Issue - meetings

To consider proposals for the business plan, revenue budget estimates, capital programme and proposed fees and charges in respect of the Council’s priority area of Environment.

The Committee considered the proposals for the business plan, revenue budget estimates, capital programme and proposed fees and charges in respect of the Council’s priority area of Environment and Climate Change. The priorities and objectives for Environment and Climate Change were to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality, continue to invest in our parks and open spaces, and to reduce the amount of waste disposed of in the black-lidded bin and increase recycling and composting. Key lines of enquiry from Members were:

• Targets, guidance and funding from government to help meet recycling targets.
• Income generated and costs of food and garden waste subscriptions.
• Fixed penalty notice (FPN) rates.
• The Smokefree Sidelines campaign and inspections for simpler recycling.
• The pre-paid cremation plan, replacement cremators, the woodland burials project, and other developments in Bereavement Services.