Mahfooz Hussain - Councillor for Blackburn with Darwen ( Blackburn Central)

Councillor Mahfooz Hussain

 Labour  Blackburn Central

Email: mahfooz.hussain@blackburn.gov.uk

Council: Blackburn with Darwen

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Executive Board Council Forum (Committee Member) Finance Council Policy Council (Committee Member) Annual Council

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

23 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Policy Council Committee Member

Policy Council - Thursday, 4th December, 2025 6.00 pm

December 04, 2025
Council Forum Committee Member

Extraordinary Council Meeting, Council Forum - Wednesday, 19th November, 2025 6.00 pm

November 19, 2025
Council Forum Committee Member

Council Forum - Thursday, 2nd October, 2025 6.00 pm

56 attendees, 15 documents, 0 media files

October 02, 2025
Council Forum Committee Member

Council Forum - Thursday, 24th July, 2025 6.00 pm

July 24, 2025
Executive Board

Executive Board - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 6.00 pm

June 12, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

154 decisions · Page 5 of 31

Update to Medium Term Financial Plan 2026/29 and Development of Budget 2026/27

From: Executive Board - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 6.00 pm - June 12, 2025

Update to Medium Term Financial Plan 2026/29 and Development of General Fund Budget 2026/27

Recommendations Approved

Contracts for waste disposal, recycling and food waste processing and treatment

From: Executive Board - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 6.00 pm - June 12, 2025

The Council, acting as a Waste Disposal Authority, is required to retender the contracts for waste disposal, recycling treatment and disposal, as both the aforementioned contracts end for June 2026. The Council has contracts with the present successful contractor, Suez UK for waste disposal, with the majority of the Council waste going to energy from waste facilities sourced by Suez UK. Similarly, Suez UK transfer the Councils recycling to a materials recycling facility for separation and processing before sending onto various outlets in the UK.

Recommendations Approved

Food waste collection service – resource grant funding arrangements

From: Executive Board - Thursday, 12th June, 2025 6.00 pm - June 12, 2025

Previous reports to the Executive Board have provided background on the detail behind the Government, via the Environment Act 2021, mandating that Councils in England commence weekly food waste collections from 2026. The Council has received capital funding from Government of approximately £1.1M for the purchase of bins, kitchen caddies and vehicles, that have been procured by the Council for its full borough implementation. In accordance with the previously approved Executive Board report, a pilot food waste collection service is to be implemented for the end of May 2025, to approximately 9,000 properties, in advance of the wider borough implementation for June 2026.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 23

Average per Month: 1.2

Decisions Recorded: 154