Title: Municipal Waste and Software Applications
Dear Gwynedd Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request the following information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection services, as opposed to trade/commercial collections or waste disposal.
1. Are you currently in a partnership with other councils for waste IT system operations or procurement? If in a partnership please name the partner councils?
2. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them.
3. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day-to-day municipal bin collections:
a. Yotta
b. Bartec Collective
c. Whitespace/Powersuite
d. Selected Interventions / Echo
e. Core (Suez)
f. Webaspx
g. Other: [please name]
Response:
4. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste contract for waste collections management due to expire?
What main software do you use for operational management of:
5 Grounds/parks maintenance
6. Street cleansing
7. Pest control
8. Cemeteries
9. Playgrounds and play equipment
10. Geographic Information System (GIS)
11 Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
I would like to thank you in advance for your help with this.
Yours faithfully,
DPatrick
Rhyddid Gwybodaeth / Freedom of Information
Dear Dpatrick,
Freedom of Information (ref 86)
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
Your request has been passed to me to process and I can confirm that it
has been logged under the reference number 86.
The Council may take up to 20 working days, from the date of receipt, to
respond to your request. You should therefore receive the information you
have requested, subject to the application of any exemptions permitted
under the Act, by 08/06/2022. If you require further information please
contact me by phone on 01286 679468 or by emailing
[1][email address].cymru by quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely,
Gwawr Owen
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Dear Gwynedd Council,
I note that you have not responded to this request and you should have responded by June 8th.
I await your response
Yours faithfully,
Mr Dave Patrick
Rhyddid Gwybodaeth / Freedom of Information
Dear Dpatrick,
Freedom of Information (ref 86)
Thank you for your recent request. Please see below for the information
requested:
1. Are you currently in a partnership with other councils for waste IT
system operations or procurement? If in a partnership please name the
partner councils? NO
2. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or
through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a
contractor, please name them. In house workforce.
3. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of
day-to-day municipal bin collections:
a. Yotta
b. Bartec Collective
c. Whitespace/Powersuite
d. Selected Interventions / Echo
e. Core (Suez)
f. Webaspx
g. Other: [please name]
Response: Webaspx.
4. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste
contract for waste collections management due to expire? N/A.
What main software do you use for operational management of:
5 Grounds/parks maintenance N/A.
6. Street cleansing We do not use any specific IT system for street
cleaning.
7. Pest Control Tascomi
8. Cemeteries In house database.
9. Playgrounds and play equipment In house database.
10. Geographic Information System (GIS) Esri UK
11 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) In house CRM System
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Yours sincerely,
Gwawr Owen
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Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiad iddo yn gyfrinachol ac fe'i bwriedir ar
gyfer y sawl a enwir arno yn unig. Gall gynnwys gwybodaeth freintiedig. Os
yw wedi eich cyrraedd trwy gamgymeriad ni ellwch ei gopio, ei ddosbarthu
na'i ddangos i unrhyw un arall a dylech gysylltu â'r anfonwr ar unwaith.
Mae unrhyw gynnwys nad yw'n ymwneud â busnes swyddogol y corff sy'n anfon
yr e-bost yn bersonol i'r awdur.
Gall cynnwys yr e-bost hwn gael ei ddatgelu yn unol â gofynion
deddfwriaeth mewn perthynas â prosesu a rheoli data, sydd yn cynnwys y
GDPR, Deddf Diogelu Data 2018 a Deddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 2000.
Arbedwch bapur, ynni ac arian - Peidiwch argraffu'r neges yma oni bai ei
bod yn hollol angenrheidiol.
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