Questions from Members of the Council under Standing Order No. 20
To receive questions from Members of the Council to appropriate Portfolio Holders.
Minutes:
In accordance with Standing Order No. 20, the following question was put by Councillor Taghdissian.
Does the Portfolio Holder for Environment and Leisure share the view of the Leader that the piles of rubbish left across the City was not and is not a problem?
The Portfolio Holder responded that the Leader had stated that the issues relating to rubbish were a problem but could not be considered as a major problem. He gave an example of what he believed could be considered as a major problem.
Councillor Taghdissian asked a supplementary question.
Why had the Portfolio Holder and the Leader not perceived the problem of bin bags piled high, litter strewn over the pavements and bin bags blocking alley ways as being a problem for the City and the City Council?
The Portfolio Holder reiterated that it had been acknowledged that there had been a problem though not a major problem and stated that the publicity engendered had exaggerated the situation.
He stated that there had been a particular problem in the Polsloe ward and that the difficulties experienced had been due, in part, to residents leaving rubbish out too early, failing to recycle some material and leaving out too much food waste. A day and a half after the rubbish had been cleared bins had again been deposited in the back alley ways.