Submission Documents: By Councillor Maggie McTernan:- "Council notes the high number of complaints received by Councillors over the Summer recess relating to grass cuttings across the City; that staff have temporarily found themselves redeployed across Neighbourhoods and Sustainability to meet competing demands; and that reported absences have increased to an average of 14.4 days lost across Neighbourhoods and Sustainability in 2018/19. Council believes that all staff across the Council family are valued, and integral to delivering our shared vision of a world-class city. However, Council believes that front-line services are being asked to deliver more with fewer resources, and that this is a direct result of year-on-year real terms reductions in discretionary funding to Glasgow City Council from the Scottish Government. Council further notes the Parks and Greenspaces Vision 2019 adopted by the Council, which sets out to achieve "a new way of maintaining parks and greenspaces which is managed, but support improvements in habitats for a range of species". Council believes that the successful accomplishment of this vision will require consistent investment across the service and recognises that achieving diversity necessitates a proactive approach. Council resolves that the current number of complaints received by elected members regarding the maintenance of our parks and greenspaces is unacceptable; to bring forward a report detailing the issues across the service reported during the summer months and to instruct the Leader of the Council to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance detailing the impact that increasing demand and falling budgets have had on the City." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Maggie McTernan:- "Council notes the high number of complaints received by Councillors over the Summer recess relating to grass cuttings across the City; that staff have temporarily found themselves redeployed across Neighbourhoods and Sustainability to meet competing demands; and that reported absences have increased to an average of 14.4 days lost across Neighbourhoods and Sustainability in 2018/19. Council believes that all staff across the Council family are valued, and integral to delivering our shared vision of a world-class city. However, Council believes that front-line services are being asked to deliver more with fewer resources, and that this is a direct result of year-on-year real terms reductions in discretionary funding to Glasgow City Council from the Scottish Government. Council further notes the Parks and Greenspaces Vision 2019 adopted by the Council, which sets out to achieve "a new way of maintaining parks and greenspaces which is managed, but support improvements in habitats for a range of species". Council believes that the successful accomplishment of this vision will require consistent investment across the service and recognises that achieving diversity necessitates a proactive approach. Council resolves that the current number of complaints received by elected members regarding the maintenance of our parks and greenspaces is unacceptable; to bring forward a report detailing the issues across the service reported during the summer months and to instruct the Leader of the Council to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance detailing the impact that increasing demand and falling budgets have had on the City." .

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Item Minute - 12 September 2019 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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