Submission Documents: By Councillor Euan Blockley:- "Council recalls its motion of 4th April 2019, submitted in the name of Councillor Connelly, in which Council expressed its regret that "a small minority are spoiling Scotland's streets, parks and countryside for the law abiding majority". Council reconfirms its commitment to stronger enforcement action against those who engage in illegal waste disposal and its concern that in Glasgow it appears that very little enforcement action takes place. Council notes that the move from a weekly bulk collection system for many tenement properties to an appointment-only system was poorly communicated and has resulted in many residents in these areas being unaware of the correct method for bulk disposal. In addition, such confusion has then allowed those who deliberately and illegally fly-tip to take advantage of this situation. Council further acknowledges the recently implemented bulk waste charge to have exacerbated an already worsening problem of rampant fly tipping across the city. Council recognises the severe discomfort that Glasgow residents face as a result of being forced to live and work amongst large, often obstructive, abandoned furniture and other items. This Council states its belief that Glasgow and Scotland require legislative changes in this area, including much stronger fines for fly tipping as well as legal measures to allow for the liability and cost of cleaning up fly-tipping to be passed back to those who carry it out. Council notes that the power to introduce measures in this area sits with the Scottish Parliament and would support legislative change in this regard. Therefore, Council resolves the following: - an urgent review into how the Council delivers its fly tipping enforcement work is to be brought to the next meeting of the Environment and Sustainability Committee to allow Councillors to consider what steps can be taken to strengthen this work; - the Chief Executive is instructed to immediately suspend charging for bulk uplifts for the remainder of this financial year. Further, the Chief Executive is instructed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance & the Economy requesting an additional allocation of funds to cancel the bulk uplift charge for the remainder of this financial year and going forward recognising Glasgow's unprecedented cleansing crisis. Any balance required to be met from this change is to be met from the General Reserve for the remainder of this financial year should Scottish Government support not be forthcoming; and - the Chief Executive is instructed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport providing details of this motion and intimating the Council's support for stronger fly-tipping measures as set out in this motion." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Euan Blockley:- "Council recalls its motion of 4th April 2019, submitted in the name of Councillor Connelly, in which Council expressed its regret that "a small minority are spoiling Scotland's streets, parks and countryside for the law abiding majority". Council reconfirms its commitment to stronger enforcement action against those who engage in illegal waste disposal and its concern that in Glasgow it appears that very little enforcement action takes place. Council notes that the move from a weekly bulk collection system for many tenement properties to an appointment-only system was poorly communicated and has resulted in many residents in these areas being unaware of the correct method for bulk disposal. In addition, such confusion has then allowed those who deliberately and illegally fly-tip to take advantage of this situation. Council further acknowledges the recently implemented bulk waste charge to have exacerbated an already worsening problem of rampant fly tipping across the city. Council recognises the severe discomfort that Glasgow residents face as a result of being forced to live and work amongst large, often obstructive, abandoned furniture and other items. This Council states its belief that Glasgow and Scotland require legislative changes in this area, including much stronger fines for fly tipping as well as legal measures to allow for the liability and cost of cleaning up fly-tipping to be passed back to those who carry it out. Council notes that the power to introduce measures in this area sits with the Scottish Parliament and would support legislative change in this regard. Therefore, Council resolves the following: - an urgent review into how the Council delivers its fly tipping enforcement work is to be brought to the next meeting of the Environment and Sustainability Committee to allow Councillors to consider what steps can be taken to strengthen this work; - the Chief Executive is instructed to immediately suspend charging for bulk uplifts for the remainder of this financial year. Further, the Chief Executive is instructed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance & the Economy requesting an additional allocation of funds to cancel the bulk uplift charge for the remainder of this financial year and going forward recognising Glasgow's unprecedented cleansing crisis. Any balance required to be met from this change is to be met from the General Reserve for the remainder of this financial year should Scottish Government support not be forthcoming; and - the Chief Executive is instructed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport providing details of this motion and intimating the Council's support for stronger fly-tipping measures as set out in this motion.".

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