Prosiect Gwyrdd - Tara King needs to declare interest

With Prosiect Gwyrdd/Incinerator gravy train for consultants and advisers.. trundling on... postponing the next meeting. Still waiting for the revised the financial assessment- and Final Business Case

Whos who 

Tara King started life as Project manager for Prosiect Gwyrdd then we have Tara King, Cardiff council’s chief officer for waste management, 

More recently risen to Chief Officer for Cardiff Council City Services

Now for Prosiect Gwyrdd meetings going along as  Tara King, Business Advisor, Cardiff City Council 

Tara King Project Gwyrdd manager stated that "all need to‘sell’ the message of PG to wider stakeholders e.g. The Market professional bodies like CIWM." (19th March 2008, County Hall, Cardiff )

....amazing bias...

Just have a look back to 2010, questions we still have no answer to..we know Councils will be paying £166 a tonne when other councils in UK are paying only £56 a tonne  to wastefully burn their rubbish.

what we were saying ...Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Questions for Prosiect Gwyrdd

The NOT GREEN Prosiect 'Gwyrdd'  = project massive incinerator (Gwyrdd is welsh for green!) The 2nd joint scrutiny meeting is tonight!

10th March 2010 at 5.00 pm Committee Room 4, AtlanticWharf, County Hall, Cardiff -Prosiect Gwyrdd Joint Committee Agenda 10/03/10 (294k)

 Minutes of last meeting!! This was their first meeting  and minutes tell you Zilch!

Financial Position: Month 10 2009/10

Questions for Chair Cllr Mark Stephens Lib Dem and Tara King Project Manager Prosiect Gwyrdd

• Has the financial assessment been revised to take into account the falling tonnages of residual waste (rather than increasing tonnages assumed)?

• Has a financial assessment been calculated for scenarios in which residual household waste meets the targets given in the draft new Waste Strategy for Wales (maximum 295 kg per inhabitant per year in 2012-13, decreasing to 150 kg per inhabitant per year by 2024-5)?

• what is the risk of choosing Viridor-type incineration, if incinerator bottom ash is found to be hazardous waste (cf. the EA says this is to be taken as the default) ?

• what is the risk if CO2 from incineration is counted(it isn't at the moment) as adding to the carbon-footprint of 'waste management/disposal', as needed to conform with the EU ETS scheme, whereby the waste sector has to reduce CO2 equiv emissions by 16% (2020 levels compared with 2005)?

Tara King Project Manager Prosiect Gwyrdd wrote in Nov. that they haven't revised the financial assessment- and won't do so till the Final Business Case (after they've excluded better/cheaper options):

"reporting the Final Business Case (FBC). The FBC will not be proposed to Members for a decision for 18-20 months or more from now, the procurement is expected to take that long."

"Whichever way this Project is assessed, there are very significant affordability issues"

OBC Health-Check Addendum 2009
and in para 8.11.8. 9 "Given the magnitude of the ‘Gap’ that arises under both options, it is clear that partnering authorities will face a significant financial challenge to manage their future residual waste arrangements, irrespective of the final option that is chosen."

Tara King Project Gwyrdd manager stated that "all need to‘sell’ the message of PG to wider stakeholders e.g. The Market professional bodies like CIWM." (19th March 2008, County Hall, Cardiff )

Title: Prosiect Gwyrdd Joint Committee

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Description: Prosiect Gwyrdd Joint Committee
Location: Committee Room 4 County Hall
Date: 10/03/2010
Start: 05:00 PM

Prosiect Gwyrdd Joint Committee Agenda 10/03/10 (294k) 

Prosiect Gwyrdd: Joint Committee Meeting

Meeting No: 02-10

Date & Time: 10th March 2010 at 5.00 pm

Location: Committee Room 4, Atlantic Wharf, County Hall,Cardiff

Membership: Councillor Mark Stephens (Chairperson)

Councillors Lyn Ackerman, David Atwell, Geoff Cox, David

Fouweather, Margaret Jones, Gordon Kemp, Colin Mann, Phil Murphy,

Eric Saxon
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FIRST Meeting  - Minutes of last meeting!! Zilch

Financial Position: Month 10 2009/10