Decision - Fleet Procurement

RESOLVED : That the Committee – (i) Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Environment, Economy & Culture, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer, to enter into a contract up to the value of £ 2.400m for four electric powered side-lifting RCVs; (ii) Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Environment, Economy & Culture, in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer, to enter into future contracts for low emission RCVs up to a maximum value of £ 2.500m per year, or any alternative value approved by Budget Council as part of the Capital Programme, for the duration of the Fleet Strategy 2020 to 2030; (iii) Agreed that the use of the delegated authority as set out in 2.2 will be reviewed annually at Policy & Resources Committee as part of the Fleet Strategy Update report; (iv) Agreed additional borrowing of £ 0.200m to purchase electric fleet required for the Toilet Cleansing Service.

The document proposes purchasing 21 new vehicles for cleansing, waste collections, public toilets, parks, cemeteries and fleet workshop services. The vehicles have a total purchase cost of £2,422,600, offset by £118,300 in disposal income, resulting in a net budget cost of £2,304,300.