Issue - meetings

To enable Cabinet to give consideration to comments made to it by the Service Development and Delivery Committee in respect of the above.

That the contents of the report be noted.

Cabinet was informed that, at the meeting of the Service Development and Delivery Committee held on 9 October 2017, the Environment Portfolio Holder (Councillor Talbot) had given the Committee an overview on this item.

The Council’s Head of Environmental Services (John Fox) and Street Scene Officer (Jonathan Hamlet) were also in attendance to facilitate the discussion of the issue of litter from fast food outlets around the District and on the A120.

The discussion had covered the following:

(1)       Drive through Restaurants in the District;

(2)       Where the litter is coming from;

(3)       Cleaner Essex Group;

(4)       Advertising;

(5)       Eliminating litter;

(6)       Litter bins;

(7)       Community litter picks;

(8)       Educating customers;

(9)       Prosecutions; and

(10)    Moving forward.

Members had taken the opportunity to ask questions which were responded to by Officers and the Portfolio Holder.

The Service Development and Delivery Committee had decided to make comments to Cabinet as follows, namely that consideration be given in regards to:-

(a)       promoting community litter-picks in association with fast-food outlets;

(b)       promoting recycling with schools and youth groups; and

(c)       trialling a small number of litter bins on the A120.

The Cabinet had before it the following response of the Leisure and Tourism Portfolio Holder made in response to the comments of the Service Development and Delivery Committee:

“I thank the Committee for their comments which I will take into account going forward.”

Having considered the comments of the Service Development and Delivery Committee and the response of the Environment Portfolio Holder:

It was moved by Councillor Talbot, seconded by Councillor Stock and:

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted.