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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 13, 2015

MOTION NO.13

MOTION: Councillor M. Duff

That this Council call on the Manager to introduce a cleaning service, similar to the Sunday Village cleaning service, to allow our Public Parks and Playgrounds to be cleaned  on Sundays,during the period of late Spring and Summer months, when the public footfall is at it's highest. 

REPORT:

The Council's Public Realm Section currently has a Sunday morning cleaning service in place in the towns and villages around the County, which also includes the servicing of litter bins in priority locations.  The annual cost to provide this service is approx €140,000.  Council management is considering different options for the cleaning of the County's parks on Sundays, the first requirement however is to carry out a survey of the main parks to identify what problems exist and in what locations and thereafter to determine what measures might be required to deal with this.  The proposal to provide a service similar to the village cleaning service will be considered in this regard, an estimate of the cost to provide such a service over the Spring and Summer months is approximately €30,000 per annum.  The existing Sunday morning service in towns and villages will also be examined to determine if it could be reconfigured to provide a service in a limited number of park locations.