Agenda item

Paul Cowangave a presentation on behalf of the community areas of Tidworth, Pewsey and the villages of AltonBarnes, Stanton StBernard, Woodbrough,Hilcot, Wilsford, North Newnton,Rushall,Upavon, Enford, The Manningfords, Wilcot, Huish and Oare, Wootton Rivers,New Mill,Easton Royal,Milton Lilbourne,Burbage, Eastand WestGrafton, Wilton, Wexcombe,Martin, Collingbourne Kingston & Ducis,Brunton,Ludgershall PerhamDown and Everleigh.

Points made included:

What we know

Wiltshire has a financialshortfall thatrequires addressingby alldepartments.HillsWaste Management claimsthat byclosing Everleighthere wouldbe anannual savingof 135,000KThereare 11 householdrecycling centrescounty wide.

EverleighRC isone ofthe oldestand smallest.

Everleighsupports averylarge ruralarea, ithashad little orno investmentsince 1997. There are905visitsa week. 47060per year.

Access toMarlborough RCis poorand createsserious congestionon theapproach roads; this also appliesto Devizesplus thetraffic  toand fromDevizesisappalling.

Everleighhas good accessfor thepublic andthe contractor.

The WiltshireCore Strategy identifies 700 + housesin Tidworth,290 inPewsey plus 280in thevillages ofthe Pewseyarea Board by 2026.(1300plus).

What we think we know

An estimatedadditional averageof 5miles eachway willhave tobe travelledto visitthe alternative sites. 10x 47060= 470600milesper annum, (1/2 million)

HMRC's andWiltshire Council'sagree mileagecosts arebetween 46.9pfor a1000cc andup to65p for a1200cc car.

At 0.48p permile asan averagethisclosure willcostthis community470600 X0.48p =225888 poundsperannum andrising. Thisis notequitable withthe restof thecounty.

WhatWe Don'tKnow

Thefuture recyclingpolicy andplans tomeet theincreasing nationaltargets andrequirements of our communities,and howthey willbe achieved.

How muchthis closurewill costWiltshire Council,i.e decommissioning, ongoingmonitoring costs, compensation's etc?

How muchthe additionalfly tippingwill cost.

What alternativesto closureof thissite havebeen considered? Whatincome revenuestreams havebeen considered?

What provisionhas beenmade forArmy Rebasingand theadditional 1300 plus houses inthe area? Howthis proposalwill meetWiltshire CouncilsC02 reductionrequirements ½ million extracar miles and rising?

Why hasno investment beenmade tokeep thissite toa modern standard?

Wiltshire RecyclingCentres arein effectend of lifecentres.Noproducts areaccepted andrecycled toathirdparty inits deliveredstate asin manyother Counties,this raisesrevenue, avoidslandfill, reducesreprocessing costsand C02emissions. Hasthis beenconsidered?

OurRecommendations

This proposalis withdrawnuntil thecontract renewal2017 ongoingcost 270000pounds. Full and opendiscussionsarehad onthe futureof "recycling" in Wiltshirepost 2017.

The redistributionof toys,cycles,furniture, reclaimedbuilders materials,bath roomsuits, etcare notHills corebusinesssothey willhave littleinterest inperforming thistask (arethey theright contractor for theway forwardpost 2017).

Any futureproposal isthe sameacrossthewhole countyand notone sectionbeing askedtosupport the service disproportionately.

To supportthe servicein thelong termand forfuture investmenta formof visitcharge ismade even ifwe needto lobbyParliament tochangethepresent ruling.

One poundper visitwould net1.6million poundswhich couldbe spentin muchneeded investmentin recycling.  

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Look atthe meritsof settingup a taskforce ofCouncillor's includingTown andParish, WiltshireOfficers toseetheway ahead.

Any solutionhas tobe fairto everytaxpayer inour County

The Chairman thanked Paul Cowen for his presentation.