Community Safety Wardens update
Meeting: 05/04/2012 - Sustainable Communities Scrutiny Committee (Item 167)
167 Community Wardens Service update 
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To receive a six month update on the budget and performance of the Community Wardens Service
Minutes:
The Community Safety Operations Manager attended the meeting to present an update on Community Wardens Service. The Committee was presented with operational statistics since third quarter 2010/11 municipal year and the budget analysis for the service.
The Budget showed that employment costs had been reduced. This was due to a reduction in the pay grade of staff but the number of posts had been maintained at eight. Management costs had also been removed from the budget and two vacant posts had not been filled. On the spot penalties that Community Wardens had issued to offenders had resulted in customer receipts.
The operational statistics indicated the activities Community Wardens had been carrying out. There had been an increase in fly-tipping investigations with one successful prosecution in the last six months as prosecutions were difficult to achieve without eye witness evidence, cases were rarely taken to court proceedings.
RESOLVED – That the Community Safety Operations Manager be thanked and the update be noted.