Decision details

Enforcement and Waste Regulations

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Commissioning Director for Environment introduced the report.   He outlined the Street Scene Enforcement Trial and the Keep Barnet Clean campaign.

 

Councillor Alan Schneidermanmoved an amended to recommendation 2 requesting that the Environment Committee delay approval until the next meeting and rthat a report be resubmitted detailing the potential for an in-house service option or a Barnet Group option  This was seconded by Councillor Agnes Slocombe.

 

The Chairman requested that this be voted on.

Vote –5

Against – 5

Absent – 1

 

Councillor John Hart was not in the room to vote on this item and therefore the Chairman used his casting vote.   Therefore the amendment was lost.

 

The Chairman, Councillor Dean Cohen requested that recommendation 1 be voted on and that was unanimously agreed. 

 

The Chairman Councillor Dean Cohen moved that recommendation 2 be amended to read:

That Environment Committee approve the procurement of a street scene enforcement contract with the view of an income share model.

 

The Chairman requested that this amendment be voted on.

For – 6

Against – 0

Abstain – 5

 

This was carried. 

 

The Chairman requested that recommendation 3 be voted on:

For – 6

Against – 0

Abstain – 5

 

The Chairman requested that recommendation 4 be voted on:

For – 6

Against – 0

Abstained – 5

 

The Chairman requested that recommendation 5 be voted on:

For – 11 (all)

 

The Committee therefore:

 

RESOLVED that:

1.         The Committee note the street scene enforcement update and the recommendations in Appendix A.

 

2.         The Committee approve the procurement of a street scene enforcement contract with the view of an income share model.

 

3.         The Committee note the on-going discussion with other local authorities about the possible joint procurement of a new street scene enforcement contract.

 

4.         The Committee requested the Commissioning Director for Environment  carry out a review of the current street scene Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) and Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) levels (£), including the early payment discounts, including those in areas of street scene which are not currently enforced.

 

5.         The Committee noted the draft Barnet Waste Regulations 2017 set out In Appendix C, and approved the six week public consultation

 

Publication date: 24/04/2017

Date of decision: 15/03/2017

Decided at meeting: 15/03/2017 - Environment and Climate Change Committee

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