Issue - meetings

This report notes the allocation of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits to support this project for joint procurement of residual waste treatment services, provides an update on progress and seeks delegated authority for Officers to commit to an Inter-Authority agreement with North Yorkshire County Council.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the award of £65m PFI credits towards the costs of this project be noted.

                        (ii)        That the Executive’s belief that Landfill Tax generated from York residents should be returned to recycling services in York, in line with the campaign by the Local Government Association, be re-affirmed.

                        (iii)       That an Inter-Authority agreement under seal be entered into with North Yorkshire County Council on the basis of the issues set out in the report and that the Director of City Strategy and the Head of Civic, Legal and Democratic Services, in consultation with the appropriate Executive and Shadow Executive Members, be given delegated authority to agree the detail of the agreement in order to give effect to those terms.

                        (iv)       That the Director of City Strategy be authorised to utilise the proposed evaluation methodology, in consultation with the appropriate Executive and Shadow Executive Members.

REASON:      To progress the Waste PFI project, which has previously been agreed as the best way for CYC and NYCC to proceed in order to provide waste disposal facilities for the future, through the procurement phase.

Members considered a report which noted the allocation of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits to support the joint procurement of residual waste treatment services, provided an update on the progress of this project and sought delegated authority for Officers to commit to an Inter-Authority agreement with North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC).

In June 2007, Members had approved progression of the project into the procurement phase, subject to approval of the OBC by the Treasury Project Review Group (PRG).  That approval had been granted on 23 July and OJEU notice for the waste treatment contract had been issued on 1 September.  In order to provide evidence to the bidders of the robustness and commitment of the partnership, an Inter-Authority agreement was now required.  Details of the agreement were outlined in paragraph 8 of the report.  The Executives of both Councils were being asked at their October meetings to delegate authority to their respective Chief Officers to sign the agreement.

Details of the bid evaluation process, using the high level evaluation criteria agreed by Members in June, were set out in paragraphs 10 to 14 of the report.  It was noted that NYCC had issued an OJEU notice for an interim waste treatment contract.  CYC were included in this OJEU but would only consider options that benefited the Council.

Having considered the advice of the Shadow Executive and the comments made under Public Participation, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That the award of £65m PFI credits towards the costs of this project be noted.

                        (ii)        That the Executive’s belief that Landfill Tax generated from York residents should be returned to recycling services in York, in line with the campaign by the Local Government Association, be re-affirmed.

                        (iii)       That an Inter-Authority agreement under seal be entered into with North Yorkshire County Council on the basis of the issues set out in the report and that the Director of City Strategy and the Head of Civic, Legal and Democratic Services, in consultation with the appropriate Executive and Shadow Executive Members, be given delegated authority to agree the detail of the agreement in order to give effect to those terms.

                        (iv)       That, from now on, the Director of City Strategy be authorised to utilise the proposed evaluation methodology, in consultation with the appropriate Executive and Shadow Executive Members.

REASON:      To progress the Waste PFI project, which has previously been agreed as the best way for CYC and NYCC to proceed in order to provide waste disposal facilities for the future, through the procurement phase.