Issue - meetings
Council Fleet - Vehicle Replacement Programme
Meeting: 14/11/2024 - Executive Board (Item 27)
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Decision:
(1) That delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Director Environment and Communities in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment and Communities to procure the vehicles detailed in the report, utilising the £1.7m that had been earmarked in the 2023/2026 capital programme for vehicle replacement.
(2) That capital funding of £716,100 allocated by the Government for the purchase of the vehicles required for the food waste collection service be noted and any shortfall in funding for these additional eight vehicles be drawn from the Council’s Asset Management Strategy Fund in the Capital Programme.
Minutes:
A report on the Vehicle Replacement Programme for the Council’s fleet was submitted for consideration.
New replacement vehicles were required across a range of services in different departments of the council including the refuse and recycling service, amenities, highways, building, cultural, welfare and youth services. Details of the condition of the existing vehicles and the proposed replacement vehicles, along with costings was detailed in the report.
Additionally, the council was required to implement a food waste collection service in Spring 2026. The Government had allocated funding to assist with the purchase of new vehicles to undertake the food waste collections. It was acknowledged that demand for these types of vehicles would be extremely high, given the majority of councils in England would be procuring such vehicles at a similar time for the service commencement date. Therefore, there was a need to purchase these vehicles immediately to secure delivery prior to implementation of the service.
The Council had set a target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. The report set out plans to purchase several electric vehicles to help achieve this target. There was likely to be additional costs in providing sufficient additional charging facilities at the Davyfield Road depot, which were currently being discussed and reviewed, with capital funding bids to be considered for increasing the capacity of the main electric substation which provided electricity to the depot.
RESOLVED
(1) That delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Director Environment and Communities in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment and Communities to procure the vehicles detailed in the report, utilising the £1.7m that had been earmarked in the 2023/2026 capital programme for vehicle replacement.
(2) That capital funding of £716,100 allocated by the Government for the purchase of the vehicles required for the food waste collection service be noted and any shortfall in funding for these additional eight vehicles be drawn from the Council’s Asset Management Strategy Fund in the Capital Programme.