Minutes:
Mini Recycling Sites
Wiltshire residents were being encouraged to recycle as much as possible and not to present additional household waste next to their bin, known as 'side waste'. The implementation of the side waste programme in the Mere area had started. Wiltshire Council had completed the side waste surveys of the households in that area, and had completed all the Officer visits of those properties which had been seen to present side waste on one occasion. This program would bring South Wiltshire into line with the rest of Wiltshire.
The next step would be to place bin hangars on all bins which present out side waste on their collection day (Monday 19 May in Mere), to warn households not to present side waste, whilst still collecting all additional waste. After this, on Monday 2 June (the following household waste collection week), no side waste was taken on collection day. Any side waste presented would be clearly labelled as such, and a hangar would also be left on their bin to advise them that the additional waste was not collected.
Any household waste which was produced over and above the capacity of the bin from 2 June onwards would be stickered and left inside the bin following collection. Residents could then either wait another two weeks for it to be collected at the kerbside, or they could take it to a Household Recycling Centre for disposal.
However, there would be some exceptions, such as any household presenting out additional waste due to having medical needs or large families of 6 or more, or families of 5 who had one child and above in nappies, for example, larger bins (of 240 litre capacity) would be issued automatically upon request.
Households which produced a lot of recycling could have two black boxes and a larger blue lidded bin upon request. In many areas all recycling would now be collected from residences, some remote areas such as Tisbury would still have mini recycling facilities, some of which were not Wiltshire Council controlled.
Questions and comments were then received, these included:
· Was there a policy in place which dealt with removing the chemical element from batteries on landfill sites? Answer: Businesses which sold batteries should offer a recycling service, to limit the numbers of batteries being thrown into the waste.
· Why was there no consultation prior to removing the mini recycling sites? Answer: This was being looked at again, mini recycling sites would remain open at Waitrose in Salisbury and in the car park in Tisbury.
Broadband
The online postcode checker was now working. Works in Wilton Town would go ahead towards the end of June 2014, however it was not clear whether the coverage would include the surrounding villages to Wilton.
The Board would hold a special meeting on Broadband, once further information was available for circulation.
Area Board Funding
The amount of funding allocated to Area Boards had changed. There had been a budget reduction which meant that other Boards lost around 28% of their funding in comparison to the previous year. However the South West Wiltshire Area Board would lose approximately 41% of its budget. The Board had queried this and was subsequently offered £57,000 for 2014/15. Cllr Wayman was looking at the figures as the Board wanted to ensure that they would be allocated the correct amount – check this with George/Bridget as I have not been involved in these conversations.
Other Announcements
· Dinton Community Shop was now open.
· The ‘Discover Chalke Valley’ website was now live.
· There would be a WW1 commemoration event on 30 July at Tidworth Military Cemetery, to mark and commemorate the sacrifice made by 10,000 soldiers from Wiltshire during the First World War.
· A meeting to discuss groundwater was scheduled for Saturday 7 June 2014, at City Hall, Salisbury.