Cabinet Warrants Of Office

Deputy - Environmental Services Brief The Deputy is responsible for all matters relating to the Council's affairs in respect of the environmental services brief. As such, the deputy is responsible for liaising with other members of the Cabinet, particularly where matters within the brief affect other aspects of Council business or affect the Borough. The Deputy is responsible for ensuring appropriate consultation with partners and the community on matters within the environmental services brief. The Deputy will work closely with a designated Cabinet Secretary.

Councillor Catherine Piddington Cabinet Deputy (Environmental Services)

Terms of Reference

• To have overall responsibility for;
  • domestic and commercial waste services
  • Local Agenda 21 via the Cabinet Secretary (Community and Environmental Services)
  • recycling strategy and issues
  • environmental cleansing services not the responsibility of District Assemblies
  • bulk waste and clearance services
  • to review fares and licensing fees
  • special services, pollution control and monitoring
  • trading standards and related issues
  • pest and vermin control
  • food hygiene and related services
  • cremation/burial services
  • full establishment of street cleansing
  • responsible for programme and financial monitoring of all relevant activities
  • Licensing activities
  • and act as Head of Environmental Services.
• In consultation with the Executive Leader, to represent and act as an ambassador for the Authority.
• To represent the Council's views on matters of corporate or strategic policy and any other matters which are within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To request or commission research and other studies on any matters of policy or service provision within these terms of reference.
• To appoint or nominate the Authority's representatives on outside bodies/organisations that fall within these terms of reference.
• To adopt and review on an annual basis the service plans for environmental services covered by these terms of reference.
• To take up corporate membership of any appropriate body or organisation whose objectives are considered to be beneficial to the pursuit of the Authority's own activities.
• To take urgent decisions on matters which fall within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To work with other Cabinet members on matters, as directed by the Executive Leader.
• To submit to the Cabinet;
  • proposals on how to agree annual budget allocations between services covered by these terms of reference
  • recommendations in respect of strategic policy concerning matters covered by these terms of reference
  • all responses to consultation papers, relating to these terms of reference, issued by the Government and outside organisations
  • annual estimates of expenditure and income in respect of services covered by these terms of reference
  • all policy and/or operational matters which have corporate implications or which cross the remits of other individual deputies
• To lead on energy savings and reduction in carbon emissions within the terms of reference with particular emphasis re energy related to recycling of materials.