Agenda item

Partner Updates

(For Partners to share any developments or areas of good practice which may be of interest to the Partnership)

Minutes:

Members of the Partnership were provided with the opportunity to update the rest of the Partners on any developments within their individual districts which may be of interest, and the following was noted:

 

Lincolnshire County Council – most of the issues would be covered by items already on the agenda.  There were no further updates at this time.

 

North Kesteven District Council – it was reported that Mark Taylor would be retiring at the end of May 2017.  Members wished to acknowledge the work he had put into this Committee and the Officer Working Group, and thanked him for all his work over the years.

 

West Lindsey District Council – some work was being carried out in relation to the One Public Estate initiative on how the authority could best utilise and collaborate more on use of public buildings.  The Chief Executive of WLDC was the Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire Board.  One aspect which was being examined was how better use of depots could be made, and there were 3-4 opportunities where a feasibility study was being carried out.  It was noted that people were very enthusiastic and findings would be reported back to the One Public Estate Board.

 

(Cllr R Wight (NKDC) declared an interest as he worked from One Public Estate buildings)

 

It was also noted that this would be Councillor Shore's last meeting as he would not be standing for re-election in May 2017.  The Chairman wished to record his thanks for all the work Cllr Shore had done on behalf of the Partnership and also in his role as Portfolio Holder for Waste and Recycling at Lincolnshire County Council.

 

South Holland District Council – it was reported that the Environmental Team at South Holland District Council had recently won a Team of the Year award, which was a peer award.  It was requested that congratulations from the Partnership be passed onto the team at SHDC.

A second purchase of green bins had taken place, and the introduction of charging was not discouraging members of the public from signing up to this service.  There were still people signing up for this service.  The Partnership was advised that South Holland was just moving into the renewal phase of the first year of the green waste service, and officers should soon be able to carry out some calculations on how many people had re-subscribed.  It was requested that officers report back on in June on the renewal rates for the Green Waste service.

 

South Kesteven District Council – in relation to green waste, it was reported that the authority had now moved to an online solution with direct debits.  Last year there had been a 70% take up of the direct debit option.  It was noted that this was a good solution and was very easy to implement.  Officers were able to help if any other districts were considering the implementing a similar system.

 

City of Lincoln Council – the Fixed Penalty officer had completed his first year, and as income had exceeded cost the contract had been extended.

A report would be shared with district colleagues shortly in relation to legislation which could be used to tackle contamination in recycling. 

 

 

 

 
 
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