Issue - meetings

      Report of the Chief Executive

Cllr Pauline Church, Cabinet Member for Finance & Procurement, Commissioning, IT, Digital and Commercialisation presented the report which highlighted the need to replace the current energy purchasing arrangement, which expires on 31March 2022 to enable the council to continue to deliver cost-effective electricity and gas supplies to the corporate, housing, streetlighting and school portfolios.

Questions were received from the following:

·       Karen Crawford

·       Andrew Nicolson – Wiltshire Climate Alliance

The Leader acknowledged that the questions had received written responses which had been published on the Council’s website prior to the meeting.

Supplementary questions were asked by Andrew Nicolson about de-gassing and green gas and the shape of the emissions reduction over time. A written response would be provided after the meeting.

The Cabinet consider the exempt information contained in the appendix to the report and in Part II of the meeting before making a decision on the matter.

Resolved:

See minute 21 below

Reason for Decision:

The current energy purchasing arrangement expires on 31March 2022 and needs to be replaced to enable the council to continue to deliver cost-effective electricity and gas supplies to the corporate, housing, streetlighting and school portfolios.