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Councillor Wells hereby left the meeting.
Members received and considered the Great Yarmouth Services Ltd Business Plan report from the Director of Operational Services.
Members were advised that on establishing GYS the new company has worked hard to develop its Business Plan for 2023/24. This had included working with Officers within GYBS and the wider Council in the development of the activities and costs required to deliver the services outlined within this Business Plan.
It was reported that alongside the Business Plan which provided an overview of the services that GYS would deliver, five Operational Plans had also been developed, these Plans outline how the GYS business units will operate and work to achieve the overall aim of GYS, which is to deliver an excellent standard of service across the borough in line with Council’s Corporate Plan.
The five business units are:
• Open Spaces Services - Grounds maintenance, Leisure maintenance, HRA Grounds
maintenance, Grave Digging, Arboricultural services & Tree Management;
• Waste Collection Services – domestic refuse and recycling collections, Garden waste
collections, Commercial waste collections;
• Street Scene Services - Street cleansing, building cleaning, HRA Cleansing
maintenance, Public Toilet cleaning, Bulky collections & Bin deliveries;
• Support Services - Car Clear, Pest Control, Customer Services, Health & Safety,
internal training, project management, business management;
• Fleet Management – Transport compliance, HGV & LCV servicing and maintenance,
Plant & Machinery maintenance, depot management.
Councillor Grant asked with regard to Grass cutting and sought clarification as to how this would be undertaken it was advised that this would remain as currently undertaken.
Councillor Myers commented that he was pleased to see that the Monday refuse collections were being moved which would avoid changes when bank holidays occurred, Councillor Myers asked whether staff would be required to work Mondays, it was advised that 4 day working weeks were being considered but this had not yet been confirmed.
Councillor T Wright asked with regard to the budget increase in flytip removal and asked whether this had just been due to the increase in fuel costs or whether there had been a noticeable increase in flytipping, it was confirmed that this had largely been caused by the increase in fuel.
Councillor P Carpenter asked with regard to events cleaning budget and whether these were rechargeable if the events were out of our control, it was confirmed that these would be recharged to the organisers of the event.
RESOLVED :
That Committee :-
(1) Agree Great Yarmouth Services Ltd (GYS) Business Plan for 2023/24 alongside GYS Operational Plans, as provided for under the scheme of Delegation in relation to acting as the Member for GYS.
(2) Note the budget for the delivery of these services as included in the business plan reflects the forecasted current year position and an allowance for an uplift.
(3) Note that the budget will still need to be approved by Full Council in February, and therefore could be subject to some adjustments prior to this final approval.