Agenda item

The Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Joint Waste Manager submitted a report which highlighted and updated the following issues relating to the Joint Waste Private Finance Initiative (PFI), for the period June to November 2015:-

:           changes at senior management level within Rotherham MBC;

:           issues reported as part of the external audit of the 2014/15 accounts of the Joint Waste PFI;

:           the internal audit of the Joint Waste PFI by Rotherham MBC internal auditors;

:           key milestones for the sites at Bolton Road, Wath upon Dearne, Grange Lane, Barnsley and at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire;

:           the Independent Certifier had issued the acceptance test certificate and snagging list for the Bolton Road Waste Treatment Facility on 3rd July, 2015;

:           information about the number of tonnes of waste processed and the contract performance in respect of the recycling and diversion of waste materials;

:           waste compositional analysis; a further detailed report on this issue will be submitted to the next meeting of the Joint Waste Board;

:           complaints received about the operation of the facility at Bolton Road, Wath upon Dearne, during the period 26th February to 31st October, 2015;

:           the health and safety audit of the facility at Bolton Road, Wath upon Dearne;

:           site compliance of the facility at Bolton Road, Wath upon Dearne, during the period 26th February to 31st October, 2015;

:           Ferrybridge facility – Ferrybridge MultiFuel 1 had become operational on 31st July, 2015;

:           Ferrybridge facility – fuel deliveries and electricity export; site compliance;

:           the handover of the transfer station at Grange Lane, Wath upon Dearne had taken place on 1st July, 2015;

:           communications, including : (i) the submission to the Local Government Chronicle awards about the partnership working between the three local authorities;  (ii) the Waste Infrastructure Development Programme quarterly meeting held in June 2015 at the BDR visitors’ centre; (iii) “It’s a Rubbish Adventure”, a joint yearlong project between the new waste treatment facility at Manvers in Rotherham and Magna Science Adventure Centre; and (iv) in November, 2015, the Waste Treatment Facility at Wath-Manvers played host to members of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management;

:           on 13th November, 2015, HM Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, Andrew Coombe, officially opened the waste treatment facility at Bolton Road, Wath upon Dearne;

:           finalising the lease for the waste treatment facility at Bolton Road, Wath upon Dearne;

:           review of the insurance for the Joint Waste PFI and level of premiums;

:           the Inter-Authority Agreement is being reviewed to provide more clarity and remove some historical information;

:           finance – payment of the capital contribution on 6th July 2015;

:           the BDR Partnership was the subject of an interview in October 2015, as part of the Rotherham MBC peer review of Waste Management.

:           glossary of terms relating to waste management and the Joint Waste PFI.

It was also noted that the terms of reference of the Steering Group were being reviewed.

Members of the Joint Waste Board suggested that there was a need for more education for young people about the need to reduce food waste.

Appropriate training is to be provided for new Members of the BDR Joint Waste Board.

Agreed:- (1) That the BDR Manager’s report be received and its contents noted.

(2) That the Joint Waste Board welcomes the positive comments about the BDR Partnership made as part of the Rotherham MBC peer review of Waste Management and will give consideration to the further development of partnership working between the constituent local authorities in respect of waste management.