Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence

The minutes of the meeting held on 9th September 2021 were approved and signed as a correct record

(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor A Farrell)

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NO. 1 Under Schedule 4, 13, Mr H Loxton will ask the Portfolio Holder for Economy & Waste Councillor D Cook, the following question:-

I noticed with interest that the recycling credit paid to the council for green waste is £32.08 per tonne in the year 2021/22, and this will reduce to £25.58 per tonne in 2022/23.

Could you please confirm what the recycling credit amounts have been each year since 2016/17 and how much has been sent for recycling in each of those years?

Councillor Daniel Cook gave the following reply:-

Thank you Mr. Loxton for your question.

All tonnages are verified from the waste dataflow system. I will of course E-mail you these figures as well.

In 2016/17 the council collected 8477.16 tonnes of dry recyclates, and 6060.76 tonnes of organic waste. It received recycling credits of £50.18/tonne for the dry and £49.10 for the organic.

In 2017/18 the council collected 8342.93 tonnes of dry recyclates, and 5425.82 tonnes of organic waste. It received recycling credits of £51.69/tonne for the dry and £50.08 for the organic.

In 2018/19 the council collected 8114.56 tonnes of dry recyclates, and 3467.65 tonnes of organic waste. It received recycling credits of £53.24/tonne for the dry and £51.58 for the organic.

In 2019/20 the council collected 7774.21 tonnes of dry recyclates, and 3763.39 tonnes of organic waste. It received recycling credits of £54.84/tonne for the dry and £45.08 for the organic.

In 2020/21 the council collected 8305.10 tonnes of dry recyclates, and 4117.16 tonnes of organic waste. It received recycling credits of £56.49/tonne for the dry and £38.58 for the organic.

Please recall we receive these payments as we are the Collection authority, but not the disposal authority which is Staffordshire County Council, but under agreement we sort end to end disposal of the waste.

Mr Hoxton asked the following Supplementary Question:

If you had known at the time, would you have introduced the green bin charge when you did, if you knew the recycling credits were to stay as high as there were would you still have done it and has anything been done to look at setting up your own company to make a profit of sending our own waste during the 3 years we have had that contract. 

Councillor Daniel Cook gave the following reply:-

Mr Loxton is correct, we introduced the green charge in 2018 £36.00 per bin per year at the time the County Council were paying us  £51.00 a tonne as a recycling credit to dispose of green waste.  County council are the disposal Authority the Borough Council is the collection authority.  Ten years before that  a deal had been struck between County Councils and Borough Councils in Staffordshire to say the county council saw no reason for two sets of councils to be involved in this process and if districts could arrange to dispose of their own waste they would pay a credit to ensure it  ...  view the full minutes text for item 55.

(Report(s) of the Chair(s) of Scrutiny Committees)

Councillor Thomas Jay, Chair of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee updated Cabinet in relation to the current Disabled Facilities Grant funding allocation received by Tamworth Borough Council discussed at Corporate Scrutiny on 24^th August 2021

The Committee had raised the following motion:

That the Committee propose to ask Cabinet to raise the issue regarding Disabled Facilities Grant funding with Staffordshire County Council through County Councillors.

(Report of the Leader of the Council)

Report of the Leader of the Council to Update the Cabinet on the progress of the Future High Streets Fund programme

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Social Housing and Homelessness Prevention)

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Social Housing and Homelessness Prevention to seek approval for the review and implementation of the Council’s policy on undertaking periodic electrical inspections