Approved in principle the Draft PFI Partnering Agreement, as appended to the report now submitted;
authorised the Head of Legal and Estates, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Environment and Transport, to approve any outstanding drafting issues; and
gave authority to the Director of Operational Services to sign the final partnering agreement at the appropriate time.
Approved the powers proposed for the Member Board, as summarised in Annex A of the report, and the overall governance proposals for the period prior to a final decision on procurement; approved the existing provision for waste procurement in the MTP of £50,000 and £20,000 in 2004/05 and 2005/06 respectively for the purposes referred to in paragraph 4.9 of the report; noted the governance options for the management of any joint contract and the service delivery implications for the District Council ; requested the Director of Operational Services to provide to a future meeting of the Cabinet an evaluation of the governance options and service delivery implications of the procurement process; agreed that a progress report on the matter be submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Panels in April 2004; and authorised the Director of Operational Services, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for the Environment and/or the Deputy Leader, to determine the content of a Members’ Seminar to be held on 2nd March 2004.