This Council notes with grave concern that visitor numbers in Brighton & Hove dropped by more than 14% year on year in the first four month period of 2012/13

GREEN GROUP AMENDMENT

Public Toilets

That changes are made as shown below in bold italics and strikethrough.

This Council:

· Recognises ~~huge~~ public dissatisfaction over the current state of the public toilets across the city;

· Notes the agreed Public Toilet Refurbishment Programme agreed at Policy and Resources Committee in July 2021 which replaced previous refurbishment plans agreed as part of the since-terminated contract with Healthmatic in 2017

· Welcomes that following bringing maintenance and cleansing in-house the council is now able to better manage the cleaning of toilets

· Welcomes news that this refurbishment programme for Kings Esplanade, Daltons Bastion, Station Road and Saltdean Undercliff will commence in the autumn, at the end of the busy summer season, which ensures that access to toilets will remain open over the summer despite their current need of refurbishment

· Commends officers in recent successful bids to the Government to provide changing places toilets and refurbish the Hove Lagoon toilets as part of Kingsway to the Sea

· Notes that the Brighton & Hove City Council website already provides residents with the refurbishments to be completed this year https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/libraries-leisure-and-arts/update/public-toilet-refurbishment-programme

· Notes that temporary portaloos were provided in 2021 from two one-off covid related funding streams with a £71,000 contribution from the Welcome Back Fund and £50,000 from the Contain Outbreak Management Fund – which as a result of the Government pretending the pandemic is over, have not been offered in 2022

Therefore, resolves to:

~~1. Request that officers consider the immediate provision of portaloos where appropriate;~~

2.1. Request the ~~Chief Executive~~ council communications team continue to ~~widely communicate existing~~ provide updates to information regarding the list of proposed refurbishment dates for each toilet block;

3. 2. Request that the ~~Environment, Transport & Sustainability~~ Policy & Resources Committee asks officers to bring forward a report to an upcoming meeting which outlines the progress in spending the capital allocation of £3m already agreed ~~options for other interim measures.~~

Proposed by: Cllr Hugh-Jones Seconded by: Cllr Mac Cafferty

Motion to read if carried:

This Council:

· Recognises public dissatisfaction over the current state of the public toilets across the city;

· Welcomes that following bringing maintenance and cleansing in-house the council is now able to better manage the cleaning of toilets

· Commends officers in recent successful bids to the Government to provide changing places toilets and refurbish the Hove Lagoon toilets as part of Kingsway to the Sea

· Notes that the Brighton & Hove City Council website already provides residents with the refurbishments to be completed this year https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/libraries-leisure-and-arts/update/public-toilet-refurbishment-programme

Therefore, resolves to:

1. Request the council communications team continue to provide updates to information regarding the list of proposed refurbishment dates for each toilet block;

2. Request that the Policy & Resources Committee asks officers to bring forward a report to an upcoming meeting which outlines the progress in spending the capital allocation of £3m already agreed.