(a)   To formally re-establish the Waste Management Contract Portfolio Holder Working Party;

(b)   To confirm that the meetings of the Working Party will be chaired by the Environment & ICT Portfolio Holder;

(c)   To formally appoint Councillors Dan Casey, Jayne Chapman BEM, Jo Henderson and Gary Scott as members of the Working Party; and

(d)   To note, with regret, that the Conservative Group and the Reform UK Group have decided not to nominate anyone to serve on the Working Party for the time being.

To ensure cross-party democratic oversight of the new waste recycling and street collection management contract and enable the Portfolio Holder and Members to address mobilisation, implementation and delivery of the contract requirements going forward utilising all the relevant Key Performance Indicator data including delivery percentages by Ward and to consider the appropriate practice and process in respect of the deployment of  sanctions for underperformance or breach of contract terms.

Not to re-establish the Working Party. This option was rejected as it would go against the previously expressed recommendation of the Resources and Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee, which was endorsed by Cabinet in November 2025.