Agenda and minutes

-           to note the action of the Cabinet Member.

Resolved:-  That the action of the Cabinet Member in opening tenders on 13^th August, 2009 for the following project be recorded:-

-           the construction works (various) at the ABLE project

Jon Surridge, Performance Officer, to report.

-           to report Streetpride’s performance in the first quarter of 2009/10.

Consideration was given to a report, presented by the Projects and Performance Officer (Streetpride), detailing Streetpride’s overall performance in respect of its efficiency in dealing with requests for service.

It was reported that:-

(a) overall performance averaged 97.6% in the first quarter of 2009/10. This was an improvement of 1.5% compared with the previous quarter.

(b) Streetpride had commenced a review of its current response time targets and a ‘peer review’ had been undertaken comparing Rotherham’s targets with those of other similar Local Authorities.

(c) It was proposed to submit a further report on the outcome of the review in either November or December 2009

(c) The review of targets was currently focussing on the following areas:-

• Street lighting
• Blocked gullies
• Dangerous defects in the carriageway
• Dangerous defects in the footway
• Missing covers in the highway / footway
• Overflowing litter / dog bins
• Reports of litter

A discussion took place regarding:-

• Fly tipping – This has a stretching one day target which is currently achieved on 85.2% of occasions;  It was suggested  that the target should be split to allow for exceptions

• Drug litter: It was queried whether the current 2 hour target was possibly too onerous.

Resolved:-  (1)  That Streetpride’s performance in the first quarter of 2009/10 be noted.

(2)  That an outline report be submitted to the Regeneration Scrutiny Panel which would be given the opportunity to provide input into the review of the response time targets.

(3)  That, following (2) above, a further discussion document be submitted to a future meeting of the Cabinet Member for Streetpride on the proposed changes to response time targets.