Venue: Town Hall, Macclesfield, SK10 1DX
Contact: Katie Smith
Email: katie.smith@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Items
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31. |
Declarations of Interest/Whipping Declarations
To provide an opportunity for Members and
Officers to declare any personal and /or prejudicial interests in
any item on the agenda.
Minutes:
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32. |
Public Speaking Time/Open
A total
period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to make
a statement(s) on any matter that falls within the remit of the
Committee.
Individual members of the
public may speak for up to 5 minutes, but the Chairman will decide
how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be
apportioned, where there are a number of speakers
Minutes:
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33. |
Safer Cheshire East Partnership Plan PDF 65 KB
To comment on the draft
Safer Cheshire East Partnership Plan and make recommendations to
the Safer Cheshire East Partnership.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Consideration was given to the Safer Cheshire
East Partnership Plan, prior to it being submitted to the Safer
Cheshire East Partnership for approval. The plan set out the
partnerships priorities, how they would be addressed and emerging
issues and trends.
Members of the Committee made the following
comments:
- With regard to paragraph 2.1, it was
noted that only 54% of residents felt safe after dark, Members
agreed that street lighting and CCTV needed to be improved and the
Designing Out Crime Policy strengthened.
It was also agreed that Ward Councillors should be consulted prior
to any improvements being made.
- With regard to paragraph 2.2,
Members questioned whether or not the pledge was still necessary as
it was connected to confidence targets which had now been
removed.
- With regard to paragraph 4.3, it was
agreed that reference should be made to the Youth Offending Team
and Restorative Justice.
- With regard to paragraph 4.4 –
where do we want be, Members agreed that
the second bullet point should be amended to read ‘continue
to effectively deploy partnership resources in key areas of concern
to promote public reassurance’.
- It was noted that works to
consolidate and integrate the three CCTV control rooms would be
competed by March 2011.
- Members agreed that anti social
alcohol consumptions in public areas such as parks needed to be
targeted.
RESOLVED
That the Safer Cheshire East Partnership be
recommended to approve the plan subject to consideration being
given to the comments highlighted above.
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34. |
PCSO Service Level Agreement PDF 65 KB
To make recommendations on the proposed
service level agreement, between the Safer Cheshire East
Partnership and Cheshire Constabulary, in relation to the funding
of 16 Police Community Support Officers.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Consideration was given to the Service Level
Agreement, between the Safer Cheshire East Partnership and Cheshire
Constabulary in relation to the funding of 16 Police Community
Support Officers. The Portfolio Holder for Safer and Stronger
Communities attended the meeting to answer any questions.
The Portfolio Holder informed the Committee
that the SLA had not yet been signed as she wanted to consult
Scrutiny and ensure that the agreement was the best that could be
achieved for the Council.
The following comments and recommendations
were made:
- Members stressed the importance of
ensuring that double taxation did not apply and raised concerns
regarding the PCSO’s not being
deployed evenly across the Borough. It was agreed that one way to
address this issue would be to deploy them on a LAP basis as this
would ensure a fair distribution. The Portfolio Holder commented
that this may constrain the deployment of the wardens and therefore
not create value for money. She did however agree to consider this
issue further.
- Members emphasised that in order for
the Service Level Agreement to be successful, the relationship with
senior police officers needed to be robust. The Portfolio Holder
assured the Committee that the correct level of communication would
be in place.
- With regard to paragraph 5 –
management of the PCSO’s, it was
agreed that the section relating to the Borough Council receiving a
refund if vacant positions were not filled within six weeks needed
to be strengthened. Members also agreed that the name of each
warden should be known by the Borough Council as this would enable
the authority to monitor the deployment and work of each PCSO.
- With regard to paragraph 7, it was
agreed that the identified point of contact should be the LAP
Manager and that the frequency of contact should be decided
locally.
- It was noted that it was the Police
Authorities responsibility to determine how the PCSO’s were to be deployed and that there
should be flexibility to move PCSO’s between LAP’s at times of urgent policing need.
- Deploying the PCSO’s on a LAP basis would enable the Town
and Parish Councils to be involved in the process and would prevent
the Police Authority from depleting their resources while at the
same time continuing to charge the Borough Council for the 16.
- With regard to the duties
highlighted in appendix B, the Portfolio Holder agreed to remove
bullet points 7 and 10 and agreed to give further consideration to
the removal of bullet point 11.
Finally the Portfolio Holder agreed to take
into consideration all that was said by the Committee, however she
highlighted that she would also need to consider Local Service
Delivery and the reconfiguration of the LAP’s.
RESOLVED
That the Portfolio Holder give consideration to comments and recommendations
highlighted above.
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