Your Council, Your Say - The Verdict

[cgksheff]

Remember the loaded questionaire a while back?

 

 

The results showed that:

 

43% of people wanted tougher action taken against people who drop litter, with 41% calling for more clean-ups across the city;

 

Almost two thirds of residents (64%) said ‘no’ to less frequent black bin collections in order to pay for more recycling; and

 

An overwhelming majority, 90%, voted for tools such as Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABCs) and fines to be used to crack down even harder on anti-social behaviour.

 

Leader of the Council, Cllr Jan Wilson said: “…As a result of what people have told us, delivery of these key services over the next two years will be directly influenced by the views expressed in ‘Your Council, Your Say’. We will be using this approach again soon, and we’d like even more people to tell us what you think. What you say really does make a difference to how we deliver your services.”

 

In line with residents’ opinions, the Council has already increased fines for littering from £50 to £75. Since the results of Your Council, Your Say, further work has already taken place. The Council is cracking down even harder by using new powers included in the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 and the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 to increase enforcement. This includes making parts of the city leaflet-free areas, which will prohibit people from distributing unwanted leaflets to passers by which lead to greater litter in the city.

 

Further work is underway to respond to people’s views and the results of ‘Your Council, Your Say’, and details of the plans the Council is putting in place in response, will be sent to Sheffield households in a special Your Council supplement in January 2007. Additionally, further ‘Your Council, Your Say’ events are being planned for the New Year.

 

 

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/your-council-your-say---the-verdict

 

 

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/your-council-your-say---the-verdict/full-results

[fox20thc]

9200 responses

 

Hardly representative is it

[cgksheff]

I suppose that makes the most significant result:

 

98% - Don't Care/Can't be Bovvered!

[fox20thc]

Or in my case.... never seen the form..

[NicholasB]

9200 responses

 

Hardly representative is it

 

I think that's plenty to make a decision on. The council can't force people to care...

[Classic Rock]

Or in my case.... never seen the form..

 

It was on the Council website.

[Gadgetgirl]

The data collection opportunities was all over the place, the council had a display outside the townhall one whole weekend during the summer and as was earlier stated it was available online too so they did try to get to people.

It took seconds to complete and handback / post etc etc

[NicholasB]

I had a form through the door, saw it on the website, read about it in the Telegraph and saw a stall in town. Much more and people would be grumbling about wasting time and money on consulting the public.

 

When it comes to recycling the council should be doing it whether the people like it or not. Asking people seems to be a good way of getting out of a commitment to me!

[LibertyBell]

9200 responses

 

Hardly representative is it

 

Can't tell from a number alone. However national opinion can be determined +/- 3% from around 1100 properly sampled.

[ecp02aks]

When it comes to recycling the council should be doing it whether the people like it or not. Asking people seems to be a good way of getting out of a commitment to me!

 

I agree. The recycling targets the government sets local authorities are only likely to get higher and higher thus forcing councils to put in place comprehensive multi-material doorstep recycling schemes (paper and card only is not comprehensive). Such schemes do cost to implement and reducing residual waste collections is a way of absorbing some of the cost in addition to 'forcing' people to recycle. So in the medium term Sheffield City Council may have to go down this route regardless.