Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Public Realm introduced a report on the proposed continuation of the Council’s Green Garden Waste collection service for subscribing households.

By Minute 84 (17 January 2017), the Cabinet had agreed to the commencement of a two-year self-funding service with effect from April 2017.  7,389 had subscribed in the first year of the service and that number had increased to 7,909 at 31 July 2018, with residents receiving 16 collections between April and October / November each year at a cost of £40 per year. 

A recent survey of current subscribers had received positive feedback, with a number of respondents indicating a preference for the service to be extended.  The Cabinet Member was pleased to report that, following a viability assessment and in response to residents’ feedback, it was possible to continue the service into 2019 at the current cost of £40 per year while also extending the number of collections from 16 to 19 per year (option 3a in the report).

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree the continuation of the “paid-for” Green Garden Waste service at the current charge of £40 per annum for at least one further year (2019);

(ii)  Agree that, in view of the success of the scheme and in response to feedback from the recent Green Garden Waste customer survey, the service be extended in 2019 from 16 to 19 collections per year at no extra cost to subscribers; and

(iii)  Note that the subscription charge for 2020 would be reassessed as part of the Council’s annual fees and charges process in November 2019.