Central Processing Unit

Board Meeting

10/12/2015

Attending:

Ashfield District Council

Bassetlaw District Council

Broxtowe Borough Council/ District Council

Broxtowe Borough Council

Gedling District Council

Mansfield District Council

Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire County Council

Newark and Sherwood District Council

NSL Services

NSL Services

NSL Services

1. Apologies:

JD– Broxtowe District Council

KP – District Council

PG – Nottinghamshire County Council

2. Issues raised from last meeting:

Problems with Rundles and Chipside; cases are not being uploaded

PA – thinks the problem is to do with Chipside.

3. NSL update

Presentation

4. CPU update

Presentation

5. District round-up

Ashfield Update

NC - One hour free parking now introduced. They have lost some car parks, but are creating new car parks and Sutton market has moved to allow new car park to be built.

GJ – -wants Resident Permits issued in one area valid in another area.

NC – converted parking times from 30 minutes stay to 2 hour stay on Outram Street.

Bassetlaw Update

JK – Talked about Camera Car doing routes around all schools in the area. Schools were visited to assess the danger, one school as added to red list at one school 24 PCN’s were issued. 3 new on street TRO’s were introduced as well as the introduction of bollards. Bus stop where buses are no longer using them are being turned in to special access bays. They have lost one car park but another is being added. Car parks are being split into 3 categories: shopper; visitor and leisure.

Broxtowe and Rushcliffe Update

DM – tram has now finished and is running smoothly. There are still some traffic orders not enforceable and there are problems with enforcing. New plans for car parks that will be pay and display; some discussion over whether it is necessary to always have p&d machines. Introduced mobile pay for some car parks this is checkable on the CEO’s handheld device. PCN’s would be hard for motorist to challenge if the ticket gets lost in the system for mobile pay car parks. Limited stay put in some car parks.

Gedling Update

JE – taxi drivers remain an issue in Arnold. There was a dip in PCN’s being issued on street. They have introduced new charges in some car parks. There is a conflict of use with some bays.

Mansfield Update

TS – Financial points. There was a large BPA bill. Discussion regarding sharing membership.

6. Dropped Kerbs

NSL: have now been instructed to issue PCNs to vehicles parked over dropped kerbs in place for pedestrian crossing points. The initial policy has focussed on enforcing crossings marked with tactile paving.

7. Camera Car

This had now been delivered by PA after fitting in Devon. The software is being tested and populated with restrictions with a view to beginning use in the New Year. NCC webpages will be amended to capture requests for the vehicle and PMs encouraged to push complaints regarding school parking to NCC.

8. NCC Highways

In April 2016, NCC Highways division would be largely moving into VIA, an arm’s length company jointly owned by Cornwall CC and NCC. CPU would not be part of this initial move although the intention is that it will move within the first year.

9. Virtual permits/dispensations

This project is sat in NCC’s IT/Chipside to deliver. No indication of timescales yet.

10. Date of next meeting

To be arranged