CRITICS of the controversial three-weekly bin collection have slammed the project’s rollout into the north west of the city. From yesterday, all main door properties in the area, who use kerbside collections, would join those in the north east with a new reduced pick up service for their green bins. It comes after multiple petitions were launched to halt the move and a scathing GMB union survey revealed around 97% of 4,000 were against the change. David Hume, GMB Scotland organiser, said: “Glasgow has a waste crisis. This was understood before Covid-19 and the pandemic has made a bad situation worse, both for our key workers and our communities.
One in ten Glasgow councillors failed to attend more than 60% of all committee meetings they were expected at last year. Nine out of 85 councillors had an attendance rate of 60% or below in 2020. And five of them failed to attend at more than half of the meetings they were required at. The Glasgow Times obtained records of attendance for all 85 city councillors over the last three years.
READ MORE: For 2020 it showed nine were at 60% attendance or below. And over the last three years, there were three councillors who had a record below 60% in each year. At the other end there were eight councillors who had a 100% attendance record at committee meetings in 2020.
A total of 86 fixed penalty notices were issued by Glasgow City Council throughout 2020. Last month, the Glasgow Times revealed that 453 fines were handed out in 2019.
Read more: However, last year, council staff were deployed to other areas due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request show that only 25 fines were paid in full, 46 were unpaid, seven were part paid and eight were cancelled. Of the 86 fines, 15 were handed out in the North East ward of the city. Six of these were paid, seven unpaid, one part paid and one cancelled. Meanwhile, in Dennistoun, 10 fines were issued. Four were paid and six were unpaid.
MORE than half of dog fouling fines handed out in Glasgow last year have remained unpaid - costing the council around £18,000. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request show that throughout 2019, a total of 453 fines were handed out to people who failed to pick up after their dog. Of these, 146 were paid and 235 remain unpaid despite it being more than 12 months since all the fines were issued. The fixed penalty notices handed out by Glasgow City Council require the offender to pay £80, however, the penalty increases to £100 if not paid within 28 days. Dennistoun was the council ward which saw the most fines handed out with a total of 48 – 14 of which were paid, and 28 not paid.