Issue - meetings

The City Warden will give an update on issues and developments in the Ward.

Noel Cazley, City Warden, circulated a leaflet (attached for information). The following was also noted:

·         Areas covered were Aylestone, Eyres Monsell and Saffron, and City Wardens dealt with environmental issues.

·         The more complaints received about an issue made it easier to approach managers to use resources to target enforcement.

·         Around Eyres Monsell there were not many issues apart from fly tips on local authority properties, mainly van and man picking up and offloading items from households. There had been a change to householder’s duty of care. Individuals have to do checks on waste collectors, and if fly tipped rubbish can be linked to a householder, the householder will be fined. One reason council tax is increased was because of costs of clearing fly tipping.

·         It was noted the Council offered a free collection service for bulky waste of up to five items, and could be used every two months, and was bookable through the Council’s website, or telephone number found on orange bags. Household waste could also be taken to Freemens Common and Gypsum Close tips.

·         People could use the Love Leicester app to take a photo of an item, upload to the App and would include a GPS location for City Wardens to find. People could also visit any council building to report an issue.

·         City Wardens could also get involved with messy gardens, for example, vehicles, weeds, rubbish. One example was when a skip had to be used to remove asbestos. Under these circumstances, the landowner or tenant would be billed.

·         Issues could be reported anonymously, but updates would on job information would not be available.

·         There was a rapid response cleansing team that could be called upon to clean up areas.

The City Warden will give an update on issues and developments in the Ward.