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Vehicle Replacements - Refuse Collection Fleet and Specialist Transport Vehicles

Meeting: 06/09/2012 - Council (Item 49)

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Report of the Director of Street Scene

Minutes:

Further to Minute No. 43 of the Cabinet meeting held on 16 August 2012, the Council considered the report of the Director of Street Scene on the results of two recent tendering exercises in respect of the purchase of new refuse collection vehicles for the Cleansing Section and ten new coach-built welfare vehicles for the Specialist Transport Section, using a Prudential Borrowing facility arranged by the Finance Department.

 

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

 

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher and

 

RESOLVED:

 

That approval be given to the inclusion of the sum of £4,384,175 in the Capital Programme for the purchase of the vehicles, to be financed by a Prudential Borrowing facility.


Meeting: 16/08/2012 - Cabinet (Item 43)

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Report of the Director of Street Scene

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Street Scene on the results of two recent tendering exercises in respect of the purchase of new refuse collection vehicles for the Cleansing Section and ten new coach-built welfare vehicles for the Specialist Transport Section, using a Prudential Borrowing facility arranged by the Finance Department.

 

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

 

RESOLVED:            That

 

(1)       the tender submitted by Faun Zoeller UK Limited, of  Llangefni,             for the supply of new refuse collection vehicles for the Cleansing Section and by Treka Bus Limited, of Brighouse for the supply of ten new coach-built welfare vehicles for the Specialist Transport Section be accepted;

 

(2)            approval  be given to the ordering of the vehicles listed in Annex 1 of the report;

 

(3)       the Council be recommended to approve the sum of £4,384,175 being included in the capital programme and financed by a Prudential Borrowing facility;

 

(4)            approval be given to the costs of the new Cleansing fleet vehicles being funded over the next 5 years by use of the Earmarked Reserve held for recycling, thereby alleviating the need for the utilisation of additional Council resources; and

 

(5)            approval be given to the costs of the new Specialist Transport Unit vehicle fleet being funded over the next 5 years from within the existing revenue budget.