Stockwell Toilet Watch

GRIMEBALL REED'S "DRAUGHTY" DRAFT LAMBETH CABINET "MINUTES".

WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE OFFICIAL “DRAFT” MINUTE FOR THE RECENT 28 JANUARY CABINET MEETING ITEM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH PUBLIC TOILET PROVISION. A “DRAFT” MINUTE IT “MAY BE” BUT WHAT IT IS “FOR SURE” IS A “DRAUGHTY” MINUTE AGAPE WITH HOLES THAT ARE GLARINGLY OBVIOUS. FOR FULLER BACKGROUND SEE MY EARLIER 2 POSTS TO THIS BLOG – NAMELY ("A FILTHY LAMBETH CABINET MEETING" and especially "MORE LOW-LIFE FILTH ON REED"). THE BLOCKS OF “OFFICIAL TEXT” IN BLACK ARE UNEDITED AND KILROY'S “COMMENTARY” IS IN RED. HAPPY READING.

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CABINET MEETING

Monday, 28th January, 2008 at 7.00 pm

MINUTES

PRESENT:
Cabinet Members: Portfolio:
Councillor Donatus Anyanwu
Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services
Councillor Jim Dickson Cabinet Member for Finance
Councillor John Kazantzis Cabinet Member for Housing
Councillor Paul McGlone Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Enterprise
Councillor Jackie Meldrum Deputy Leader of the Council
Councillor Lib Peck Cabinet Member for Environment and Culture
Councillor Steve Reed Leader of the Council

Apologies for absence Councillor Mark Bennett and Councillor Sally Prentice

Also present: Councillor Adedamola Aminu, Councillor Clive Bennett,
Councillor Diana Braithwaite, Councillor Marcia
Cameron, Councillor Lorna Campbell, Councillor
Jeremy Clyne, Councillor Nigel Haselden, Councillor
Julian Heather, Councillor Rachel Heywood, Councillor
Ashley Lumsden, Councillor Alex Mckenna, Councillor
Helen O'Malley, Councillor Graham Pycock, Councillor
Andrew Sawdon, Councillor

None of the 3 STOCKWELL WARD COUNCILLORS would seem to have attended.

The Agenda DRAFT MINUTE that dealt with the important REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGET item (not included below) makes absolutely no mention of Grimeball Steve Reed's breathtaking deceit in refusing to allow members of the public to speak to that item. He falsely claimed, when asked to allow a speaker, that he had already asked the meeting if anyone wished to speak but they had not indicated that they wished to do so and so he had moved on and would NOT go back. This was absolutely and categorically denied by the persons concerned who protested that he had never asked and they were supported by Kilroy. No Minuted record either of Grimeball's even earlier passing comment to the effect that he was hoping to hear from the public. Hence the encouraged disposition within the audience including Kilroy that they WERE going to be allowed to speak – all this is detailed in the 2nd of my earlier posts as itemised above.

6. FUTURE PROVISION OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCES IN
LAMBETH (Agenda item 5 – Report 219/07-08 and appendices) (Key Decision
call in period ends 5 pm on Friday, 8th February 2008)

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Culture introduced the
report and referred to the Administration’s commitment to increase
provision of public conveniences in the borough. The report
provided self financing recommendations for improving provision of
on street public conveniences, based on benchmarking with other
boroughs and consultation with local businesses.

Cabinet received the following representations:

What follows immediately below is a false account of the sequence of contributors to the meeting. The “market trader representative” referred to (2nd below) spoke BEFORE Councillor Bennett and Kilroy took the market traders conceded opportunity to signify that the public could now contribute. When he finished I put my hand up to speak sat just yards away from Grimeball Reed. Looking in my direction he ignored my gesture completely and then Councillor Bennett indicated and was immediately allowed to speak. I listened (not knowing he was a Councillor) and when he finished I immediately put up my hand again to speak. Reed completely tried ignore and thereby refuse permission and so it was then that I stood and firmly challenged his behaviour. Of course nothing of what I said is recorded. After a minute or so I was warned by Grimeball because I persisted that he would remove me from the meeting and I informed him I would not stay any in such a meeting and I departed – see my earlier blogged account.

• Councillor Clive Bennett (St Leonards) expressed concern
over the idea of charging given the high incidence of antisocial
urination in the borough, and stated that greater weight
should be given to equal opportunities; in particular, the
needs of women and the disabled were not adequately
addressed in the report. The minimum of 23 facilities set out
in the report was also insufficient and greater investment was
needed. He considered that daytime use of public
conveniences should also be examined.

The above useful well made principled contribution (tho' out of sequence) is the one referred to in my earlier post altho I was unaware who the contributor was.

• A representative of the borough’s market traders welcomed
the Cabinet’s serious consideration of the issue, and
highlighted the need for robust consultation with market
traders. With respect to the current provision at Popes Road,
it was noted that charging was likely to increase the already
high incidence of anti-social urination in the area.

What now follows is the “draughty” out of seqnence Minuted account of Kilroy's attempt to speak.

At this point a member of the public interrupted proceedings and
was required to leave the meeting room.

The Divisional Director of Public Realm (Environment, Culture and
Community Safety) highlighted that the new approach to provision
included measures to deal with anti-social behaviour and cater for
the night-time economy. Assurance was given that market traders
and other affected parties would be fully consulted prior to the
introduction of any initiatives.

The closing sentence to the above para is a dinosaur laugh a minute. The so called improvments in public toilet provision are LARGELY predicated on charging for the use of Popes Road and the report stated that if those revenues do not come on board the improvments won't happen - and yet these iniatives are now according to the Divisional Director of the Public Realm (my god!!) going to be subjected to the fullest consultation because the Pope's Road Market Traders are dead set against them - that is AFTER charging has already been decided.

RESOLVED:

(1) That the Cabinet recognises the importance of a good provision
of public conveniences, and the contribution that can be made
by Council and partners. Close working between the Council, the
Joint Director of Health, voluntary and private sector partners will
make the borough a cleaner and safer place to live, visit, and to
invest in.

(2) That Cabinet adopts a new approach to the provision of public
toilets to improve the existing on street provision that is
considered inadequate to meet the needs of the community, by:

(i) Implementing a community toilet scheme with
the aim of providing a minimum of 23 facilities
across the borough

(ii) Installing pop up urinals to cater for the night
time economy

Relocating existing Universal Super Loo’s.

(3) That officers are directed to develop opportunities to introduce
charging where appropriate and in line with legislative
restrictions to provide income to finance the proposals, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and
Culture. This to include the leasing of the operation of Popes
road toilets to a third party so that charges can be made for use
of the facility, to fund other improvements to the toilet provision
in the Borough.

posted by Ian Cameron aka KILROY WAS-A-HERO @ 11:18