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Environment Policy Board
25 Jan 2017 - 13:00 to 14:15
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Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Standard Items
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Chair

Councillor E Devine, Convener, presided.

In Attendance
S MacDougall, Director of Community Resources; D Gillies, Head of Facilities Management, O Reid, Head of Public Protection, C Dalrymple, Regulatory and Enforcement Manager, K Carr, Site Services Manager, C Grainger, Service Planning and Policy Development Manager, K MacLeod, Waste Services Manager, K Markwick, Amenity Services Manager - Roads & Transportation, A McNab, Transportation Manager, G Hannah, Strategic Change Manager, D Kerr, Service and Coordination Manager (all Community Resources); and D Farrell, Finance Business Partner and R Devine, Senior Committee Services Officer (both Finance & Resources).
Minute
The item of the Minute against which is set the suffix ND is considered to be a non delegated item.
Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Councillor McGurk.
Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.

There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.

Joint report by the Director of Finance & Resources and the Director of Community Resources.
  1. pdf RevenueFinal (363Kb)
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There was submitted a joint revenue budget monitoring report by the Directors of Finance & Resources and Community Resources for the period 1 April to 11 November, 2016.

DECIDED:

(a) That the budget position be noted: and

(b) That it be noted that there had been net budget realignments of £57,665 processed since the last report, relating to income from staff parking at Renfrewshire House, with the associated budget transferred from Finance & Resources to Community Resources (Facilities Management).
 
Report by the Director of Finance & Resources.
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There was submitted a capital budget monitoring report by the Director of Finance & Resources for the period 1 April to 11 November, 2016.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.
 
Report by the Director of Community Resources.
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There was submitted an update report by the Director of Community Resources relative to the services and key projects delivered by Community Resources during the period 1 April to 11 November, 2016.

The report included operational updates in relation to Events and Activities, the Renfrewshire Community Safety Partnership; Regulatory Services; Amenity Services; and Facilities Management, together with details of performance in terms of indicators and benchmarking targets.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.
 
Report by the Director of Community Resources.
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There was submitted a report by the Director of Community Resources relative to factors which had impacted on the 2015 Household Waste Recycling rate, reported within the Operational Performance Report submitted to the meeting of this Board held on 18 May, 2016.  The report also indicated that SEPA had formally approved the recycling figures for calendar year 2015. 

The report detailed the principal provisions of Scotland’s Zero Waste Plan which applied to local authorities, outlined average national and local recycling rates during 2015 and factors impacting on the level of performance achieved locally.  Reference was also made within the report to current local levels of household waste recycling, the service changes and improvements which had been implemented since 2009 to achieve these levels and proposed future improvements.  

It was highlighted that the costs associated with undertaking the further improvements would be offset by subsequent reductions in waste disposal costs.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.

 
Report by the Director of Community Resources
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There was submitted a report by the Director of Community Resources relative to the Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Act 2016.

 

The report advised that the Act made it an offence for an adult to smoke within a motor vehicle in a public place whilst someone under the age of 18 was present. The legislation was an extension to the existing prohibition of smoking in public places in terms of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005.  Details of the proposed enforcement approach to be adopted were provided together with details of exceptions to the prohibition and the level of fine applicable should the prohibition be broken.

 

The report also recommended an amendment to the Council’s Scheme of Delegation to authorise the Council’s Enforcement Officers to enable officers to implement the Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Act 2016.

 

DECIDED:

 

(a) That the commencement, on 5 December, 2016, of the Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Act 2016, be noted;

 

(b) That the enforcement options available to the Council’s authorised enforcement officers in enforcing the legislation, namely fixed penalty notices, be noted;

 

(c) That the intention to work with Police Scotland to ensure all fixed penalties were collated and reported as part of the regular Community Safety update reports be noted; and

 

(d) That an amendment to the Council’s Scheme of Scheme of Delegation, to authorise the Council’s Enforcement Officers to enforce the terms of the Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Act 2016, be approved. ND
Report by the Director of Community Resources.
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Under reference to item 18 of the Minute of the Council held on 16 December, 2016 there was submitted a report by the Director of Community Resources relative to the delivery of the LED street lighting investment programme. 

 

The report stated that more than 60% of the Council’s current street lighting stock was LED, outlined factors impacting on implementation of the programme and advised that it was anticipated that the programme would be completed by summer 2017.  Thereafter an exercise would be conducted to review areas where the original design assessments might require adjustment.  The benefits to the Council, following completion of the programme, in terms of reduced carbon consumption and financial savings were detailed.  Reference was also made within the report to the number of specific complaints received in respect of LED installations, together with details of the current number of local LED installations and street lighting fault repair performance.  It was highlighted that 98% of repairs were attended to within seven days of reporting and complaints regarding street lighting repairs were at a lower level than in the comparative period of 2015/16.

 

DECIDED:

 

(a) That the progress in terms of delivery of the Council’s LED street lighting investment programme, approved at the meeting of the Council held on 25 June, 2015 and commenced during May 2016, be noted; and

 

(b) That the significantly improved performance in delivering street lighting repairs, following the service being brought in-house, during February 2016, be noted.
EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
The Board may by resolution exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public are present, there could be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 8 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973.
The Board resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 8 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
7 Roads Trading Budget Monitoring Report
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    • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);
8 Vehicle Maintenance Budget Monitoring Report
  1. Vehicle Maintenance Trading Budget Monitoring Report
    • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);
9 Catering Trading Budget Monitoring Report
  1. WatermarkCatering Trading BUDGET MONITORING
    • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

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