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26.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS

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    Minutes:

    Apologies were received from Mary Angell, Bill Chapman, Lesley Steeds, and Richard Walsh.

     

    Peter Szanto acted as a substitute for Mary Angell.

27.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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    All Members present are required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter:

          I.        Any disclosable pecuniary interests and / or

        II.        Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this meeting

     

    NOTES:

    ·         Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest

    ·         As well as an interest of the Member, this includes any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the Member is living as a spouse or civil partner)

    ·         Members with a significant personal interest may participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial.

    Minutes:

    There were no declarations of interest.

28.

QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS

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    To receive any questions or petitions.

    Notes:

    1.    The deadline for Member’s questions is 12.00pm four working days before the meeting (Thursday 5 October 2017).

     

    2.    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting(Wednesday 4 October 2017)

     

    3.    The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.

    Minutes:

    None received.

29.

CALL IN: CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO SURREY'S COMMUNITY RECYCLING CENTRES (COST REDUCTIONS) pdf icon PDF 101 KB

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    Purpose of the report: Scrutiny of Services

     

    The Committee has called in the Cabinet decision regarding community recycling centres.

    Additional documents:

    Minutes:

    Declarations of interest:

     

    None.

     

    Witnesses:

    Richard Parkinson, Waste Operations Group Manager

    Mike Goodman, Cabinet Member for Environment

     

    Key points raised during the discussion:

     

    1.    The Committee was provided by a number of papers by officers and Members of the Committee. These are included as an annex to the minutes.

     

    2.    The Members that called in the process were invited to put forward their views and ask questions. The Committee was informed that the call in process had not been used lightly, and that the concerns set out in the papers would be addressed in turn:

     

    Accuracy of fly-tipping data

     

    3.    Members confirmed that the council did not collect data for fly-tipping incidents on private land. It was raised that any policy should not adversely affect private land owners, as Surrey taxpayers. It was also noted that the Committee was being presented with additional fly-tipping data that had not been available for Cabinet at the time the decision had been taken.

     

    4.    Officers commented that fly-tipping data had been presented to the Committee on two recent occasions. The Committee was informed that the data in question demonstrated there had been reduction in fly-tipping in respect to chargeable waste, such as construction and demolition waste, and that this evidence would support the Cabinet decision.

     

    5.    The Committee sought clarity on the detail of the fly-tipping figures. It was confirmed that the tonnage of fly-tipped waste that was collected by district and boroughs and disposed of by the Council was accurate as it was recorded on a weighbridge, however officers acknowledged that it was difficult to confirm the accuracy of the incident data, because different recording methodologies were applied by the different district and boroughs. It was on this basis that the incident data needed to be considered with a number of caveats, and had not been included in the Cabinet report.  

     

    6.    The Committee was informed that district and boroughs had been consulted regarding the proposals, and that there had been concerns about the impact of the decision. The Cabinet Member acknowledged that the decision had been a difficult one for Cabinet, although it reflected the financial position of the Council and need to identify savings.

     

    [Bernie Muir joined the meeting at 9.22am]

     

    7.    The Committee observed that the number of recorded incidents of household waste fly-tipping had increased, and queried whether the change in policy would see a further increase. Officers commented that modelling for any proposal had to be based on past trends, and that evidence demonstrated that an introduction of charges had not led to an increase in fly-tipping in the types of waste for which a charge is made. It was noted that construction waste tonnage delivered to the Community Recycling Centres (CRCs) had reduced by 75% since an introduction of charges and there was no comparative increase in reported fly-tipping.

     

    8.    The Committee was informed that, prior to the introduction of the charging scheme, the council’s waste management contractor had been commissioned to review how and where  ...  view the full minutes text for item 29.

30.

DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

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    The next public meeting of the committee will be held 29 November 2017 at 10.30am

    Minutes:

    The Committee noted the next meeting would be held on 29 November 2017 at 10.30am.