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Maidstone Borough Council

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2022-23 Municipal Year

Review Title & Objectives

Expected Start Date & Method

Relevant Officer/s

Timetable

The Council’s performance against the Waste Strategy

 

Review the Waste Strategy whilst considering best practice of other Local Authorities to identify innovative improvements

 

November 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

William Cornall, Director of Regeneration and Place

 

Jennifer Stevens,

Head of Environment and Public Realm

Evidence Collection - 2 & 3 November 2022.

 

Recommended actions reviewed - 22 November 2022.

 

(draft) formal report presented - 20 December 2022.

Safety in the Town Centre

 

Review existing measures and ascertain any changes needed, in consultation with stakeholders. 

 

Stage 1: Town Centre Safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2022 (safety element)

 

OSC acting as the C&D Committee Meetings

John Littlemore, Head of Housing and Regulatory Services

 

Martyn Jeynes, Community and Strategic Partnerships Manager

 

Town Centre Safety

 

External Evidence Collection – 18 October 2022.

 

Internal Evidence Collection – 20 December 2022.

 

Recommended actions & draft report reviewed – 21 March 2023.  

 

 

 

 

Night-Time Economy

 

To review the twilight and night-time economy within Maidstone Town Centre.

 

 

 

February 2022,

Committee Meetings

Shared Review with the Policy, Communities and Engagement and the Economic Development Teams

 

February 2022 – Information pack presented by the relevant teams (see left column), with a proposed timeline for the review.

 

Policy Communities and Engagement and Economic Development Teams to present issue to Committee regularly, seeking the Committee’s contribution and steer to the review.

 

UPDATE – Officers have advised that as work is ongoing to support the overall review into the night-time economy, it would be beneficial to delay the review’s commencement to ensure that Officers are able to present the most up to date information to the Committee.  The review could likely start post-May 2023.

 

Water Management Cycle

 

Focus on:

 

·      the supply and disposal of water; and

·      disposal of sewage

 

to identify improvements.

 

October 2022,

Working Group.

Mark Green, Director of Finance and Business Improvement

 

William Cornall, Director of Regeneration and Place

 

Philip Coyne, Interim Local Plan Review Director

 

Ongoing; Report likely to be presented in from March 2023.

 

Officer consultation – 15 and 22 December.

 

External Stakeholder Consultation – x2 meetings across week commencing 23 January 2023.

 

Lead Member Consultation – (from) February 2023 as required.

 

Report Writing – February/March 2023 as required.

 

Key:

Completed                                    In Progress 

 

Review Title & Objectives

Expected Start Date & Method

Relevant Officer/s

Timetable

Enforcement

 

 

 

Post-May 2023

To be confirmed.

To be confirmed.

Health Inequality

 

Increased understanding of health inequalities across the borough and an overview of strategy and police across the relevant bodies. 

Post-May 2023

Alison Broom, Chief Executive,

 

John Littlemore, Head of Housing and Regulatory Services

 

Senior Public Health Officer

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Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2023-24 Municipal Year