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Items
No. Item

1.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

Minutes:

1.1           There were no declarations of interests.

2.

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

Minutes:

2.1          There were no declarations made by Councillors.

3.

QUESTIONS BY THE PUBLIC

To consider questions from and provide answers to members of the public on any matter in relation to which the Committee has powers or duties and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedures Rules.

Minutes:

3.1           There were no questions by the public received.

4.

QUESTIONS BY COUNCILLORS

To consider questions from and provide answers to Councillors on any matter in relation to which the Committee has powers or duties and of which due notice has been given in accordance with the Committee and Sub-Committee Procedure Rules.

Minutes:

4.1          There were no questions by Councillors received.

5.

JOS/19/20 WESTERN SUFFOLK COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP (WSCSP) pdf icon PDF 526 KB

The Committee will review the WSCSP as the as part of the Councils’ Statutory role as the Crime and Disorder Panel.

 

Assistant Director – Sustainable Communities

 

BDC Cabinet Member for Communities

MSDC Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities

Additional documents:

Minutes:

5.1          The Chair welcome the Witness to the committee and asked they introduced themselves:

 

Cllr Joanna Spicer

 

Chair of Western Suffolk Community Safety Partnership

Suffolk County Councillor

Paul Goodman

Group Commander for Prevention and Detection – Suffolk Fire

Clair Harvey

 

Community Safety Lead - Localities & Partnerships Team

Health, Wellbeing & Children’s Services Suffolk County Council

 

Emma Gaskell

Senior Primary Care Manager

NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group

 

Kim Warner

Western Area Commander – Police

Vice-Chair of WSCSP

 

Lois Wreathall

Head of Primary Care NHS West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group

 

 

5.2          Councillor Sarah Mansel, the Mid Suffolk District Council’s representative on Western Suffolk Community Safety Partnership (WSCSP), introduced the report. She detailed the aims of the partnership and the priority areas for as outlined in paragraph 5 in the report.

 

5.3          She said there was much to be done and that these issues were complex and far reaching and asked that Members focused their questions to areas, which were within the partnerships’ remit. If Members had any further questions or individual cases, they would like to discuss then Franstine Jones, the new Corporate Manager for Community Safety – Professional Lead for Communities, would be happy to assist after the meeting.

 

5.4          The Chair asked each witness to make a short statement of their work and how this related to the WSCSP.

 

5.5          Councillor Joanna Spicer began her statement by emphasising that the WSCSP covered all the western region of Suffolk and including three Districts Council and Ipswich Borough Council.  There were also representatives from the police, fire services, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), probations and rehabilitation services.  The WSCSP was a partnership and members were required to actively contribute to work undertaken.  However the partnership was also for Members to be encouraged and enabled. The membership had been increased in the past year to include other organisations other than the statutory members.

 

5.6          Councillor Spicer outlined the work and programmes undertaken by the WSCSP including issues around social housing.  Lee Crowdell – Tenants Services Corporate Manager had contributed to this area.  Work programmes for schools and education had focussed on County Lines and gangs. West Suffolk College, secondary schools and the Pupil Referral Units now had representatives on the WSCSP.

 

5.7          The WSCSP would welcome feed-back from Members at the Committee regarding issues in their wards as the WSCSP were in the process of producing the tactical plan for WSCSP for the next five years.

 

5.8          Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) was being carried out by the WSCSP as part of its statutory role. She informed Members that in the past three years, the had been 3 DHR in Mid Suffolk District and none in Babergh.

 

5.9          Paul Goodman, Group Commander for Prevention and Detection – Suffolk Fire, outlined the usefulness of the fire services being involved with the WSCSP.  As part of the Suffolk Information Partnership and the WSCSP information was shared and used with in the Service. Upskilled and frontline staff resources were useful the WSCSP Work programme and The Fire  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.

JOS/19/21 TARGET HARDENING FOR HIGH RISK VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE pdf icon PDF 195 KB

Information for Members for Target Hardening

Minutes:

6.1          The Chair advised Members that report JOS/19/21 had been detailed in the previous item.

7.

JOS/19/22 TASK AND FINISH GROUP FOR CITIZENS ADVICE - TERM OF REFERENCE pdf icon PDF 8 KB

To approve the Term of Reference for the Task and Finish Group

Minutes:

7.1          The Chairs provided a background for JOS/19/22 Task and Finish Group for Citizens Advice – Terms of Reference and asked that Members approved the proposed Terms of Refence.

 

7.2          Councillor Hadingham proposed that the Terms of Reference be approved, which was seconded by Councillor Muller.

 

By a unanimous vote

 

It was Resolved:

 

That the Task and Finish Group for Citizens Advice – Terms of Reference be approved.

8.

TASK AND FINISH GROUP - CITIZENS ADVICE REPORT

The Chair will deliver his report for the Task and Finish Group for Citizens Advice.

 

Report to follow.

 

 

Minutes:

8.1          The Chair clarified that this was not a report but the recommendations which would be presented to Babergh and Mid Suffolk Cabinets on the 13th and 16th of January 2020.

 

8.2          He explained the actions taken by the Task and Finish Group for Citizens Advice in relation to the draft report and the recommendations.

 

8.3          He proposed that the Committee approved that the Members of the Task and Finish Group completed the report and recommendations in time for the Report and Recommendations to be presented to both Cabinets.

 

8.4          Councillor Muller seconded the proposal.

 

By a unanimous vote

 

It was Resolved: -

 

That the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee approve that the Members of the Task and Finish Group completed the report and recommendations in time for the Report and Recommendations to be presented to both Cabinets in January 2020.