Agenda item

To consider the final draft report of the reconvened Ad Hoc Scrutiny Sub-Committee researching Local Authority practices in the delivery of more sustainable street lighting.  

Members were presented with the draft final report of the Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee which was set up to conclude the review outstanding from the last Municipal Year on ‘strategic management & procurement to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and waste’.

Following consultation with appropriate officers, the report had been updated to include a summary of their comments on the proposals. A copy of the amended report had been circulated to Members incorporating changes made at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Sub-Committee.

Members made the following comments on the draft final report prior to its submission to the Executive:

• More detailed consideration of any potential saving on street lighting emissions further to the comparators referenced in paragraph 7 of the final report;
• Improved coordination of the Council’s own floodlighting of the Guildhall for instance, with consideration being given to activation by light sensor;
• In relation to the suggested arrangements for the reporting the findings of the proposed Street Lighting questionnaire, as at paragraph 33 of the final report, that be done by the Council’s Member Energy Champion through the EMAP process and not at full Council as proposed in the report; and
• Short glossary of terms to be extended to include PV(photovoltaic)

 RESOLVED:

That all those Members and Officers involved in the review be thanked for their work in bringing this review to a conclusion and the final report be referred to the Executive for consideration, subject to the above revisions being made.