Issue - meetings

This report provides an update on the relocation options for Beckfield Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre and on negotiations concerning the interim contract for waste disposal.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the position on the interim waste contract be noted.

                        (ii)        That Option 2 be agreed (undertake additional feasibility work in 2008/09) and that a one-off sum of £35,000 be allocated from contingency to fund further design work on the new west of York recycling centre to be located at Harewood Whin.

REASON:      To progress the provision of improved recycling facilities in the west of the City, building on the success of Hazel Court in the east, without further delay.

Members considered a report which provided an update on the relocation options for Beckfield Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) and on negotiations regarding the interim contract for waste disposal.

Initial feasibility work had been undertaken on the three options identified after the full options analysis carried out in May 2007.  However, it was estimated that a further £35k would be needed to obtain sufficient information to enable a decision to be taken on these options.  Members were therefore asked to consider the priority of this work in the current financial year and decide between the following options:

Option 1 – do nothing and continue to use the facilities at Beckfield Lane - this was not recommended, due to ongoing anti-social behaviour issues, traffic congestion and proximity to housing;

Option 2 – undertake additional feasibility work in 2008/09;

Option 3 – ask Council to prioritise funding for the feasibility work as part of the 2009/10 budget process.

With regard to the interim contract, the Council had been working with North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) to find an interim solution to cover the period until the Inter Authority Agreement with NYCC, to provide long term waste disposal facilities through a PFI scheme, became operational.  Negotiations had not yet been completed, however, and a report would be brought back to Members once the outcome was known.

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive on this item, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That the position on the interim waste contract be noted.

                        (ii)        That Option 2 be agreed (undertake additional feasibility work in 2008/09) and that a one-off sum of £35,000 be allocated from contingency to fund further design work on the new west of York recycling centre to be located at Harewood Whin.¹

REASON:      To progress the provision of improved recycling facilities in the west of the City, building on the success of Hazel Court in the east, without further delay.