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No. Item

27.

APOLOGIES AND SUBSTITUTES

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor Melanie Barrett.  Councillor Michael Creffield was substituting for Councillor Barrett.

28.

JOS/18/13 CONFIRMATION OF THE MINUTES ON THE MEETING HELD ON 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 pdf icon PDF 221 KB

To follow

Minutes:

It was RESOLVED:-

 

That the minutes of the meeting held on the 3 September 2018 be confirmed as a true record.

 

29.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interests.

30.

TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PETITION SCHEME

Minutes:

None received.

31.

JOS/18/14 REVIEW OF THE WESTERN SUFFOLK COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP (WSCSP) pdf icon PDF 438 KB

Margaret Maybury – Babergh Cabinet Member for Communities and representative for Babergh on the WSCSP

 

Julie Flatman – Mid Suffolk Cabinet Member for Communities

 

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

33.1         The Chair invited the witnesses to introduce themselves.

 

33.2         Councillor Joanna Spicer – Chair of Western Suffolk Community Safety Partnership (WSCSP), expressed the importance of the work of the WSCSP and said that the link across the four Districts was important. Work was being conducted with key partners, NHS, Police, Fire and Rescue services, which were present at the meeting, and that this included the Probation service, which also formed part of the Partnership.

 

33.3         A lot of work had been conducted to combat anti-social behaviour, especially within the towns. The aim of the partnership was for the partners to work together to combat all forms of violence, which included the increasing problem of County Lines and the associated violence caused by drug abuse and distribution.

 

33.4         Councillor Spicer thanked the two Member representatives from Babergh and Mid Suffolk for their work on the WSCSP.

 

33.5         Claire Harvey, Community Safety Lead – Localities and Partnerships Team, who was representing the Suffolk County Council on the WSCSP, added that she supported all councillors, not just for the WSCSP, but in all community safety issues.

 

33.6         Paul Goodman, Protection and Prevention Manager for Suffolk Fire explained his role and said that the prevention part of his job included fire safety of the home, water safety, road traffic collision reduction and children and young persons.

 

33.7         The Fire Service’s role in the WSCSP was to support the Partnership in anything related to fire safety and a prevention team identified vulnerable persons and conducted home visits identifying and installing safety measures.

 

33.8         In relation to the WSCSP, the Fire Service had responded to arson and fire related crimes, as a result of the gang and drug violence generated by County Lines.

 

33.9         Superintendent Kim Warner informed Members that he was the Western Area Commander for Suffolk and held the Senior Suffolk Lead for portfolios such as Body Worn Cameras, Mobile Data, Stop Search, and Children and Young Persons (CYP).

 

33.10      Eugene Staunton, Associate Director of Transformation across the Eastern and Western Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, which supported the commissioning and transformation of the health services across Suffolk.  His team worked with NHS providers and non-NHS mental health providers, supporting and developing not just traditional mental health services, but also, increasingly, emotional health and well-being.  The team was developing a case for change for how the mental health service would provide suitable service in the future and were working with Health Watch Suffolk, Suffolk Family Carers, Suffolk Parenting and Carers at Work and Suffolk Users Forum.  Work was being undertaken with the CCG and Suffolk County Council for children and young persons to create a young people’s emotional health hub to support mental health and emotional well-being.  He said that his main role was to support the CCG with the commissioning for the mental health and emotional well-being.

 

33.11      Lois Wreathall, Head of Primary Care for West Suffolk CCG, said her main area of responsibility was to keep all 24 practices in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.

32.

JOS/18/15 INFORMATION BULLETIN pdf icon PDF 341 KB

The Information Bulletin is a document that is made available to the public with the published agenda papers.  It can include update information requested by the Committee as well as information that a service considers should be made known to the Committee.

 

1.     Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee Void Improvement Project Update 20 September 2018

Minutes:

The Chair requested a 5-minute recess at 11.50 am

 

NOTE: Councillor Gasper left the meeting.

 

The meeting recommenced at 11.55 am.

 

34.1        Justin Wright-Newton – Corporate Manager for BMBS, provided a verbal update on the standard figures, which had improved. Currently the Joint Standard Voids time was 20 Days. He said that the Information Bulletin was a summary of Reports JOS/18/14 and JOS/18/15 which both went to the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee on the 3 September.

 

34.2        Members agreed that the Voids Update Information Bulletin should continue to be presented to the Committee every three months.

 

It was RESOLVED: -

 

1.1            That the Information Bulletin be noted.

 

1.2         That the Information Bulleting be presented to the Committee every three months.

 

33.

JOS/18/16 FORTHCOMING DECISIONS LIST pdf icon PDF 473 KB

To review the Councils’ Forthcoming Decisions List and identify any items to be brought before the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Minutes:

Kathy Nixon - Strategic Director, informed the Committee that if the Tree Policy met the parameters of the LA Act 2002 in any way in relation to the conservation of trees, it would be presented to both Councils in December after being presented to both Cabinets.

 

It was RESOLVED: -

 

That the Forthcoming Decisions List be noted.

 

34.

JOS/18/17 BABERGH OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY WORK PLAN pdf icon PDF 255 KB

Minutes:

It was confirmed that the HQ Regeneration Proposal was a Council decision but would be presented to both Cabinets before going to Full Council.

 

It was RESOLVED:-

 

That the Babergh Work Plan be noted.

 

35.

JOS/18/18 MID SUFFOLK OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY WORK PLAN pdf icon PDF 234 KB

Minutes:

It was RESOLVED:-

 

That the Mid Suffolk Work Plan be noted.