Issue - meetings

Report of Head of Environmental Services

Summary

To consider an increase the areas of environmental enforcement, to introduce a reduced fine for early payment of litter fixed penalty notices and to increase the number of staff able to issue fixed penalty notices.

Recommendations

The Executive is recommended to:

1)         Note the achievements of the enforcement team

2)         Authorise the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices for smoking related litter following a publicity campaign during the Summer 2009

3)         Reduce the fixed penalty notice fine for litter to £50 if paid early (within 7 days)

4)        Authorise additional staff able to issue Fixed Penalty Notices              

Agreed, with the amendment to Recommendation 4 ‘That the Head of Environmental Services be delegated to authorise additional staff able to issue Fixed Penalty Notices.

The Head of Environmental Services submitted a report to consider an increase the areas of environmental enforcement, to introduce a reduced fine for early payment of litter fixed penalty notices and to increase the number of staff able to issue fixed penalty notices.

Resolved

1)         That the achievements of the enforcement team be noted.

2)         That the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices for smoking related litter following a publicity campaign during the summer of 2009 be authorised

3)         That the fixed penalty notice fine for litter be reduced to £50 if paid early (within 7 days)

4)    That the Head of Environmental Services be delegated to authorise additional staff able to issue Fixed Penalty Notices.

Reasons - The performance of the Enforcement team has been good and the overall enforcement capability is contributing towards a Cleaner Greener Cherwell. By making some amendments further performance improvements in enforcement can be expected. 

Options

The following options have been identified.