Simon Ross

Corporate Capital Budget and Balance Sheet Outturn Report Quarter 4 2024/25

From: Executive Board - Thursday, 10th July, 2025 6.00 pm - July 10, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Minutes of the Last Meeting

From: Place Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 7th July, 2025 6.00 pm - July 07, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Update to Medium Term Financial Plan 2026/29 and Development of Budget 2026/27

From: Executive Board - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 6.00 pm - June 12, 2025

Update to Medium Term Financial Plan 2026/29 and Development of General Fund Budget 2026/27

Recommendations Approved

Food waste collection service – resource grant funding arrangements

From: Executive Board - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 6.00 pm - June 12, 2025

Previous reports to the Executive Board have provided background on the detail behind the Government, via the Environment Act 2021, mandating that Councils in England commence weekly food waste collections from 2026. The Council has received capital funding from Government of approximately £1.1M for the purchase of bins, kitchen caddies and vehicles, that have been procured by the Council for its full borough implementation. In accordance with the previously approved Executive Board report, a pilot food waste collection service is to be implemented for the end of May 2025, to approximately 9,000 properties, in advance of the wider borough implementation for June 2026.

Recommendations Approved

Contracts for waste disposal, recycling and food waste processing and treatment

From: Executive Board - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 6.00 pm - June 12, 2025

The Council, acting as a Waste Disposal Authority, is required to retender the contracts for waste disposal, recycling treatment and disposal, as both the aforementioned contracts end for June 2026. The Council has contracts with the present successful contractor, Suez UK for waste disposal, with the majority of the Council waste going to energy from waste facilities sourced by Suez UK. Similarly, Suez UK transfer the Councils recycling to a materials recycling facility for separation and processing before sending onto various outlets in the UK.

Recommendations Approved