Forward Plan Ref: 2024/254
Contact: Frankie Upton, Technical Lead – Waste Contracts (Frankie.Upton@oxfordshire.gov.uk)
Report by Director
of Environment and Highways (CMDDLC5).
The information in this case is
exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories:
3. Information
relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person
(including the authority holding that information)
and since it is
considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in
maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the
information.
The annex
containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached.
The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:
a)
Approve the utilisation of the residual
waste treatment contract for the treatment of Waste Upholstered Domestic
Seating containing Persistent Organic Pollutants and,
b)
Delegate authority to the Director of
Environment and Highways in Consultation with the Head of Legal Services and
Deputy Monitoring Officer to enter into any necessary documentation with
Viridor Oxfordshire Limited to secure such utilisation.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Chair introduced the item to the meeting.
The Chair noted that this was a good example of policy being developed at short notice due to the Environment Agency activating guidance.
The Chair thanked officers for their work, noted that the guidance would be continually monitored for changes, and agreed to the recommendations.
RESOLVED to:
a)
Approve the utilisation of the residual
waste treatment contract for the treatment of Waste Upholstered Domestic
Seating containing Persistent Organic Pollutants and,
b)
Delegate authority to the Director of
Environment and Highways in Consultation with the Head of Legal Services and
Deputy Monitoring Officer to enter into any necessary documentation with
Viridor Oxfordshire Limited to secure such utilisation