINT WASTE PROCUREMENT BOARD

Cabinet Member for Streetpride Services, Councillor R. S. Russell

SOUTH YORKSHIRE LABORATORY

Councillor Swift, Vice-Chair, Regeneration Scrutiny Panel

TREETON COMMUNITY CENTRE, PLAYING FIELDS AND MEMORIAL SCHEME COMMITTEE

Councillors Littleboy and Swift

TREETON MINERS’ WELFARE BOWLING GREEN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (Ward 11 (Rother Vale)) Councillors Boyes, Nightingale and Swift

(2)  That memberships be as follows:-

RECYCLING GROUP

Councillor R. S. Russell, Cabinet Member for Streetpride, (Chair)

The Mayor, Councillor Ali, Senior Adviser, Streetpride

Councillor Falvey, Senior Adviser, Cultural Services and Sport
Councillor Boyes, Chair, Regeneration Scrutiny Panel

Councillor Walker, Senior Adviser, Economic Development, Planning and Transportation

Councillor Atkin, Sustainable Communities Scrutiny Panel

Councillor Smith, Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Planning and Transportation

Councillor Nightingale, BDR representative

Bob Stock, Streetpride Principal Network Engineer, to report.

-           to consider extending the term of HAMP by 12 months.

Consideration was given to a report, submitted by the Network Principal Engineer, requesting that the term of the current Highway Asset Management Plan be extended by 12 months to 2011.

It was explained that this proposal would bring the HAMP into line with the timescale for the Local Transport Plan (3^rd version) which would begin in April 2011.

It was also reported that guidance received regarding the LTP changed some of the national objectives towards more sustainable transport solutions and the HAMP would need to reflect these changes.

Resolved:-  That the current Highways Asset Management Plan be extended to March 2011 for the reasons outlined in the report now submitted.

Jon Surridge, Quality Manager, to report.

-           to report the performance for Quarter 4 and Year End.

Consideration was given to a report submitted by the Specialist Support Manager, detailing Streetpride’s overall performance in respect of its efficiency in dealing with requests for service.

It was reported that overall performance averaged 97.4% in 2008/09 and this was a slight improvement compared with the 2007/08 result of 96.0%.

Reference was made to the overall good performance and to the slight drop in the forth quarter due to the redeployment of staff to deal with winter maintenance.

Particular attention was drawn to:-

-                      Fly tipping

-                      Street lighting

-                      Racist graffiti

Resolved:-  That Streetpride’s performance in 2008/09, as now reported, be noted.

The following item is likely to be considered in the absence of the press and public as being exempt under Paragraph 3 of Part 1 (as amended March 2006) of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972:-

Resolved:-  That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended March 2006) (financial/business affairs).

Adrian Gabriel, Waste Strategy Manager, to report.

-           to consider the proposal to terminate the collection arrangements and merge with Streetpride collections.

Consideration was given to a report, submitted by the Waste Management Officer, detailing a proposal to terminate the contract with Creation Recycling Ltd and bring the Blue Box kerbside collection back in house, with an aim of increasing performance and reducing costs.

It was explained that Creation Recycling Ltd currently carried out a Blue Box kerbside collection to approximately 11,000 households in the Valley area of Rotherham at a cost to the Council of £80,099 p.a.  It was pointed out that these households did not receive the same level of service as the rest of the Borough, as the majority did not get their Blue Boxes collected on the same day as their other recycling and refuse containers. 

Streetpride staff currently collected from the remainder of the Borough which totalled approximately 100,000 households.

Reference was made to:-

-                      good practice in bringing collections into line

-                      performance issues with Creation

-                      advantages of bring the service in-house

-                      benefits to residents

-                      bringing equity to the service

-                      TUPE regulations

Consideration was therefore given to merging the Creation collections into the existing Streetpride arrangements.

Resolved:-  That approval be given to the proposal to terminate the current collection arrangements with Creation Recycling Ltd by giving 3 months notice and merge the Creation collections into the existing Streetpride arrangements.