Decision details

To consider the Council Flat Communal Cleaning Task and Finish Group’s final report and recommendations.

Report.

RESOLVED that

1)                 the Council undertake statutory consultation procedures with secure tenants and consultation with leaseholders to establish if support exists for the introduction of a service charge to cover cleaning arrangements in communal areas in Council flats.  Consultation to include sheltered housing complexes;

2)                 a further report be prepared to Executive Committee regarding the feasibility of introducing a service charge for cleaning in communal areas when consultation with residents has been completed;

3)                 a revenue bid be submitted to enable the flooring in Three Story flats in Batchley be stripped, cleaned and sealed to bring it up to a suitable standard;

4)                 lighting occupancy sensors be trialled in one block of the Three Storey flats in Batchley to monitor the impact and benefit of this system to residents when entering and leaving the communal areas funded from the current cleaning budget;

5)                 a trial use of wall mounted air fresheners be undertaken in one of the communal stairwells funding from the current cleaning budget;

6)                 correct no smoking signs be installed in all communal areas where none are currently situated; and

7)                 use of graffiti wipes by cleaners be included in the Council’s future cleaning contracts.

(Officers to provide an estimated service charge for cleaning communal areas to be used when consulting residents.)