Agenda item
Performance of the Streetscene Service
Minutes:
The Streetscene Manager summarised the report as shown in the agenda. He highlighted to members key points including:
· A main focus over the previous six months had been weedkilling – the process was now more mechanised using two quad bikes. The service had successfully completed two treatments across the district.
· Road sweepers had been kitted out with new fittings to deal with areas where there is heavy build of up dirt or vegetation along kerbs.
· The number of flytips was reducing, but the locations seemed to be the same.
· The grass cutting programme for the year was finishing and ditch clearance would start in early November.
· The service was prepared for snow and extreme weather this winter.
· Spring bulbs were still available for parishes as the take up had not been so high this year.
Responses by the Streetscene Manager to comments raised during discussion included:
· A supply of sandbags, and floodbags were in stock in case of flooding
· Yeovil Town Council funded Yeovil in Bloom.
· Detail regarding the herbicide used for spraying in towns and villages, and the rationale for using that particular treatment.
· Details about who to contact regarding concerns about fly-posting.
· Acknowledgement that in places dirt alongside roads was obscuring road markings.
Members praised the work of the team and thanked the Streetscene Manager for his informative report.
RESOLVED: That the report be noted.
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