A frisson of excitement (or is it trepidation?) at the Community Volunteer news desk as we learn that council waste contractors, Enterprise, are to be replaced by Veolia beginning in mid-April.
The company was chosen from a final shortlist of two at a meeting of the council’s cabinet on Tuesday, January 25 and the contract between Haringey council and Veolia, who will deliver recycling, refuse, and street cleansing services for the next 14 years, is now being finalised.
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Matt, that's inaccurate and unfair.
Currently Mr Bolger is still the director.
On Parking Charges, I've probably been more critical than any other councillor about this decision and raised serious questions about the basis on which it was made. But the decision to raise Parking Charges was made by the Council's "cabinet" councillors after it was debated by the Labour Group - including me.
Please let's avoid personal remarks about an officer who can't answer back.
He can answer back here Alan, as you know full well.
Let us know when he's off to pastures new won't you Alan.
Point is his appointment has been made.
I don't know anything of the kind, Matt. Because, real point is, elected local councillors took this decision.
It was perfectly legitimate to raise questions and make criticisms about the reports written by officers (and signed by Mr Bolger as director). Several councillors - from both parties - did so. There was also a Call-in by the LibDems about the Pay & Display charges in Crouch End, Green Lanes and Muswell Hill.
But the officers' reports made recommendations, not decisions. Councillors could have rejected those recommendations; or postponed decisions while better information was provided.
Matt, you asked me to tell you when Niall Bolger was leaving. His last day is Friday 11 March.
Today Kevin Crompton the Chief Executive emailed all councillors that Anne Lippitt will join us as Interim Director of "Place & Sustainability". The new fancy-schmancy name for the Directorate.
Matt, as a postscript, you may be interested to see the Freedom of Information Act request made on 20 March by Doug Wright.
He asks several questions about the recruitment to the new post of Director of Space, Time & Entropy Place and Sustainability.
This Department was previously known as Environmental Services. Which unfortunately, nobody understood. To make things clearer, it was renamed Urban Environment. Which was helpful for residents under the mistaken impression they'd moved to Harrogate.
Very plainly the new name will make its functions crystal clear.
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