The report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “Y”) provides information on the service redesign of Street Cleansing and options for operational deployment of resources.

Recommended –

(1)       That the service redesign for gateways is adopted.

(2)       That Bradford West Area Committee selects its preferred delivery         model.

(3)       That Bradford West Area Committee will review any option          chosen after a 12 month trial period.

(Damian Fisher – 01274 437062)

Resolved –

(1)       That an additional meeting of the Bradford West Area Committee          be arranged on Wednesday 6 March 2019 to consider the issue of Street Cleansing and the proposed changes to the Warden Service within the Bradford West area.

(2)       That the impact of the proposed Options 1a and 1b, as set out in Document “Y” be presented in a further report by the Assistant Director, Neighbourhoods and Customer Services to the above meeting, setting out the broader impact of the options/proposals on a Ward basis.

(3)       That the proposed future changes to the Warden service and the impact of the proposal on individual Wards be detailed in a further report to be presented by the Assistant Director, Neighbourhoods and Customer Services to the above meeting.

(4)       That the invitation to the above meeting also be extended to the alternate members of the Bradford West Area Committee, in order to gauge the views of Members on the proposals that will be set out in the respective reports.

ACTION: Strategic Director, Place

The report of the Strategic Director, Place (Document “Y”) provided information on the service redesign of Street Cleansing and options for operational deployment of resources.

The Shipley Area Co-ordinator was in attendance and with the permission of the Chair presented the report to the Committee. During synopsis he highlighted that at the meeting of the Bradford West Area Committee held on 28 November 2018, a report was presented outlining future changes to Street Cleansing and Warden services in the Bradford West area, in particular the 25% reduction in the district-wide Street Cleansing budget which would mean the loss of 28 frontline staff and five mechanical sweeper vehicles.

It was further explained that the operational changes to Street Cleansing within the District would see the creation of 23 new gateway routes that would cover busy gateway and arterial routes. He referred to Appendix A, a list of highways in Bradford West that would be on this daily route Monday to Friday backed with example maps of each ward. Furthermore, it was estimated that the prescribed routes would last 2-3 hours and require crews to start earlier at 0600. Upon completion of these routes, crews would be able to move in to their constituency areas for deployment.

He then confirmed that it was the full attention of the service to work alongside Members at point of commencing with the proposed operation through consultation in order to establish whether any operational changes were needed, and to make amends, as necessary, to the proposed street cleansing programme in the coming months.

The Committee expressed its disappointment to the lack of information in the report, despite the fact that the Committee clearly requested information at the previous meeting, that a further report detailing outline of schemes and how they would specifically relate to each individual Ward. This report failed to contain information as requested. Furthermore, officers who attended the previous meeting were not present to report back on findings following thoughts previously expressed by the Committee.

In response, the Shipley Area Co-ordinator highlighted that the Shipley Area Committee considered the reduction of resources by appointing a sub-group of a select number of elected Members from its Committee to maintain a healthy relationship with its cleansing service and to assist in the direction of implementation.

A question and answer session ensued:

·         What was the reason in regards to option 1b, some zones would be done twice weekly and other zones would be attended once every 4 weeks?

o   Some estates did not require a weekly street cleansing and therefore resources could be pooled into areas that did. In addition, there were areas in the Bradford West area that only needed cleansing twice a year;

·         In terms of behaviour changing, what did the service have for future plans?

o   It was not just a one answer response but at present, the service was relying on being notified. Occasionally, cleansing teams would knock on doors to establish the person responsible for the fly tipping; and,

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