Decision details

To consider a report on the Outline Business Case II for the Street Scene ADM.

The Commissioning Director for Environment introduced the item and outlined the contents of the report including the recommendations that the Committee were requested to consider.  

The Environment Committee considered the options documented in the report which included those contained in recommendation 2.  The Committee noted that the current senior management oversight of the Street Scene Service was delivered by the Barnet Group.   Councillor Alan Schneidermanstated that it was possible for an in house service delivery option which was not managed by the Barnet Group.    The Commissioning Director outlined the history of management issues within the service, the medium and long term financial plan and stated that thefinal  decision relating to the Street Scene Alternative Business Model would be made by the Environment Committee in March.  

Councillor Alon Or-bachstated that an in house option should be reported and captured clearly for Members of the Council to consider and determine.  He concluded by outlining that a fair range of options should be considered. 

The Committee noted that Barnet UNISON had circulated a report to Members of the Environment Committee.  

A motion was moved by Councillor Alan Schneiderman which was seconded by Councillor Adam Langleben that sought to add an in house delivery alternative option and delete an outsourced option.

The Chairman requested that the Committee voted on this:

Vote – 5

Against 6

The motion was therefore lost.

Having considered the report and the Environment Committee were requested to vote on the report’s recommendations.  However prior to this the Committee unanimouslyagreed to amend the wording of recommendation 3 to read:

That Environment Committee approve a public consultation on the recommended options shortlist (as above) and the project to inform the Revised Outline Business Case (OBC2).

The Chairman requested that recommendations 1,  2 and 3 be voted on and therefore the vote was recorded as

For – 6

Against – 5

Immediately following the vote Councillor Alan Schneiderman moved to refer the report to Full Council.This was supported by a total of 5 Members of the Committee, being the number required for a referral under the Council’s constitution.

Resolved:

·       That the specified number of members of the Environment Committee require the item to be referred to the next practicable meeting of Full Council for consideration and determination on account that that a directly managed in house delivery alternative option should be considered as one of the shortlisted options and the outsourced option be removed.

·       That recommendation 3 be amended as agreed by the Environment Committee (above) for further consideration by Full Council