Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented a report on an agreement with Essex and Suffolk Water regarding the collection of water and sewage charges.

The Council collected water and sewerage charges from its social housing tenants as an agent for Essex and Suffolk Water (ESW) and the report proposed a further two-year contract with ESW, effective from 1 April 2020, with a possibility of extending the contract for another two-year term.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council enters into an agreement with Essex and Suffolk Water regarding the collection of water and sewage charges, effective from 1 April 2020, on the terms set out in the report; and

(ii)  Authorise the Director of My Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Social Housing, the Director of Law and Governance and the Chief Operating Officer, to enter into the contract and all other necessary or ancillary agreements with Essex and Suffolk Water.