Environment and Sustainability Task Group
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Task Group Leader : Councillor Stephen Corrall.
Vice Chair : Councillor Gary Hunt
The Task Group has been asked to look at a range of issues by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board (OSMB), please see below.
Topic | Actions | Status |
Domestic waste collection and recycling | The review is seeking to establish whether the contracts are providing a suitable standard of service for the city’s residents and whether they are achieving the targets set by the Council. The Task Group has received presentations form officers as well as visiting recycling centres and accompanying Biffa operatives on waste collection routes. | The Task Group expects to deliver its final report to OSMB in June or July 2008 |
Leicestershire and Leicester Waste Development Framework | The Task Group reviewed the proposals form the Regeneration and Culture Department on carrying out the statutory public consultations to develop a new strategy, which will replace the Waste Local Plan. | Received by OSMB in May 2008. Click here to see item 169 of this document. |
Recycling and composing performance indicators | The Task Group, at the request of the Performance and Value for Money Select Committee (PVMSC), investigated the Council’ underperformance against its targets for recycling and composing | Received by PVMSC in April, click here to see item 88 of this document. Also received by OSMB in May, click here to see item 170 of this document. |
Spare capacity at the Biffa Bursom Ball Mill | The Task Group investigated the current underutilisation of capacity at the Ball mill | Received by OSMB in April 2008, click here to see item 162 of the document. |
Future work Programme | The Task Group set up a panel of experts to advise on future priorities for review. The Council’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme Reports for 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 were used as the basis for reaching conclusions. The Task Group identified the following topics for future reviews:
| Received by OSMB in April, click here to see item 150 of the document. |
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) | The Task group is carrying out a joint investigation with the Children and Young People’s Task Group into aspects of the Council’s Building Schools for the Future Programme. The investigation is looking at two aspects:
| The Task Groups expects to deliver their final report to OSMB in the summer. |
| Combined Heat and Power | The Task Group is carrying out a review into the proposed combined heat and power system for the Council's district heat network. The investigation will look at: * Impact on tenants * Environmental implications * Bonds | The Task Group expects to deliver their final report to OSMB in January 2009 |