Purpose

Contract mechanism for future waste service
provision.

Decision

1)     
Approve the extension and variation of the joint contract with Hart
District Council with Serco for the collection of waste for a
further eight years from October 2025.

 
2)     
Agree that weekly waste and fortnightly recycling collections
together with a new weekly food waste collection service will
commence in October 2025 and that a simpler weekly collections
model will commence from 30 September 2026.
 
3)     
Recommend to Council on 17 October 2024 that they approve an
increase in the budget allocation in the current medium-term
financial strategy of £2.73M during 2025/26 to 2027/28 to
reflect the additional costs of the new contract with Serco from
October 2025 as shown in the table at 11.5 of the report.
 
4)     
Delegate authority to the Director of Resident Services, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Resident Services and
Housing and Head of Law and Governance to negotiate, prepare and,
subject to Council approving the budget on 17 October 2024, to
enter into final documentation to complete the extension and
variation of the contract.