WLGA trumpets progress towards efficiency gains

24 May 2006
 
Joint working and procurement by Welsh councils could generate huge benefits for local services generally and waste management in particular, assembly members were told last week.
In an upbeat assessment of progress so far, the Welsh Local Government Association claimed that councils in Wales were ‘slightly more advanced than England’.
Four regional partnerships have been formed and full-time co-ordinators are being recruited to help the boards promote collaborative projects.
Bids worth £11M to the assembly government’s £3M-a-year Making the connections fund are being evaluated. Waste was a prime candidate for joint working, but on a sub-regional basis, WLGA chief executive Steve Thomas told the local government committee.
The threat of huge EU fines for failing to meet landfill diversion targets were concentrating chief executives’ minds.
An exploratory meeting of 10 waste managers revealed that authorities across South Wales were considering eight mechanical/biological treatment plants, even though the regional waste plan put the need at just five. ‘That is lunacy,’ he said.
A 2004 WLGA survey showed 1,000 joint arrangements already in place, but a recently-published review by KPMG found most collaborations were at a low level or dated from the 1996 reorganisation.
The WLGA will shortly assess councils’ progress towards their £600M efficiency savings target for 2010.

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