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Decision Maker: Executive Councillor for Climate Action and Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Matter for Decision:
The Officer’s report set out a proposal to move
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Waste Partnership (RECAP) to the next level of
partnership working in order to gain the maximum advantage for the authorities
collectively.
RECAP partnership has been a successful partnership to
date. However, members and officers recognised that more could be achieved by
an enhanced partnership approach. Independent research work has also helped
identify a way forward.
Two types of advanced partnership working have been
identified.
These are:
(i)
Joint projects or joint
ventures.
(ii)
Joint Waste Committee.
A partnership charter has been drawn up in order to
take these options forward, laying out important principles, vision and
objectives. The charter would provide partners with a solid basis of agreement
and make decisions within a formal framework.
Decision of Executive Councillor for Environmental & Waste Services:
(i)
Adopted the RECAP Advanced
Partnership Working Charter.
(ii)
Agreed that outline business
cases for any Advanced Waste projects are brought to Environment Scrutiny
before a decision is made to proceed.
Reason for the Decision:
As set out in the Officer’s report.
Any alternative options considered and rejected:
Not applicable.
Scrutiny Considerations:
The committee
received a report from the Head of Refuse and Environment regarding Advanced Waste Partnership Working.
In response to
Member’s questions the Executive Councillor for Environmental & Waste Services confirmed
the following:
(i)
Undertook to
provide further information in future to the Environment Scrutiny Committee
concerning RECAP partnership activities.
(ii)
The Council
was reviewing joint working initiatives with other local authorities. Each was in
a different position at present, and so were not involved in each other’s
financial decisions. For example, the mechanical biological treatment facility
undertaken by Peterborough as its own private finance initiative.
The committee
resolved unanimously to adopt the recommendation.
The
Executive Councillor approved the recommendation.
Conflicts of interest declared
by the Executive Councillor (and any dispensations granted)
Not applicable.
Publication date: 07/02/2012
Date of decision: 10/01/2012