Agenda

Governance & Resources Committee - Wednesday, 12th February, 2025 6.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Matlock, DE4 3NN

Contact: Democratic Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Please advise the Democratic Services Team on 01629 761133 or email committee@derbyshiredales.gov.uk of any apologies for absence.

2.

Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 213 KB

05 December 2024

3.

Public Participation

To enable members of the public to ask questions, express views or present petitions, IF NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN, (by telephone, in writing or by email) BY NO LATER THAN 12 NOON OF THE WORKING DAY PRECEDING THE MEETING. As per Procedural Rule 14.4 at any one meeting no person may submit more than 3 questions and no more than 1 such question may be asked on behalf of one organisation.

 

4.

Interests

Members are required to declare the existence and nature of any interests they may have in subsequent agenda items in accordance with the District Council’s Code of Conduct. Those interests are matters that relate to money or that which can be valued in money, affecting the Member, her/his partner, extended family and close friends. Interests that become apparent at a later stage in the proceedings may be declared at the time.

5.

Questions Pursuant to Rule of Procedure Number 15

To answer questions from Members who have given the appropriate notice.

6.

External Audit Completion Report and Draft Auditor's Annual Report for the Financial Year Ended 21 March 2024 pdf icon PDF 139 KB

These reports summarise the work undertaken and the key findings arising from the external auditor’s work in relation to the Authority’s financial statements for 2023/24.

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7.

Letter of Representations 2023-24 pdf icon PDF 134 KB

8.

Statement of Accounts for 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 142 KB

This report provides interpretation of the Statement of Accounts for 2022/22 and highlights the key issues.  The report also requests approval of the Statement of Accounts for 2023/24.

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9.

Trade Food Waste and Recycling Fees pdf icon PDF 101 KB

This report seeks approval of proposed fees and charges for Simpler Recycling in England Legislation that comes into force 31 March 2025, for trade food waste and trade recycling services.

 

(Simpler Recycling in England: policy update - GOV.UK)

Published 29 November 2024

 

The implementation timelines for Simpler Recycling are:

          by 31 March 2025, businesses and relevant non-domestic premises in England will need to arrange for the collection of the core recyclable waste streams, with the exception of garden waste (glass, metal, plastic, paper and card, and food waste)

 

Therefore – The Council are introducing food waste and recycling collections from business premises from 1 April 2025. From this date all businesses in the UK with over 10 FTE staff, will by law, have to segregate their food waste and recycling for a separate collection.

 

The charges from Serco were not available to the Council until 17 December 2024, which meant these could not be included in the Report to Governance and Resources Committee 5 December 2024.

 

The Council have spent January preparing the pricing, benchmarking other Councils across the UK and require the fees and charges to be approved to comply with Simpler Recycling in England legislation.

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10.

Response to Government Consultation on Strengthening the Standards and Conduct Framework for Local Authorities in England pdf icon PDF 88 KB

Governance Governance and Resources Committee is asked to note the recently launched consultation on strengthening the Standards and Conduct Framework for Local Authorities in England, and to delegate the consultation response to the Monitoring Officer in consultation with the Chair of the Governance and Resources Committee.

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