48 Update on the Street Scene Education and Enforcement Service (00.16.04) PDF 74 KB
To receive a report outlining the performance of the Street Scene Education and Enforcement Service from the Environment and Enforcement Manager.
Minutes:
The Group received and NOTED a *report outlining the performance of the Street Scene Education and Enforcement service from the Group Manager for Street Scene and Open Spaces.
He outlined the contents of the report and stated that this was the second update since the review of the service in 2016/2017.
Referring to public questions asked he stated he would be happy to release the figures for street cleansing inspections. He explained that the inspections were completed by ward not by parish and that 400 inspections a year were completed over all of the wards in the district. He further explained that street inspections were not planned for after the area had been cleaned and that the inspections were independent to the street cleaning service. He stated that any inspections that came out at C or D were acted upon immediately and the street cleaning team was dispatched.
He stated that the discretionary and statutory headings in the report did not reflect the importance of the activity, the report stated what activities had to be done or not by the local authority. He explained that dog fouling patrols were shown not very cost effective without intelligence from the public and that dog fouling usually took place when nobody was looking.
The Group Manager for Street Scene and Open Spaces said that the report would be brought back to the Group at the end of the year and Group could at that time decide on the allocation of discretionary time.
There was a general discussion on the numbers of abandoned cars in the district and officers explained that MDDC’s contractor did not charge the authority to remove them currently. It was difficult to trace the culprits as the registered keeper was not legally responsible but the registered owner was, and this information was not easily available.
Note: *Report previously circulated and attached to the minutes