Issue - meetings

The meeting was advised that in the current arrangement, the council was the collection authority for domestic waste whilst KCC was the disposal authority. The existing inter authority agreement spelt out the collection methodology and mechanism for payments (known as enabling payments) associated with the waste service to be made by KCC to TDC.  The current 10 year agreement was between the four East Kent districts and KCC. 

This existing agreement expires on 15 January 2021.  The existing agreement included the standards required for collection and transfer of the various domestic waste streams along with waste from street bins, dog bins, bulky waste collections and street cleansing arisings.  A new agreement had been drafted with the intention of this coming into force on 16th January 2021 thereby avoiding a gap between the old and new agreements. This agreement would also set out the model for the sharing of income and savings by KCC and TDC for waste recycled and diverted from landfill.

Councillor Albon proposed, Councillor Everitt seconded and Cabinet approved Option 1 which is as detailed below:

1.  That the Council enters into a new Inter Authority Agreement with Kent County Council for a period of 5 years from 16 January 2021;

2.  That the Director of Operations is given delegated authority to undertake all steps to negotiate and agree the final terms of the agreement (in consultation as necessary with the Portfolio Holder);

3.  That the Director of Law and Democracy is given delegated authority to sign the final agreement.