Agenda and minutes

Apologies of absence were received from Councillors J E Butts and G Fazackarley.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Streetscene Policy Development and Review Panel meeting held on 14 June 2017.

It was AGREED that the minutes of the Streetscene Policy Development and Review Panel held on 14 June 2017, be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

To receive any declarations of interest from members in accordance with Standing Orders and the Council’s Code of Conduct and disclosures of advice or directions received from Group Leaders or Political Groups, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution.

There were no declarations of interest made at this meeting.

To receive any deputations of which notice has been lodged.

There were no deputations made at this meeting.

To receive a presentation by the Head of Project Integra.

The Panel received a presentation from Chris Noble, the Head of Project Integra.

The presentation gave details of the work undertaken by Project Integra, the key areas of focus, recycling performance statistics, changes to HWRCs, the 2015-18 Action Plan, and future challenges.

It was AGREED that Chris Noble be thanked for his informative presentation.

To consider a report by the Director of Operations on the Panel’s Work Programme for 2017/18.

The Panel considered a report by the Director of Operations which reviewed the Panel’s work programme for 2017/18.

The Director of Operations addressed the Panel and suggested that due to the interest in the Vanguard work being undertaken in Streetscene at present that a report be added to the work programme to provide an update on the progress of this intervention. It was agreed that it would be included as an unallocated item until such time as officers feel that there is sufficient information to report to the Panel. It is anticipated that this report is likely to go to the January 2018 or March 2018 meeting.

The Panel AGREED that:

(a)  an item titled ‘Vanguard Update’ be added as an unallocated item to the 2017/18 work programme; and

(b)  subject to the inclusion of (a) above, the work programme for 2017/18 be confirmed.

To consider a report by the Director of Operations on an Annual Review of the Street Cleansing Service.

The Panel considered a report by the Director of Operations which provided an annual review of the Street Cleansing Service.

Councillor Price requested that for future reports he would like a colour map provided showing the areas covered by each of the Street Cleansing teams.

It was AGREED that content of the report be noted.

To allow Members to ask questions on any Streetscene related topic.

The Chairman informed the Panel that there had been no questions submitted for the Members Open Forum, and gave members an opportunity to ask any questions to officers.

One question was asked regarding the possibility of providing a Street Cleansing service to commercial sites in order to generate some additional income. The panel were informed that this would not be cost effective to the Council as the costs they could charge for the service would not cover the additional costs that would be accrued by the Council for providing this. It would also have a negative effect on the residents of the Borough as it would add additional pressure to the service, however this will be kept under review.

Members and Officers were thanked for taking part in the open forum.