Agenda and minutes

Councillor Levy welcomed all attendees to the meeting.  It was noted that Councillor Hass Yusuf was substituting for Councillor Tolga Aramaz. Apologies for absence had been received from Co-optee -Simon Goulden.

Members of the Council are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary,

other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relevant to items on the agenda.

Councillor Erbil declared a non- pecuniary interest –as Councillor Dogan was a family member. There were no other declarations of interest.

To receive and consider a report from the Director of Law and Governance outlining details of a call-in received on the Portfolio Decision taken on Approval to Undertake a Public Consultation for potential changes to the waste and recycling collection services (Report No.99)

The decision that has been called- in was a Portfolio Decision taken by the Cabinet Member for Environment on 10 October 2018 and included on the Publication of Decision List No: 26/18-19 (List Ref:1/26/18-19) issued on 10 October 2018.

It is proposed that consideration of the call-in be structured as follows:

·         Brief outline of the reasons for the call-in by representative (s) of the members who have called in the decision

·         Response to the reasons provided for the Call-in by the Leader of the Council

·         Debate by Overview and Scrutiny Committee and agreement of action to be taken

The Committee received a report from the Director of Law and Governance outlining details of a call-in received on the portfolio decision by the Cabinet Member for Environment taken on – ‘Approval to undertake a public consultation for potential changes to the waste and recycling collection services.’

The Chair invited Councillor Laban to outline the reasons for call-in. He reminded everyone that discussion at this meeting would be about the report only.

Councillor Laban said the waste and recycling collection service is one that affects every resident in the borough, she thanked officers for the responses she had already received. 

She outlined the reasons for call-in and highlighted the following:

• Although officers had stated that ‘for any of the proposed options no charge would apply for any bin exchange’. Cllr Laban asked that residents should be aware in the consultation that should the option to move to fortnightly collections be favoured, then there would be no additional costs for them to be provided with a larger bin.
• Officers had acknowledged that should option 7 be implemented there would be a sum of £300k set aside from savings to support delivery of any changes proposed. This would be through education, communications, engagement and enforcement.  Councillor Laban asked if any money had been allocated for dealing with fly-tipping issues that she felt would result from fortnightly rather than weekly collections.
• Officers had stated that if, the majority of consultation responses favour the status quo then the outcome of the consultation would be taken into account as part of the final decision around which option to implement. Councillor Laban spoke of the Mayor’s London Environment Strategy which refers to the delivery of a weekly food kerbside collection.  It would mean that four of the seven options put forward for residents to consider would not comply with the Mayor’s Strategy and could not be implemented.
• If the preferred option resulted in the need for additional charges for example regarding the provision of a green bin, Councillor Laban asked how we were going to help residents on low incomes with this.
• That it would have been useful for members to have been aware of what questions were going to be asked of residents in the consultation.
• Why the consultation period is to be undertaken over the Christmas period as people would tend to be busy during this time.
• It has been stated that the primary driver for changes to the waste and recycling services is to make savings however Option 1 which would maintain the status quo would result in increased costs and therefore it was questioned whether this option should be included in the questionnaire.
• The report highlights there would be public health implications with not collecting waste and therefore waste should be collected. It also says that consideration to the way waste is collected should be given.  It is essential that these are monitored to ensure Enfield is a clean borough.
• If we follow the Mayor of London’s Environment Strategy regarding the delivery  ...  view the full minutes text for item 808.

To agree the minutes of the meetings held on the 27 September 2018.

AGREED the minutes of the meeting held on 27 September 2018.

To note the dates of future meetings as follows:

Provisional Call-Ins

·         Thursday 8 November 2018

·         Thursday 6 December 2018

·         Thursday 20 December 2018

·         Tuesday 15 January 2019

·         Thursday 7 February 2019

·         Tuesday 12 March 2019

·         Tuesday 26 March 2019

·         Thursday 11 April 2019

Please note, the business meetings of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee will

be held on:

·         Wednesday 7 November 2018

·         Tuesday 12 February 2019

·         Wednesday 3 April 2019

The Overview & Scrutiny Budget Meeting will be held on:

·         Thursday 31 January 2019

Noted the dates as follows:

Provisional Call-Ins:

Thursday 6 December, 2018

Thursday 20 December, 2018

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Thursday 7 February 2019

Tuesday 12 March 2019

Tuesday 26 March, 2019

Thursday 11 April, 2019

The business meetings of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee:

Wednesday 7 November, 2018

Tuesday 12 February, 2019

Wednesday 3 April, 2019

The Overview & Scrutiny Budget Meeting: Thursday 31 January 2019

Councillor Levy thanked everyone for attending the meeting.