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Bath & North East Somerset Council | |||
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Business Services Committee |
AGENDA | |
MEETING DATE: |
7th December 2000 | ||
REPORT AUTHOR: |
Dave Thompson, Head of Commercial Services | ||
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: |
Dave Thompson, Head of Commercial Services | ||
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BACKGROUND PAPERS: | |||
AN OPEN PUBLIC ITEM | |||
1 SUMMARY
1.1 This report provides a brief summary of the operational performance to date of Commercial Services.
2 RECOMMENDATION
2.1 That the report be noted.
3 RESOURCE AND CORPORATE POLICY IMPLICATIONS (WHERE NECESSARY, THE VIEWS OF THE COUNCIL'S STATUTORY OFFICERS ARE REFLECTED IN THE COMMENTS BELOW)
3.1 Financial: Details are contained within the report.
3.2 Staffing: None directly arising from the report.
3.3 Equalities: None directly arising from the report.
3.4 Economic: None directly arising from the report.
3.5 Environment: None directly arising from the report.
3.6 Council Wide Impacts: None directly arising from the report.
4 BACKGROUND AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
4.1 A summary of the operational performance of the Business Unit is attached in accordance with the agreed format
5 CONSULTATION
5.1 This report was sent to the Trades Unions for comment on 16th November 2000. Any comments received will be reported to the meeting.
Commercial Services Monthly Report
October 2000
Main achievements
Parking
_ Parking income reduced by recent Fuel crisis, estimated cost £50k overall, but fines YTD remain good at 12036 compared to 11083 for same period last year
_ Residents Parking Zones implemented. Estimated £50k from issue of fines will not now materialise due to problem with Traffic Order which does not allow Council to collect fines - anticipated that this will be offset by additional income from commuters displaced from the new zones
_ Jon Evans successfully completed the corporate Management Development Programme
LWI - see separate report on this agenda
Building Cleaning
_ Recruitment problems still being encountered
_ Fair Funding options for service delivery distributed to schools for return in December
Catering
· School Meals income currently exceeding budget by £60k
· Positive response to Community Meals Customer Survey - 39% response rate, 88% of users either satisfied or very satisfied with meals - 94% satisfied with politeness of staff - of the 9% of customers that had complained 100% were satisfied with the response received
· Fair Funding service delivery options distributed to schools
· Frances Jennings successfully completed the corporate Management Development Programme
Transport
_ Fuel supplies being reinstated at Brougham Hayes and Fuel contingency plans prepared for threatened action in November
_ Martin Genge successfully completed the corporate Management Development Programme
_ Purchase Cards - project delayed due to Suppliers slow response to take up
_ Single Source Stationary contract delayed - anticipated implementation now January 2001
_ Cashless System - system spec delayed to Nov - on schedule for January Pilot implementation
_ Relocation of Brougham Hayes and LWI
_ Relocation of Parking Admin staff to Riverside Keynsham
_ Fair Funding
Opportunities
_ Consulting with Property Services re Cleaning of Council's Commercial Estate, approx. 40 properties
_ Application to tender for South Glos Schools Cleaning Contract
_ Potential extension of Parking Officers role to include `streetscape' monitoring
_ Potential Introduction of NVQ's for Parking Officers
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