Agenda and minutes

Further to Minute No. of the meeting of the Council held on 4^th February, 2009 consideration was given to a petition from some residents of Swinburne Place, Herringthorpe, relating to the lack of gritting of the pavements in this area.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the petition be received.

(2)  That the Streetpride Principal Network Engineer investigates the issues raised, and reports back to a future meeting of the Cabinet Member for Streetpride.

Bob Stock, Streetpride Principal Network Engineer, to report

- recent trends concerning highway claims

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Streetpride Principal Network Engineer, detailing the latest information from the routine analysis of claims made against the Council as Highway Authority.

The following trends were highlighted:-

-                      decrease in the number of highway claims from a peak in 2001

-                      number of pedestrian slips and trips remaining constant between 2005 – 2007

-                      doubling of claims for vehicle damage over the same period

-                      repudiation rate:-  noting that vehicle claims were more successfully defended

-                      upward trend in settlement costs of pedestrian claims

It was reported that the figure for claims for vehicle damage was likely to begin to decrease following the Council’s commitment of funding for the maintenance of the principal road network.

Resolved:-  That the report on recent trends in third party highway claims be noted.

Jon Surridge, Quality Manager, to report

- Streetpride’s Quarter 3 performance

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Specialist Support Manager, detailing Streetpride’s overall performance in dealing with requests for service which averaged 97.7% in the third quarter of 2008/9. 

It was reported that this was a slight decrease in performance when compared with the previous quarter, the reasons for which included sickness, vehicle breakdown, holidays etc.

Particular reference was  made to:-

-                      Street lighting

-                      Removal of dog mess

-                      Removal of Fly tipping

-                      Removal of graffiti

-                      Clear up Drug litter

Resolved:-  That Streetpride’s performance in the third quarter of 2008/9 be noted.