Decision details

Executive Response to General Scrutiny Recommendations Regarding the Climate and Ecological Emergency Review

Decision Maker: Cabinet member environment and economy

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

 

To approve the executive response to recommendations made by general scrutiny committee regarding the climate and ecological emergency review.

 

On 26 April the General Scrutiny committee made a further 11 recommendations after reviewing the executive response to the initial 58 recommendations in the climate and ecological emergency review.

Decision:

 

That:

a)    The response to the General Scrutiny committee’s 11 additional recommendations regarding the task and finish group review concerning the Climate and Ecological Emergency, as attached at appendix 1 is approved.

 

Alternative options considered:

 

1.               None proposed; it is a statutory requirement to provide a response to recommendations made by general scrutiny committee. It is open to the executive to accept, partially accept or reject a recommendation from scrutiny committee, should a recommendation not be accepted an explanation should be provided.

 

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Contact: Ben Boswell, Head of environment, climate emergency and waste services Email: bboswell@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 261930, Richard Vaughan, Sustainability & Climate Change Manager Email: Richard.Vaughan@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 260192.

Publication date: 16/07/2021

Date of decision: 16/07/2021

Effective from: 23/07/2021

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