Thursday, November 24 2011, 14:03 GMT
Eastleigh is the ‘Best Council in the south of England’
Eastleigh is the best Council in the south of
England and has been identified as one of the six top
performing Councils nationally for street cleansing, as part of the
Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) national
awards.
The Council was shortlisted in the Street
Cleansing Best Performer category on the basis of data that it
submits annually to APSE. This data includes details of the
cost of the service, the level of training and development, the
results of customer surveys, staff sickness levels, work planning,
deployment of resources, how waste is disposed of and how much is
recycled together with the results of our NI195 inspections - a
national indicator for street inspections. All this information is
then compared with other authorities across the UK and
scored.
The Council’s percentage figures for the
amount of litter/detritus present when the streets were inspected
is shown in the table below and clearly shows the improvements made
by the Streetscene service since the service was reviewed in Spring
2009:
|
NI195
|
2008/09
|
2009/10
|
2010/11
|
|
LITTER
|
18%
|
5%
|
2%
|
|
DETRITUS
|
32%
|
12%
|
1%
|
|
GRAFFITI
|
3%
|
2%
|
0%
|
|
FLY POSTING
|
3%
|
1%
|
0.5%
|
Cabinet Lead for Transport and Streetscene
Cllr David Airey said “This is really great news. The Council has
made a significant improvement in its street cleansing over the
last few years and being shortlisted as one of the top six councils
is recognition for all our hard work and the excellent service we
provide for our residents. Being shortlisted is fantastic and I
hope we can now go on and win the award”.
The Council will find out if it has won the
national award at the prestigious awards ceremony on Thursday 1
December in Blackpool.
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