8. Procurement of Waste & Recycling Collection Vehicles PDF 254 KB
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Decision:
2. That it be agreed to provide through the contract with Biffa an electric refuse collection vehicle for the new route to be introduced in Autumn 2024.
3. That the annual revenue cost of £36k to cover the cost of the electric Refuse Collection Vehicle be agreed, to be funded by an existing waste budget.
4. That, subject to the introduction of an electric Refuse Collection Vehicle to the waste fleet, the use of up to £30k from this project’s approved capital allocation to fund infrastructure requirements at the Council’s depot to enable charging of the electric Refuse Collection Vehicle be agreed.
RECOMMENDATION
The Chair of the Scrutiny Committee has requested that the Cabinet Member and officers attend the meeting to provide an overview of progress and proposals prior to the Cabinet meeting on the 19th of June 2024 (Presentation to be provided at the meeting). The Scrutiny Committee are asked to provide any comments on the proposals.
Minutes:
Simon Hendey, Strategic Director & Councillor Learney, Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency introduced the agenda item regarding Procurement of Waste & Recycling Collection Vehicles.
Simon Hendey advised of the urgent and critical nature of this agenda item which required a decision by Cabinet during the pre-election period and outlined the primary reasons for this urgency as follows:
Councillor Learney, Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency updated the committee on the following points:
Campbell Williams, Service Lead - Environmental Services provided the committee with a detailed presentation, which discussed several matters including the previously confirmed decisions to date, the key elements of a food waste service, an overview of the modelling that supports the procurement decision of vehicle choice and costs, implications of current and future depot infrastructure requirements, the proposed introduction of an electric refuse collection vehicle (RCV), the next steps with respect to food waste collection and the journey to zero avoidable waste. (A copy of these slides are available here)
Councillor Caroline Horrill addressed the committee and highlighted the following points: