Issue - meetings

Before the Environmental Report, there will be an introduction to the East Area Streets and Open Spaces Community Engagement Team (formerly the City Rangers) that work across the City.

The Committee received a report from the Operations Manager - Community Engagement and Enforcement.

The report outlined an overview of City Council’s Streets and Open Spaces, Environmental Health and Shared Waste service activity relating to the geographical area served by the East Area Committee.

The Operations Manager – Community Engagement and Enforcement made the following comments in response to the Committee’s questions:

     i.        Confirmed the total of 426 needles reported in the Environment and Waste Data table in Abbey Ward was over three different incidents of needles.

    ii.        All needle finds were reported to the County Council who worked with the Police, but could not comment on the working relationship between the two organisations. 

   iii.        When a report of a needle find had been sent through from the Customer Contact Centre, the officer usually visited the site within an hour, not the five days which had recently been reported to a member of the public. 

  iv.        Would ensure that the message of the correct time for pick up for reported needle finds was reiterated to all Customer Contact staff so that the information given would be correct.

   v.        Needles were always given the highest priority when reported.

  vi.        Would request with the relevant report author regarding the waste and recycling data to include additional information as to what the percentage reported equated to.

 vii.        Some black bins were purchased by residents; if the bins appeared to be abandoned, the City Council would take them away, following the bin abandonment process.

Councillor Moore explained that the top line of the waste and recycling data showed the percentage of the waste collected for the blue bins, with the second line, the green bins.

The Committee passed on their thanks to officers for their work undertaken to produce the report and commented that they liked the new style of the report.