Issue - meetings

(i)           to approve the terms of the Stage 1 Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) included at appendix A to the report, and authorise the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to enter into this agreement on behalf of the Council;

(ii)          to appoint the Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure, or substitute, as the Council’s representative on the Project Board, and the Waste and Recycling Manager as the Council’s representative on the Project Team, and delegate to them the necessary powers required to agree or approve decisions which are designated as Project Board and Project Team decisions on Part 1 of the IAA schedule;

(iii)         to appoint Councillors Corall, Finlayson and Jean Morrison as the three Council members to sit on the Energy from Waste Elected Members Engagement Group, and to agree to its establishment; and

(iv)         to note that the anticipated expenditure of approximately £180,000 to fund the Council’s contribution to Stage 1 of the IAA would be met from the Capital Plan Project 810C.

The Council had before it a report by the Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which provided an update on progress of the Joint Authority Energy from Waste Project with Aberdeenshire and the Moray Councils, and sought approval to enter into a first stage Inter-Authority Agreement (IAA) relating to initial project and procurement development work.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)          approve the terms of the Stage 1 IAA included at appendix A to the report, and authorise the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to enter into this agreement on behalf of the Council;

(b)          appoint the Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure, or substitute, as the Council’s representative on the Project Board, and the Waste and Recycling Manager as the Council’s representative on the Project Team, and delegate to them the necessary powers required to agree or approve decisions which are designated as Project Board and Project Team decisions on Part 1 of the IAA schedule;

(c)          appoint up to three Council members to sit on the Energy from Waste Elected Members Engagement Group; and

(d)          note that the anticipated expenditure of approximately £180,000 to fund the Council’s contribution to Stage 1 of the IAA would be met from the Capital Plan Project 810C.

The Council resolved:-

(i)           to approve recommendations (a), (b) and (d); and

(ii)          to appoint Councillors Corall, Finlayson and Jean Morrison as the three Council members to sit on the Energy from Waste Elected Members Engagement Group, and to agree to its establishment.