Council and Democracy

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 2, Town Hall, Rose Hill, Chesterfield

Contact: Joel Hammond-Gant  01246 34 5273

Items
No. Item

27.

Declarations of Members' And Officers' Interests Relating To Items On The Agenda

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were received.

28.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

No apologies for absence were received.

29.

Local Government Act 1972 - Exclusion of Public

To move “That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act".

Minutes:

RESOLVED –

 

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting of the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

 

30.

Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing

-      Future Waste Collection Arrangements

 

5:05pm to 6:05pm

 

-      Maintenance and Costs of the Council's Sports Pitches - Bowling Greens and Cricket Pitches

 

6:05pm to 6:25pm

 

Minutes:

The Assistant Director – Commercial Services and the Principal Greenspace Delivery Officer attended to update members on the provision and maintenance of Bowling pitches in the Borough.

 

It was reported that a review had been undertaken to determine if and how, the Council could reduce the overall amount of subsidies paid to the different clubs in Chesterfield.  The review focused on:

 

·        Increasing the amount of effective collaborative work carried out with, and between, the clubs

·        Recognising the wider contributions that the sports clubs can make to the health and wellbeing of local communities

·        Promoting the use of ‘in-kind’ contributions from the clubs, whereby the reductions in subsidies from the Council can be flexible to ensure the needs of each club are still met

·        Aligning the fee structure to the ‘in-kind’ contributions from the clubs

 

Members were advised of the current spend in subsidies and the breakdown of these across the clubs.  It was reported that the ‘in-kind’ contributions could incur a 31 per cent saving on the annual spend in subsidies.

 

The Committee enquired as to how the Council could support the clubs to improve their membership levels and income positions.

 

The Assistant Director – Commercial Services advised that additional Council support would ultimately be controlled by resource availability.  Areas that the Council could provide support would be around signposting and advertising through corporate groups, as well as promoting the sharing of best practice and skills between the clubs themselves.

 

The Committee thanked the Assistant Director – Commercial Services and the Principal Greenspace Delivery Officer for providing the update.

 

The Assistant Director – Commercial Services and the Principal Waste Management Officer provided an update on the Council’s future waste collection options.

 

Members were made aware that the current waste contract that was awarded to Veolia in October 2011, is set to expire on 1 November 2018, and that the Council has a number of service and delivery options to consider.

 

Members were shown a range of tables and graphs outlining the residual and recycling waste performance of the Council in comparison with other local authorities in Derbyshire.  In 2015/16, Chesterfield had the fourth highest recycling rate and the second lowest average household residual waste of the 9 authorities considered.

 

The Council, in partnership with High Peak Borough Council and Derbyshire Dales District Council, had successfully bid to commission the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to carry out free consultancy work to review current waste collection services, and look at potential future options and the impact(s) these may have.  This has since become a Derbyshire-wide piece of work.

 

The potential service options that WRAP looked at were:

 

·        Maintaining the current service and operations

·        Enhancing the recycling offer (dry and organic recyclate)

·        Moving to three-weekly residual waste bin collections

·        Replacing the current 240 litre residual waste bins with 140 litre bins

·        Charging for green waste collections

 

The Assistant Director – Commercial Services also outlined the potential future delivery options available to the Council, which included:

 

·        Opting in to a contract extension  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.

31.

Re-admission of the Public

After the consideration of an item containing exempt information that the public be re-admitted to the meeting.

 

Part 3 (Public Information)

Minutes:

That after consideration of an item containing exempt information, the public be re-admitted to the meeting.

32.

Scrutiny Project Groups

-      Play Strategy

-      Leisure, Sport and Cultural Activities

-      Development of the site of the old Queen’s Park Sports Centre

 

6.25pm to 6.35pm

 

Minutes:

Development of the Site of the Old Queen’s Park Sports Centre

 

The Chair advised the Committee that the Scrutiny Project Group report had been considered at the meeting of Cabinet on 5 December 2017, and that the recommendations of the formal Cabinet report had been approved.

 

Play Strategy

 

The Chair confirmed that there was no update to be provided to the Committee at this meeting, but advised that the Principal Greenspace Strategy Officer had expressed an interest in attending a future Committee meeting to provide members with a fuller update on progress.

 

Leisure, Sports and Cultural Activities

 

The Chair confirmed that there was no update to be provided to the Committee at this meeting.

 

RESOLVED –

 

1.   That the update on the Scrutiny Project Group on Development of the Site of the Old Queen’s Park Sports Centre, be noted.

 

2.   That the update on the Scrutiny Project Group on the Play Strategy, be noted.

 

3.   That the update on the Scrutiny Project Group on Leisure, Sports and Cultural Activities, be noted

 

33.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 151 KB

6:35pm to 6:40pm

Minutes:

The Work Programme was considered.  The Chair noted that ‘Homelessness’ had been delayed on the Work Programme due to training sessions focused on the homelessness issue in Chesterfield that members attended in October 2017.

 

It was proposed that the item be added to the Work Programme to come to the Committee meeting on 18 April 2018.

 

The Chair noted that the ‘Economic Growth’ item was a newly proposed business item, and advised that an update on this service area would provide members with a better understanding and overview of the Council’s position and future economic plans.

 

It was proposed that the item be added to the Work Programme to come to the Committee meeting on 18 April 2018.

 

RESOLVED –

 

1.   That ‘Homelessness’ be updated on the Work Programme.

 

2.   That ‘Economic Growth’ be added to the Work Programme.

 

3.   That the Work Programme be approved.

34.

Monitoring Schedule pdf icon PDF 82 KB

6:40pm to 6:45pm

Minutes:

The Monitoring Schedule was considered.

 

RESOLVED –

 

That the Monitoring Schedule be approved.

35.

Corporate Working Groups

6:45pm to 6:50pm

Minutes:

Housing Revenue Account Business Plan Steering Group

 

The Chair confirmed that there was no update to be provided to the Committee at this meeting.

 

RESOLVED –

 

That the update be noted.

36.

Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 241 KB

6:50pm to 6:55pm

Minutes:

The Forward Plan was considered.

 

RESOLVED –

 

That the Forward Plan be noted.

37.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 242 KB

6:55pm to 7:00pm

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 10 October, 2017, were presented.

 

RESOLVED –

 

That the Minutes be accepted as a correct record and be signed by the Chair.