Issue - meetings

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A Member commented that the report indicated that car park usage had decreased but that there was no reference to say if RingGo had any part to play in this. The Portfolio Holder for Transport Highways and Road Safety stated that the parking figures for April to September 2023 were higher than in the same period for the previous year. The Council would be analysing long term trends and a report would be presented to the January meeting.  A Member requested parking data from other boroughs, but it was explained that this data was not available.

A Member quoted the following written question that had been submitted by a member of the public:

‘Please explain why you regard payments to the second contractor repairing potholes as “commercially sensitive” when all contracts over £50k require to be reported on the public contracts register, and all payments to contractors over £500 are also reported publicly?’

The Member asked if the payment details to the second contractor would be published. The answer to this was affirmative, with the exception of the unit rates which were commercially sensitive.

RESOLVED that the Environment Portfolio Holder and the Portfolio Holder for Transport, Highways and Road Safety be recommended to endorse the 2023/24 revenue budget monitoring position for the ECS Portfolio.