Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received and noted from Councillors Shaukat Ali, (Manchester), Bob Clarke (Salford), Denise Ward (Tameside) and Dave Morgan (Trafford).

Apologies were also received and noted from Councillor Martyn Cox (GMCA Portfolio Lead), Eamonn Boylan (GMCA) and Steve Wilson (GMCA).

To appoint a Chair for the GM Waste and Re-cycling Committee for the forthcoming municipal year and to recommend any nomination of Chair for consideration by the GM Combined Authority.

RESOLVED/-

That Councillor Alan Quinn be appointed Chair of the GMCA Waste and Recycling Committee for 2022/2023 and that this appointment be recommended for endorsement by GMCA.   

To note the membership of the Committee for this forthcoming municipal year as below –

To seek the nomination of a GM Waste & Recycling Committee Member to be appointed on to the Greater Manchester Green City Region Partnership (was Low Carbon Hub Board) for 2022/23.

RESOLVED/-

That Alan Quinn be re-appointed to the Green City Region Board for the 2022/23 Municipal Year.

To remind Members of their obligations under the Code of Conduct, and to complete their Annual Declaration of Interest form as previously circulated.

RESOLVED/-

That the requirements of the Members’ Code of Conduct and Annual Declarations of Interest, be noted.

To note the Terms of Reference for the GM Waste and Recycling Committee.

RESOLVED/-

That the Terms of Reference for the GMCA Waste and Recycling Committee be noted.

To note the following programme of meetings for the Committee for 2022/23:

·       12 October 2022, 2.00pm, Venue TBC

·       18 January 2023, 2.00pm, Venue TBC

·       15 March 2023, 2.00pm, Venue TBC

RESOLVED/-

That the following programme of meetings for the Committee for 2022/23, be noted:

·     12 October 2022, 2.00pm, Venue TBC

·     18 January 2023, 2.00pm, Venue TBC

·     15 March 2023, 2.00pm, Venue TBC

There were no Chairs announcements or items of urgent business

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

There were no announcements or items of urgent business reported.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the meeting held on 23 March 2022.

RESOLVED/-

That the minutes of the previous meeting, held on 15th March 2022 be approved as a correct record

Report of David Taylor, Executive Director, GMCA Waste and Resources Team.

RESOLVED/-

That the Waste & Recycling Committee Work Programme be noted.

Report of Justin Lomax, Head of Contract Services, GMCA Waste

and Resources Team.

RESOLVED/-

That the Waste & Recycling Committee Work Programme be noted.

Report of Michelle Whitfield, Head of Communications and Behavioural Change, GMCA Waste and Resources Team.

RESOLVED /-

1.  That the progress against the communications and behavioural change plan, as set out in the report, be noted;

2.  That the progress on the joint Suez and R4GM communications and engagement plan, as set out in the report, be noted.

Report of Sarah Mellor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Production

RESOLVED /-

1.     That GMCA’s formal approval of the SCP Plan for publication, as set out at Appendix B to the report, be noted; and

2.     That the framework be endorsed and those key areas of activities over the coming years, as set out in the workplan at Appendix A to the report, be approved.

Report of Steve Wilson, GMCA Treasurer.

RESOLVED/-

That the revenue and capital outturn for 2021/22 for the Waste and Resources Service, as set out in the report be noted.

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

RESOLVED /-

That, under section 100 (A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public should be excluded from the meeting for the following items on business on the grounds that this involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as set out in the relevant paragraph 3 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Justin Lomax, Head of Contract Services, Waste and Resources Team

Paul Morgan, Head of Commercial Services, Waste and Resources Team

RESOLVED/-

1.         That the contract updates and key risks, set out in the report, be noted. 

2.         That delegated authority for the decision on the performance framework for 2021/22, of both the WRMS and HWRCMS Contracts to the Executive Director – Waste and Resource in consultation with the Chair of the Waste and Recycling Committee as set out in section 3.0; and

3.         That approval of the recommendation to purchase 10 pre-used rail wagons during the 2022/2023 financial year, as set out in section 6.0 of the report, be granted.