The Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Note the recommendations of the Living and Working Select Committee arising from the consideration, at its meeting on 10 January 2017, of a petition calling for the retention of a garden waste collection service and extending collections beyond September each year;
(ii) Agree, subject to the new service being self-financing, the commencement of a new green garden waste collection service for subscribing households with effect from 1 April 2017 on the terms detailed in the report; and
(iii) Delegate authority to the Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Scene, to make the final determination on whether the scheme would be self-financing.