100 REVIEW OF LITTER ENFORCEMENT PILOT SCHEME PDF 258 KB
To consider Report No. OS2008 (copy attached), which provides the outcomes of the litter and dog fouling enforcement pilot scheme, operated by East Hampshire District Council, and sets out proposals regarding the future provision of those services.
Presented By: Cllr Maurice Sheehan, Operational Services Portfolio Holder
Minutes:
The
Cabinet considered Report No. OS2008, which provided an update on the outcomes
of the litter and dog fouling enforcement trial operated by East Hampshire
District Council.
Members were reminded that the pilot project had
been agreed by the Cabinet at its meeting on 6th February, 2018. Over the two
years of operation of the trial, over 3,700 Fixed Penalty Notices had been
served in respect of littering which had generated income of over £200,000 in
total fines. It was confirmed that, whilst the enforcement activity had been
focussed on high footfall areas such as town centres, officers were also able
to patrol other hotspot areas on request. It was explained to the Cabinet that,
from now on, East Hampshire District Council would pick up the legal work
previously carried out by the Council’s legal officers in connection with the
processing of prosecution packs but that this additional work would not affect
the cost neutrality of the service to the Council.
The Cabinet RESOLVED that
(i)
the seeking of a contractual arrangement with East
Hampshire District Council for the provision of the enforcement services for
littering and dog fouling for a period of up to five years, as set out in
Report No. OS2008, be approved; and
(ii)
the Head of Operational Services, in consultation
with the Corporate Manager – Legal Services and the Operational Services
Portfolio Holder, be authorised to re-negotiate the contract with East
Hampshire District Council, to include the provision of the non-contested
hearings with the courts and the delegation of these functions to East
Hampshire District Council.