Issue - meetings

To provide members with an update on enforcement activity (report of the Executive Director Place enclosed).

Consideration was given to the report of the Executive Director for Place which provided members with an update on enforcement activity.

Community wardens had been introduced in the previous year and had been working hard to increase their presence in the area and also to raise awareness of their work.

Members asked if there was any way that the Council could do more to address fly-tipping. The Community Safety & Enforcement Manager responded that already a lot of work was done to address reported fly-tips, but that it was hard to identify the perpetrators in the majority of cases. This was another reason why it was important to raise awareness in local areas

The Chairman asked what the regularity of inspection at food businesses was. The Licensing and Business Support Manager responded that it was based on risk, but the longest period of time between inspections would be 3 years, with the shorted period being up to every 6 months.

The Vice-Chairman asked why the target for resolution of a fly-tipping case was 3 days when this was missed fairly often. The Portfolio Holder for Place responded that this was largely due to the existence of hazardous materials in fly-tips or a requirement for a third party to be present. But that the 3 day limit was in place as a performance target.

AGREED:

a)    That the contents of the report be noted.

b)    That a further update be provided to the Performance Monitoring Panel in six months’ time.