Agenda item

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment regarding the Clean City Awards Scheme (CCAS) review.

Members were advised that the CCAS had been identified as delivering potential savings of £25,000 as part of the Service Based Review (SBR). The Assistant Director of Street Scene and Strategy explained that the estimated income levels from the proposed introduction of fees depended on the membership uptake over the next year but savings were not needed to be achieved until 2016/17, which allowed considerable time to establish the viability and uptake and also time to further review the scheme if uptake is insufficient to meet the target. He added that feedback had shown that members of the CCAS value the scheme and were surprised that it had remained free of charge for so long.

In response to a Member’s question, the Assistant Director advised that the date of the CCAS Awards ceremony would be circulated to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman when known.

RESOLVED – That:

a)    a new model of delivery for the CCAS whereby an annual membership fee structure is introduced with effect from 1 April 2015 in return for a benefits package for membership with a view to achieve the £25,000 savings identified through the SBR, be approved; and

b)    a progress report on the scheme be presented to the Committee following 6 months of the charging being introduced.