Issue - meetings

By Councillor Campbell - Waste and Cleansing Services on Council Housing Estates

“Committee,

Notes that the city wide deep clean which was funded through the 2022-2023 council budget appears not to have included some of our streets and neighbourhoods most in need of deep cleaning and predominantly in areas of SIMD 1 and 2.

Understands this may be because of land which has been designated as Housing Revenue Account (HRA) land, and therefore is not the responsibility of the mainstream waste and cleansing services paid for by the general fund.

Understands that the HRA does make payments to the general fund in order to secure services on housing land but recognises that the detail of this has not been reported to committee.

Recognises further that there is a very great need for better management of waste, fly tipping and street cleaning within our council owned housing estates and therefore requests a report in two cycles which sets out:

·       The detail of payments made to the General Fund from the HRA for waste and cleansing services, including the full amounts and the service that is expected to be delivered for that payment.

·       Details of the contract spend to external organisations for waste and cleansing services on HRA land

·       The waste and cleansing management plan for HRA land included responsibilities for delivering different services (i.e street cleaning, fly tipping etc) and for management and instruction of the delivery of those services

·       A map or access to an interactive, online map which shows the location of HRA land across the city which should also be made available to all councillors for their wards

·       Details of the future plans for management of waste and cleansing, including fly tipping, within our council housing estates”