Agenda item

The Director to be heard.       

The Support Services Manager advised that, based on Members’ comments in 2011, the Annual Report had been amended in the following ways:

·       There had been a substantial change in cover design and overall layout.

·       The report was now in landscape rather than portrait format.

·       There were more photographs.

·       A volunteering section had been added.

·       Items relating to the City of London Cemetery had been included for the first time.

·       The final pages, including the staffing resources, organisational structure, budget and sports facilities had been simplified using diagrams.

Members commended the improvements made to the annual report for 2011/12 as compared to the 2010/11 annual report. 

In response to a Member’s query, the Support Services Manager undertook to investigate the possibility of including contact details for the Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen of the Open Spaces, City Gardens & West Ham Park Committee, Epping Forest & Commons Committee, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood & Queen’s Park Committee and the Port Health & Environmental Services in the future.

A Member suggested that in future it should be made clearer that income generated was reinvested into the City’s open spaces.

Another Member suggested that in future each photo should feature a description as to what it depicted.

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