Further to Minute No. 57 of the meeting held on 8 July 2010 and Minute No. 92 of the meeting of the Cabinet Member - Environmental held on 6 April 2011 the Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Street Scene on the procurement process which had been undertaken to obtain proposed bus and taxi costs to the Council with effect from 1 September 2011.
This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the pricing framework procured through the tendering process be approved;
(2) approval be given for the Specialist Transport Unit to plan and award routes accordingly in the most financially advantageous manner to the Council using the new pricing framework, with effect from 1 September 2011; and
(3) a report on the full financial and operational review of the Specialist Transport Unit be submitted to the Cabinet in September/October 2011.