2017-04-20 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                           20 APRIL 2017


SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
11 APRIL 2017 – Crs Frank Pardon (Chair), Jess Glasgow, Tony Wellington & Frank Wilkie
Other Councillors in Attendance: Crs. Jackson, Jurisevic and Stockwell

The following Recommendations from the Services & Organisation Committee were
adopted without discussion or further amendment.
Council Resolution
Moved:            Cr Pardon
Seconded:         Cr Glasgow
The Services & Organisation Committee recommendations dated 11 April 2017 be adopted.
                                                                                  Carried.


1    PROPOSED GARDEN WASTE SERVICE AND POLICY
     That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health to the Services
     & Organisation Committee Meeting dated 11 April 2017 and Council:
     A.     Approve the Garden Waste Recycling Service Policy including the maps of areas
            where a 3 bin waste collection service will be provided to single dwellings and
            duplexes, as provided at Attachment 1 to the report subject to an amendment to page
            13, item 7 to read as follows:
            7     SERVICE EXEMPTIONS
            The owner of premises within the defined garden waste service area may apply for an
            exemption from the garden waste recycling service where they meet the following
            criteria:
             the owner engages a service provider to perform a gardening service at premises
                 to either mulch or remove all garden waste to the resource recovery facility or to
                 another location for an approved reuse of the resource and the service provider
                 supplies a written undertaking that achieves compliance with the exemption criteria
                 mentioned in this section; or
             the parcel of land on which a single dwelling or duplex is located is 400m² or less
               in area.
     B.     Specify the minimum service level for single dwellings and duplexes within the 3 bin
            service areas as 1 x 240 litre general waste bin collected weekly, 1 x 240 litre yellow
            lidded recycling bin collected fortnightly and 1 x 240 litre lime lidded garden waste
            recycling bin collected fortnightly;
     C.     Designate the area where an optional garden waste collection service will be provided
            as any premises which are not a single domestic residence or duplex located within
            the designated 3 bin garden waste service area, or any premises within 5 kilometres
            of the 3 bin garden waste service areas; and
     D.     Provide an exemption from the garden waste recycling service to single dwellings or
            duplexes which are located on parcels of land which are 400m² or less in area, upon
            receipt of a written application for exemption.




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