Decisions

The Leader of the Council, acting on behalf of the Portfolio Holder for Assets who was unavailable due to a family bereavement, agrees the Social Value Themes, Outcomes and Measures (TOMs) appended to this decision against which the social value aspects of the waste contract tender submissions will be considered.

That the Leader of the Council, the Portfolio Holder for Environment and the Portfolio Holder for Assets, having consulted with the Corporate Director (Operations & Delivery), the Section 151 officer and the Monitoring Officer:-

1.    Authorises the extension of the current contracts with Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Ltd for Street Cleaning and Waste and Recycling Collection on the same terms as existing and such that they both expire on 31 March 2026; and

2.    Authorises the Corporate Director for Operations & Delivery in consultation with the Head of Legal Services to make the contract extensions.

That the Leader of the Council, the Portfolio Holder for Environment and the Portfolio Holder for Assets having consulted with, and taken on board feedback from, the Member Working Group and the Waste Contract Project Board:-

1.   approve the high level contract specification, as presented to the Member Working Group and Waste Contract Board at their respective meetings held on 1st October 2024 and set out in the slides in Appendix A to the report;

2.   approve the aspects of the specification about which dialogue will be held with bidders, as set out in the report; and

3.   approve the tender evaluation criteria, as set out in Appendix B to the report.

To allocate £77,100 previously awarded by the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner as part of a grant agreement provided to address our local Community Safety Partnership priorities of Reducing Serious Violence, Violence against Women and Girls and Tacking Anti-Social Behaviour and the root causes.

To note the contents of the report and to agree:-

(a)    upon no objection being raised by the Developer/Owner, that the Open Space Land as referred to be transferred to Alresford Parish Council, on the condition that they hold the land as a recreational facility for all members of the public to use at all times without exclusion, cost or hindrance;

(b)   consent to the transfer of the Open Space Land directly from the Developer to the Parish Council, in accordance with the intention as set out in Schedule 3 of the Section 106 Agreement, relating to the Planning Application, with the Council being a party to the transfer providing such consent;

(c)   the authorisation of the Contributions held by the Council to be transferred to the Parish Council on the date of the transfer of the Open Space Land for the specific purposes of maintaining the Open Space and the Open Space Play Equipment; and

(d)   Officers undertake the necessary administrative functions and activities to facilitate and complete the transfer of the land as proposed and to forward the Contributions to the Parish Council on the date of the transfer in accordance with the Council’s accounting practices.