Decision details

RESOLVED

i)          The purchase and contract award of two electric compact sweepers for the town centre and install electric charge points in Black Horse Way Car Park at a cost of £400,000.

ii)         The refurbishment and contract award of one of the collection vehicles RCV’s at an estimated cost of £80,000.

iii)        To approve the refurbishment of the two highway sweepers at a cost of £101,000.

REASON

i)          The two town centre sweepers have reached the end of their useable life. We need to replace as they have become unreliable and expensive to repair. Electric vehicles are best suited for this purpose as the majority of vehicles/sweepers cover short journeys, they are also quieter for early morning use. Some infrastructure work is required to install charge points within Black Horse Way Car Park which is Council property. We are awaiting quotes for this work. The town centre cleansing team will become emission free with 2 x Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) compact sweepers. This will be in line with our climate change action plan and will be highly visible to the general public in the town centre.

ii)         To refurbish one 26 tonne refuse collection vehicle. This will enable the vehicle to be used for a further 5-6 years to allow alternative fuel options to be more available at a reasonable cost and refuelling infrastructure to be in place.

iii)        Highways sweepers – these are reaching the end of their useable life. To refurbish them means we are reducing our maintenance costs and ensuring we don’t have increased downtime.