Calvert Incinerator decision to go to scrutiny on Jan 11th

Our County Councillor, John Cartwright, has successfully ensured that the County Council's decision to award the Energy From Waste contract to WRG for a new plant at Lower Greatmoor Farm, Edgcott, (near Calvert) will be reconsidered at a County Council Scrutiny Committee meeting on 11th January.

There is an opportunity for local residents to attend this meeting.

From the County Council website:

'Members of an Overview and Scrutiny Commissioning Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 11 to decide if Buckinghamshire County Council's Cabinet Members, should reconsider their decision to award preferred bidder status to Waste Recycling Group (WRG) to provide an Energy from Waste facility at Calvert.

County Councillor John Cartwright (Grendon Underwood) presented his case to call-in the decision at a scrutiny committee meeting on December 14 and members decided they needed to hear both sides of the case.

These will be presented by Councillor Martin Tett and Councillor John Cartwright, and witnesses, at the meeting on January 11 from 9.30am to 5pm at County Hall, Mezz Room 1, Aylesbury. Residents are welcome to attend.

Scrutiny committee chairman, Councillor Trevor Egleton said: "The call-in process is an important part of the transparent democratic process. The Committee decided that a special meeting should be held in January—rather than rushed before Christmas—so the public have the chance to attend. We have set the January 11 date, to ensure that committee members have the maximum possible time to understand the complex and technical background to the tendering decision.”

He also said if the scrutiny committee decides to refer the decision back to Cabinet, it can be reconsidered at the next Cabinet meeting on January 17.