Issue - meetings

To implement the introduction of pre-09.30 concessionary bus travel to Redditch residents who are eligible for a concessionary bus pass.

(Report attached)

The Committee received a report regarding the implementation of pre-9.30 concessionary bus travel to those Redditch residents eligible for a concessionary bus pass.

A member of the Committee presented a written list of questions about issues regarding Value for Money (VFM), Accountability and Equality advising that answers were not expected at this meeting but would be made available to members of the Executive Committee before the next meeting of full Council.

Another member of the Committee expressed concern that the amount set aside to implement the scheme might not be enough to cover all costs and that some areas might not have a bus service.

RESOLVED that

1)         delegated authority be given to the Head of Community Services and the Head of Legal, Equalities and Democratic Services to agree with the bus operators the detailed arrangements necessary to implement a pre-09.30 concessionary bus travel scheme; and

2)         to enter into a legal agreement with the bus operators to reflect those arrangements.