The Pollak Park CPF held their first meeting of the year with residents last Sunday afternoon at the Springs Old Boys Hall.
Although poorly attended, those in the meeting were eager for it to be fruitful and informative.
Pollak Park CPF chairperson Harold Nabal started the meeting by thanking the residents for their support in cleaning up the park/gym that opened in December.
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“It’s for us and our children, so we have to keep it clean and safe.
“I am encouraging more of you to please join us in future,” says Nabal.
The first order of the meeting was controlling the number of WhatsApp groups within the CPF, which all agreed could be reduced.
Also discussed was the need to buy additional equipment for patrollers, such as reflector vests, torches, airtime and data.
What the executive team and residents could not agree upon was if the patrollers should be paid.
Some were in favour of paying the patrollers as they use their own resources to patrol (e.g. cars), while others felt they could not be paid yet as the income the CPF receives every month fluctuates.
In the end, it was decided the patrollers would have another meeting by themselves with the executive team to get their input before they decide on a course of action.
A major problem for the CPF is that members do not pay their contributions consistently with, for example, only two paying in December.
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Additionally, although the CPF has a lot of members, most are not active and are happy to just pay their monthly contributions.
Nabal urged residents to change their attitudes and said they should take ownership of their area.
Various attendees volunteered themselves to go door to door to talk to people about the CPF, the work they do and the monthly or yearly contributions.
Speaking at the meeting, ward councillor Thulani Simelane also cautioned residents to be careful about the kind of information they are posting about their lives on social media.
“It’s not just your friends and family who are watching, but also the criminals,” says Simelane.
Simelane also apologised for the inconvenience caused by the electricity and water outage that occurred last week as a result of the fire at the substation.
The next meeting for the CPF will be on March 22.
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