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Councillor Crow to the CabinetMember forEnvironmentalServicesand Sustainability.

I welcome the extension of the green bin service that Councillor Thomas has just informed the Council about. However, I remember when the Conservative administration brought in the Green Bin service, his colleagues and I believe himself, said that the service should be free as it was in Horsham DC. So does he recognised he was wrong at the time to criticise the introduction of the Green Bin service having a charge?

CouncillorThomas –(Cabinet MemberforEnvironmentalServicesand Sustainability).

I am sorry Councillor Crow I’m getting very old, and my long term memory wasn’t as good as it once was so I can’t remember what you were talking about. I’ve personally always been in support oif the introduction of green bins in Crawley. I also remember proposing at the time that pensioners possibly should have a free service, but I cannot recall any other than that.

Councillor B Burgessto the CabinetMember for Public Protection and Community Engagement.

I was reading the notice board outside the town hall and I saw a notice about the Armed Forces covenant. Unfortunately, there were no contact details on it. Could the Cabinet Member look into this situation?

Councillor Jones–(Cabinet Member for Public Protection and Community Engagement).

Thank you Councillor Burgess for highlighting this matter to me, I wasn’t aware of the notice you refer to. Clearly there was contact information for the Civil Military Partnership within the Council. I’ll look into the matter further.

Councillor B Burgessto the CabinetMember for Public Protection and Community Engagement

With this year being the centenary of the

Representations of the people’s act that gave the vote. Are there any plans to commemorate this important event by this Council?

Councillor Lamb – (Leader of Council )

Of course this was an important event in British history. I am currently unaware of any events being planned, but I will speak to our communications team and I’m sure that can be addressed.

Councillor Irvine to the Cabinet MemberforEnvironmentalServicesand Sustainability.

Can you provide me with some further information as to why you put in the Budget that the Full Council have recently agreed, a growth bid to upgrade the shrub beds across the town?

CouncillorThomas –(Cabinet MemberforEnvironmentalServicesand Sustainability).

I had noticed recently that the shrub beds across the town whose original role was to enhance the look of our neighbourhoods were looking tired and in some cases grim. We have responsibility for 4,500 shrub beds and over this year along there had been 877 complaints over their conditions.

Following our positive move to a patch working approach, some of the teams have been struggling by the over grown nature of our current shrub beds. Therefore, the growth bid was to allow our amenities team to re plant the shrub beds with the right types of plants, which can be maintained efficiently, whilst still enhancing the look and feel of our neighbourhoods.

Councillor Guiderato theCabinet Memberfor Planning and Economic Development

My question relates to the recent refurbishment of Queen’s Square. Whilst the changes have improved the look of the Queen’s Square, the amount of chewing gum that was already on the new stones is shocking. What approach is being taken to remove the gum without damaging the new pavement slabs?

Councillor PSmith –(Cabinet MemberforPlanningand Economic Development)

There is a budget for cleaning the area and new top end equipment was purchased to ensure that Queen’s Square remains in good condition. I do accept that there is a significant amount of gum on the slabs and it was in the process of being removed carefully.

Councillor Lanzer to the Cabinet Memberfor Planning and Economic Development

My question relates to the recent unacceptable felling of trees at Burleys Wood. I would like to pass on my thanks to the planning departments enforcement officers over their rapid respond to that tragic situation at Burleys Wood. Their quickness in placing a TPO over the whole site and them contacting the Forrest Commission must be commended.

Councillor PSmith –(Cabinet MemberforPlanningand Economic Development)

I’ll pass on your thanks and comments back to the team. As a Council, we care about that site and what has been done was a disgrace, we were looking at what could be done going forward