Decision details

Actions taken by the environmental departments, reporting on private/public realm data and priority setting.

The Committee received a briefing note and report from the Operations Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement.

The report outlined the work carried out on the priorities previously set. In light of the evidence found over the last three months it was recommended that the WCAC priorities stayed the same to allow further work to be undertaken for the upcoming period.

The Committee discussed the following issues:

           i.          The very large number of needles mentioned in the report. In a previous meeting the needle figures were incorrect so there was some discussion regarding whether the same mistake had happened again. Councillor Bick confirmed that these figures were accurate.

          ii.          The need for a better way to report incidents involving needles. A police incident report to investigate the situation was required, not just a clean up by City Officers.

        iii.          Decided to refer additional questions to the next meeting when the Operations Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement, would be present to answer them. WCAC to reflect if they would prefer 2 Environmental reports per year, or 4 (quarterly) with twice yearly accompanying verbal report from the Operations Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement.

Members resolved (unanimously by 6 votes to 0) to endorse the suggestions for priorities outlined below:

Continuing priorities[1]