Agenda and draft minutes

The Cabinet Member will advise of any items of Urgent Business that they have accepted.

There were no items of Urgent Business.

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

A Member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

No declarations of interest were made.

To consider any requests received in accordance with the Council’s Constitution.

No deputations, petitions or questions were received.

(Report of the Director of Place and Sustainability). To seek agreement for the Council to enter into the Inter Authority Agreement with respect to the North London Waste Authority procurement of waste treatment and disposal services including the transfer of the Council’s Household Waste and Recycling Centres to the North London Waste Authority.

The Leader of the Council considered a report that sought agreement for the Council to enter into an Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) with the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) and the six other north London Constituent Borough Councils in relation to the procurement of waste treatment and disposal services and the transfer of the Council’s Household Waste and Recycling Centres to the NLWA.

It was noted that on the 19 July 2011 Cabinet had agreed, in principle, to enter into an IAA between the NLWA and the six north London Constituent Borough Councils and that it had been resolved that the Leader of the Council would take the decision to execute the IAA on behalf of the Council once the final terms had been agreed by all parties.

RESOLVED:

1)     That the following be approved:

1. That the final form of the IAA executed by the Council be in terms substantially the same as the form of IAA attached at Appendix A of the report and in accordance with Section 4 of the report, with any final minor changes to the version of the IAA (attached at Appendix A of the report) to be agreed by the Director of Place and Sustainability in consultation with the Leader of the Council.

2. That subject to the above it be agreed that the Director of Place and Sustainability, as the authorised representative, shall execute the IAA.

2)     That the Leader of the Council approve Schedule 1 Part A2 and Schedule 2 Part B of the IAA (contained within the draft IAA at Appendix A of the report) providing details of the waste collection system and tonnage forecasts, to reflect anticipated increases in recycling rates and changes to waste levels over the duration of the NLWA contracts.

3)     That the transfer of the Council’s Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) to the NLWA (proposed to be 1 November 2012) be approved on the following basis:

a.      For Park View Road to grant a lease to the NLWA from 1 November 2012 that would be excluded from the protection of section 24-28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and on a peppercorn basis, the detailed terms of which to be agreed by the Director of Place and Sustainability in consultation with the Head of Legal Services.

b.      For Hornsey High Street to grant a short term lease to the NLWA from 1 November 2012 that would be excluded from the protection of sections 24-28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and on a peppercorn basis, to be terminated by the Council when required to do so to allow the Council to give vacant possession of the site to the buyer in accordance with its contractual obligations. The terms of the lease to be agreed by the Director of Place and Sustainability in consultation with the Head of Legal Services.