Purpose

Purchase of fleet for waste collection
services

Decision

To instruct the waste,
recycling and street cleansing contractor to procure ten diesel
refuse collection vehicles on behalf of the Council, at a total
one-off capital cost of £2,557,500, to be funded from
existing capital budgets.
 

Reasons for the decision

The decision will allow the
authority to save hire costs on vehicles required to deliver the
core services of the contract whilst still allowing a level of
flexibility to transition to electric vehicles as the required
infrastructure becomes available.
 

Alternative options considered

Option 1 – To not approve the capital
requirement for the purchase of the Authority Financed Assets and
continue to hire the comparable vehicles.
 
Option 2 - To approve the capital requirement
for ten ready built diesel RCVs for the reasons set out in the
report. This is the recommended option.