Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED/-

Apologies for absence were received and noted from Councillors Lee-Anne Igbon (Manchester), Shahid Mohammed (Rochdale) and Roy Driver (Stockport).

Apologies were also received and noted from Eamonn Boylan, GMCA Portfolio Lead Chief Executive.

RESOLVED/-

There were no announcements or items of urgent business reported.

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 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

RESOLVED/-

There were no declarations of interest reported by any member in respect of any item on the agenda.

To consider the approval of the minute of the meetings held on 12 October 2022.

RESOLVED/-

That the minutes of the previous meeting, held on 12th October 2022 be approved as a correct record, with the amendment that Councillor Angela Brown’s apologies be noted.

Report of Justin Lomax, Head of Contract Services & Paul Morgan, Head of

Commercial Services, GMCA Waste and Resources Team attached.

RESOLVED /-

1.     To note the matters as set out in the report.

Report of Steve Wilson, GMCA Treasurer attached.

RESOLVED /-

1.       To note the forecast outturn for 2022/23;

2.       To note the proposed 2024/25 Trade Waste rate of £134.14 to allow forward planning by Districts;

3.       To note the capital programme for 2023/24 as set out in Appendix A;

4.       To note the budget and levy for 2023/24 of £169.0m (2.5% increase); and

5.       To note the risk position set out in the Balances Strategy and Reserves.

Report of Sarah Mellor, Head of Sustainable Consumption and Production, GMCA Environment Team attached.

RESOLVED /-

1.          To note the progress in setting the work programme for the Sustainable Consumption and Production Challenge Group; and

2.          To approve the focus of resources within the Sustainable Consumption and Production Team.

3.          To agree that discussion take place between GM Waste and Environment officers and districts on the Atom Valley Development.

Future meeting dates for the Committee, agreed at the Annual General Meeting:

15 March 2023, 2.00pm, Venue TBC

RESOLVED /-

To note the future meeting dates for the Committee, as agreed at the Annual General Meeting:

15 March 2023, 2.00pm, at the Mechanics Institute

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 3, 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.

Report of Justin Lomax, Head of Contract Services & Paul Morgan, Head of Commercial Services, GMCA Waste and Resources Team attached.

RESOLVED/-

1.     That the contracts updates and key risks as set out in the report be noted; and

2.     To support the recommended actions in response to the Defra questionnaire on separate collection of food as set out in section 7 of the report.