At a recent TDC Cabinet there was a proposal for something that is loosely termed ' Better Two Tier Working '. This is probably not widely known about but Thanet Council is in the throes of joining with Dover, Canterbury, Shepway and Kent County Council to seek to provide joint services. You can see the full reports HERE
This has now been set up and has not really got off to an auspicious start with meetings being cancelled due to lack of business, or interest maybe?
Anyway one of the first things to be talked about is a proposal to join together all the waste collection services in East Kent to create a better, more efficient service. While I have no problem with better and possibly cheaper services the whole proposal is fraught with problems not least of which is the fact that each District currently has a different collection method and different contractors, also recycling is dealt with differently as well as each Council offering different recycling methods and types of recyclables to be collected.
For my past sins I have selected to serve on something rather grandly called EAST KENT (JOINT SCRUTINY) COMMITTEE, WASTE MANAGEMENT WORKING SUB-GROUP. The first meeting of this group takes place next week and I suspect it will be the first of a very long series of meetings culminating in some kind of recommendation on how to achieve a joint service.
What, if anything, will come out of this I have no idea but rest assured that I will seek to ensure that Thanets best interests are served and we are not swallowed up by the representatives of the leafy green countrysides of Canterbury, Shepway and Dover.
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What is interesting is the vehicle that has been created. Joint working over particular services is a common feature; however it seems here we have created a general vehicle because we could not agree on any services to join!
I think you are right - this will be a long and tortuous road, and I hope it leads somewhere...in the end it will have to as the financial pressures mount up.
I also agree that this route should be thoroughly investigated just in case improvements can be made, though to sit through the process maybe you should be offered a sainthood.
However describing Shepway and Dover as leafy green ruins the posts credibility.
You might like to inquire what assurances will be put in place to prevent requirements being made of Thanet that are irrelevant or inconvenient to Thanet's people. Quality assurance springs to mind. The bigger the organisation the hard that topic is to do even somewhat well. That worries me almost as much as the idea that those of us with big families will get shafted (again).
Hi Mike
Nice to see you the other week. Which meetings were cancelled? I was aware the joint working had been set up and have done a few bits on it but was wondering when some joint WORK would be done.
Now, time to hang out that window for a fag :-)
Interesting post you got here. It would be great to read a bit more about that topic.
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