Issue - meetings

At the request of Members there will be an A3 Excel Data sheet put inside the agenda pack.

A discussion took place concerning item 3H which was the performance of the arboricultural contract managed by Glendale. It was noted that discussions were being held weekly with Glendale using the Council’s performance management framework tool in an attempt to incentivise commitment by the contractor to hitting the relevant targets.

A Member expressed disappointment that road casualty data had begun to rise and she expressed the view that the Council was not making sufficient progress with reducing road casualties. She felt that the Council should have a stronger commitment to reducing road casualties and should make a public statement to that effect.

The Assistant Director for Traffic and Parking was disappointed that the road casualty data had increased and he hoped that it was just a temporary blip. He explained that the Council did target areas where more serious injuries were occurring. The Council was aware of the data which indicated that vulnerable road users were most at risk and developed interventions to try and help this demographic as much as possible.

The Council also implemented a Casualty Reduction Scheme. Everything of course was limited by budgetary constraints. He said that the overall trend over the last ten years was downward and that the Council would continue to take action as required to reduce KSIs. A Member asked if it would be prudent to change the schemes that the Council was using. The Assistant Director  responded and said it was unlikely that a better way could be found. The Council looked through accident cluster sites and tried its best to engineer out problems if possible. There were currently about 80/90 junction sites that matched the criteria for investigations and so the Council would not be in a position to intervene in every case. The Council would try and balance out how to prevent the most accidents with its finite financial resources.

RESOLVED that the ECS Performance Overview be noted.