Purpose

To consider the report of Cabinet Member for
Environment and Transport seeking approval to implement food waste
collections.

Decision

Decision made: (CAB 24/25
48235)
 
On consideration of the report of the
Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, Cabinet approved the
following:
 
(i) 
To approve a formal procurement process for the purchase of Refuse
Collection Vehicles (RCV’s) for the purpose of food waste
collections.
(ii) 
To approve a formal procurement process for the purchase of various
caddies and kerbside containers for the purpose of food waste
collections.
(iii) 
To delegate authority to the Executive Director - Resident Services
to carry out the procurement process and to enter into a contract
for the purchase of RCV’s and all bins/caddies for the
delivery of the food waste service in accordance with the Contract
Procedure Rules.
(iv) 
To authorise the Executive Director - Resident Services, following
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport,
to take all necessary actions to give effect to the recommendations
of this report.
(v) 
To approve the addition, with approval to spend, of £0.309M
to the Food Waste Implementation capital project in the Resident
Services capital programme funded by government grant.  This will increase the capital budget for
the project to £2.109M.
(vi) 
To approve the carry forward of the 2024/25 revenue new burdens
funding of the value £444,927 into the 2025/26 financial year
in advance of the carry forward process in the Financial Outturn
report due to be presented to Cabinet in July to enable expenditure
to be incurred against this grant immediately in
2025/26.