Notice of Motion
Labour GroUp
getting
council services back to work
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1.
Notes the high volume of complaints that Councillors receive from
residents rightly angry about basic
council services failing to deliver – from missed refuse,
recycling and garden waste
collections; to overgrown weeds; to graffiti and litter on our
streets, beaches and in our parks;
to mismanagement of parking permits; and the
general maintenance, upkeep and
cleanliness of our city; 2. Notes that the Council’s own 2020-21 year-end Corporate KPI results reflect the complaints from residents, and show the Council is performing below-target on the delivery of some essential services, and that some of these failures are systemic and long-running;
3. Recognises the challenges the pandemic has presented, and the hard work council staff have undertaken over the past year, however, also recognises that lockdown is over and we need to urgently put our Council services back to work and start meeting the expectations of our residents;
This Council resolves to ask the Policy & Resources Committee to:
1.
Urgently establish a cross-party Member led Working Group
consisting of six Members, two from
each political party, and chaired by a Member of the official
opposition on the Council. It would
have the remit to investigate, review and
discuss solutions to the systemic
management failures behind the delivery of basic
council services, namely waste and
refuse collection, parking permits and street
cleanliness, and provide
recommendations to the Policy & Resources Committee
and the Environment, Transport &
Sustainability Committee on ways to improve
these services. |
Proposed by: Cllr Wilkinson Seconded by: Cllr Appich
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