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Dragon Interview – Council Leader Spells Out What is Being Done to Improve Caller Wait Times
Published on: 20 Jan, 2022
Updated on: 21 Jan, 2022
In the latest “round up” interview GBC Council Leader Joss Bigmore covers another range of topics in his interview with Dragon editor Martin Giles.
Subjects covered are: GBC caller wait times – what is happening and what remedies are being applied; public toilet closures – will other solutions be considered; The Debenhams/”St Mary’s Wharf” proposal – why can’t Guildford have a maximum height policy; Jubilee planning – the beacon will be lit but what else can the council leader tell us; What is the latest on the Local Plan review; and has planning for the GBC leadership handover in October commenced?
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Howard Fisger
January 20, 2022 at 5:15 pm
Did the council leader really say that 51% of the calls they answer are answered within 6 minutes? That they only answer 44 per cent of calls. So 56 per cent – that’s over half – of calls to Guildford Council are simply not answered. Or did I misunderstand what was said?
This comment was referred to Cllr Bigmore. Please see his response here.
Martin Elliott
January 20, 2022 at 6:33 pm
It’s not just caller waiting times, though that is one problem, but responses to GBC’s preferred method of communication via web forms (MyGuildford) as well. Also, senders of emails are promised a response in 10 days, but it takes weeks, and letters take 10/12 weeks.