Purpose

The decision confirms a planned
purchase of vehicles and equipment for the Open Spaces Service to
the value of £1,277,850. The purchases can be funded from the
Open Spaces Service allocation within the Vehicle and Equipment
Replacement Programme capital budget.

Decision

Cabinet agreed the following:
 
1. 
To approve the key decision to purchase two electric powered tipper
vehicles and four 7.5 tonne combustion engined diesel vehicles via a compliant procurement
route using funding allocated for that purpose in the 2024/25
vehicle replacement programme;
 
2. 
To note the forthcoming Hydrotreated
Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel trial which is due to commence in November
and that if the conclusion of the trial is positive that the four
proposed combustion engine vehicles will be run on HVO rather than
diesel.