From: Mary Birch
Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 5:02 PM
To: XXXXXXX
Subject: LGOIMA REQUEST RESPONSE - TAGBUSTERS AND CCTV COSTS
Hi XXXX ,
Further to your information request of 22 January 2016, in respect of the annual costs
associated with tag busters and CCTV over the last 10 years, I am now able to provide
Hamilton City Council’s response:
You requested:
“the annual costs associated with tag busters and CCTV over the last 10 years”.
Please find attached table which outlines the known information for the period requested.
CCTV budget
CCTV budget
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
Operating
Maintenance
120,000
156,000
156,000
160,000
160,000
164,000
187,000
22,500
22,500
22,500
33,000
33,000
33,000
33,000
Asset
Total
142,500
178,500
178,500
193,000
213,000
217,000
265,000
Tagbusters
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
720,000
873,000
896,000
720,000
873,000
896,000
Explanations:
1.
CCTV has only been a ‘stand alone’ budgeted cost centre since the 2008/09 financial
year. Prior to that time the costs were absorbed into a wider work stream and we
are unable to separate the costs out
2. Tag Busters has only operated as a ‘stand alone’ budgeted cost centre since the start
of the 2012/13 financial year. Between 2007 and June 2012 the performance of tag
removals was one of a range of functions carried out by staff working under the
wider Employment Development Team project focus using largely unskilled
personnel as required under the Employment Development Programme. We are
unable to break down the actual costs incurred with graffiti removal during the
period 2007 – 2012.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
On Behalf of the Privacy Officer
Mary Birch
Team Leader | Democracy
DDI: 07 838 6772 | Email: [email protected]
From: XXXXXX
Sent: Friday, 22 January 2016 1:47 PM
To: Jude Pani
Subject: information request
Hi Jude
I’m doing a bit of research and need to request some information please – what I need to
know is the annual costs associated with tag busters and CCTV over the last 10 years
please. (year ending 30 June 2015 would be fine as an end date).
I don’t mean for this to be an onerous task so all I really need is the bottom line, year-end
spend associated with both activities. I don’t need any break down or detail as to how it was
arrived at, just the total figure. Hopefully this should make life a lot easier!
What I’m looking at is activity in Hamilton that sees a rising cost to council/the community
through addressing graffiti/violence etc so there’s nothing ominous to Council about this,
more to support the argument that things are (or maybe are not) getting worse in this
respect.
I’m guessing this is a relatively easy request, but if the information proves hard to source, I’d
be more than happy with knowing what the operating budget was for both activities, but
again, over 10 years please.
Thanks in advance
XXXXX