Decision details

To commit the Council to an IAA to work in partnership with other Gloucestershire Authorities on joint waste

RESOLVED THAT

a) the financial arrangements as set out in paragraph 3.1 of this report be approved

b) Subject to (a) above the Cabinet decision on 15 November 2011 be reaffirmed as follows:

·         agree to establish the Gloucestershire Joint Waste Committee (GJWC) in accordance with Sections101and 102 of the Local Government Act 1972, and the Local Authorities (Arrangement for the Discharge of  Functions)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2001 made under Section 20 of the Local Government Act 2000;

·         delegate to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Cabinet Member Sustainability, s151 Officer and the Borough Solicitor authority to finalise and complete the Inter Authority Agreement (including the Constitution), including but not limited to the delegation arrangement for enforcement, the year one Business Plan and other documentation and to take all necessary steps to create the GWJC by April 2013;

·         agree that the existing Shadow Joint Waste Board and Programme Board arrangements will persist until the end of March 2013 to oversee this process.

Upon the establishment of the GJWC:

·         delegate to the GJWC of this Council’s functions in relation to the collection, management, disposal treatment, or recycling of waste and street cleansing described in detail in paragraph 4.1 of the 15^th November 2011 Cabinet report but subject to the retained decisions as set out in paragraph 4.2 of the said report and as revised in the current inter-authority agreement at section 3.2;

·         appoint Gloucestershire County Council as Administering Authority

·          appoint Cllr Roger Whyborn and Cllr Steve Jordan to the GJWC.