Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its appendix and to make the following resolution:

That the Head of Housing and Environment Services, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Environment Services, be authorised to sign a letter of commitment for West Sussex County Council regarding Chichester District Council’s participation in the Sussex Energy Tariff.

RESOLVED

That the Head of Housing and Environment Services, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Environment Services, be authorised to sign the letter of commitment for West Sussex County Council attached to the report regarding Chichester District Council’s participation in the Sussex Energy Tariff.

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report with its appendix (copies attached to the official minutes).

The report was presented by Mrs Purnell.

Mr Day was in attendance for this item.

Mrs Purnell summarised sections 3, 4 and 5 of the report and referred to the appended draft letter of commitment.

Mr Day commented that CDC wished to lend its support to this partnership project with a view to trying to encourage householders to switch energy suppliers (many of whom would probably not otherwise contemplate doing so) and thereby benefit from lower energy costs with attendant benefits.

In reply to a question by Mrs Hardwick as to whether CDC would be selling electricity, Mr Day said that there was no current intention to do so, not least because CDC did not currently generate surplus electricity. If this were to happen in the future officers would look to see if it could be included in the tariff.

The Cabinet agreed with the suggestion that (a) the word ‘the’ should be substituted for ‘a’ in the third line of the recommendation in para 2.1 of the report and (b) the words ‘attached to the report’ should be inserted between ‘Council’ and ‘regarding’ in the fourth line.

Decision

The Cabinet voted on a show of hands unanimously in favour of the recommendation below (with the aforementioned amendment). 

RESOLVED

That the Head of Housing and Environment Services, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Environment Services, be authorised to sign the letter of commitment for West Sussex County Council attached to the report regarding Chichester District Council’s participation in the Sussex Energy Tariff.