Agenda item

Report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Recommendations:-

1.    That approval be given to the proposal to insource Fleet Maintenance from 7th September 2020 at the latest.

2.    That the findings of the ongoing review, and recommendations for the future of the service, be brought back to Cabinet for a decision at an appropriate future date.

The report relates to the options available for maintaining the Council’s in-house vehicles and grounds maintenance machinery. 

The Council currently contracts this service to a national supplier. This contract is due to end in September 2020. This presents an opportunity for the Council to consider its options for the future provision of fleet maintenance.

The report therefore assesses the historic and current position in terms of the service and outlines a number of challenges in terms of the current externalised model of delivery.

The report concluded that the preferred option for the future provision of fleet maintenance for the Council was to insource the fleet maintenance service in order to undertake a further review and to report back to Cabinet with the findings, and recommendations for the future delivery of the service, at a future date.

Resolved:-

(1)  That the proposal to insource Fleet Maintenance from 7th September 2020 at the latest be approved.

(2)  That the findings of the ongoing review, and recommendations for the future of the service, be brought back to Cabinet for a decision at an appropriate future date.