National Avenue dead cat and rubbish

John Fareham and John Abbott have arranged for the removal of a dead cat and other miscellaneous refuse left behind by employees of the environment agency carrying out drainage clearance works on the National Avenue drain. During our pioneering and trailblazing mobile forum we were made aware that persons working for the Environment Agency had taken an extremely literal view of the dividing line between their responsibilities and those of the Council. They had removed the dead cat and other items from the drain and then left them at the side of the drain for City Council employees to remove. The corporate centre had not, by the time our forum was held, got round to carrying out the removal of these items and so we contacted the officers, asking them to hurry things along as there were obvious public health issues involving children taking undue interest in the cat. By the end of that afternoon we had been informed that the officers had made arrangements for someone to go and clear up.