It is resolved that the Cabinet Member for Environment, Streetscene and Climate Change:
(1) approves the proposed changes to the Highway Maintenance Services detailed in section 1, Closed Appendix A and Appendix B of this report are implemented in full subject to the following:
(a) costs associated with implementing the proposed changes do not exceed the costs listed in Closed Appendix A of this report; and
(b) the associated changes to the Contract are commercially acceptable to the Council and bring a cost saving to the Council of not less than £300,000.
(2) approves the amended Highway Tree Replacement Policy, as outlined in the report and at Appendix B.
(3) delegates authority to the Director of Finance and Commercial Services in consultation with Legal Services to agree that the associated changes are commercially acceptable to the Council.