Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Clean and Green Environment

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the garden waste collection charge be increased from £38/year to £42/year.

2.    the prompt payment discount be increased from £2 to £3 for households renewing their subscription ahead of their annual renewal date.

3.    the spring offer discount be increased from £2 to £3 for new customers who subscribe to the garden waste collection service during the period 1st February 2017 to 31st May 2017.

The Cabinet Member Clean and Green Environment introduced the report and explained that the Authority’s garden waste collection service began in February 2011 and since 31 March 2013 the number of garden waste bins collected under the scheme had seen a gross increase of around 1, 500 bins/year. Retention rates have remained high at around 95 %, reflecting general satisfaction with the service; with the result that net take-up has been between 800-1000 bins/year. The actual total number of bins collected had increased to 16 189 as at 30 September 2016.

He went on to explain that since February 2011 the charge for collecting garden waste had increased only twice; from £36/year to £37/year in February 2014, and from £37/year to £38/year in February 2015. The Authority was now proposing to increase the charge from £38 to £42 a year which was the same level Tewkesbury Borough Council charged. He was aware of the financial challenges faced by the council and highlighted that if there was any additional income generation this would be applied to overall cost of improving the service.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the garden waste collection charge be increased from £38/year to £42/year.

2.    the prompt payment discount be increased from £2 to £3 for households renewing their subscription ahead of their annual renewal date.

3.    the spring offer discount be increased from £2 to £3 for new customers who subscribe to the garden waste collection service during the period 1st February 2017 to 31st May 2017.