The Council has reported a big reduction in the amount that it spends on residential social care over the last 5 years.

Free compost giveaway on Sunday for York residents

In partnership with Yorwaste Ltd free compost is being made available again.

Bring your own bag, container and shover (it is not pre-bagged) and help yourself to some free soil improver for your garden or allotment.

When: On the first Sunday of every month from March until October: 7 July, 4 August, 1 September, 6 October

Time: 9:30am until 2:30pm or while stocks last

Where: Harewood Whin waste site, Tinker Lane, Wetherby Road, Rufforth, York, Yo23 3RR

The number of complaints about litter in the City is edging up following the Councils decision to scrap many bins in July 2012.

The number of bins in place were:

Dec 2011 to June 2012 – Litter Bins = 919, Dog Bins = 425

July 2012 to Date – Litter Bins = 604, Dog Bins = 420

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The Council has published its response to as Freedom of information enquiry about the café at the York Explore Library

Did the cafe located in the Central Library make a financial profit in each of the separate financial years that it has been in operation?

The cafe made a profit in 11/12 and 12/13. In 10/11 it did not make a profit.

The cafe is required to make a profit and this is used to fund the Libraries and archives service as a whole.

University footpath diversion

A Public Right of Way is to be diverted to allow improved sports facilities (cycle track/running track) to be provided at the University.

The right of way in question (Public Footpath, Dunnington No 16) runs along the Derwent/Heslington and Fulford Ward boundary and bisects the land that is affected by the development. The path runs from the Grimston Bar Park & Ride site in a southerly direction over the A64, eventually linking in with Ox Close Lane, Heslington (via Public Bridleway, Heslington No 7) to the south. From the east, a short section of (currently non-definitive) path, leading off from the end of Low Lane, Heslington also links in to the path.

There have been no objections to the planned diversion. A temporary diversion has been in place for some months.

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The Council is to advertise plans to remove the remaining parking near the Bishopthorpe school

The parking is currently used by parents dropping off and collecting children form the school

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The Council has decided to overrule objections to the introduction of a contra flow cycle lane on Tanner Row.

Objections mainly centred on the narrow width of the road.

The scheme will cost £5000 to implement.