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Maidstone Borough Council

 

External Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Tuesday 16 June 2009

 

Cabinet Member for Community Services:

Plans and Priorities for 2009-10

 

Report of: Acting Overview and Scrutiny Manager

 

1.      Introduction

 

1.1        The External Overview and Scrutiny Committee is responsible for holding to account those Cabinet Members whose portfolios fall within the remit of the Committee. 

 

1.2        The Cabinet Members whose portfolios relate to the Committee are the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Community Services.

 

2.      Cabinet Member for Community Services

 

2.1        The areas of the Cabinet Member for Community Services’ portfolio that are relevant to the Committee are as follows:

 

·         Young People – to be the Lead Cabinet Member for young people; Youth Forum.

·         Lifelong Learning – to be the Lead Cabinet Member for Lifelong Learning.

·         Health – to be responsible on behalf of the Council for all health and community health matters including the development, in conjunction with the Council’s partners, of the Community Health Plan.

·         Crime and Disorder – to be responsible for all aspects of crime and disorder in the Borough.

·         Social Inclusion – to formulate and review policies to enable the enhancement of a socially inclusive society in Maidstone; to guide, advise and provide a strategic overview on social inclusion issues.

·         External affairs – to take responsibility for external relationships with parish councils (including concurrent functions), KCC and other levels of local government.

 

3.      Recommendation

 

3.1     The areas of the Cabinet Member for Community Services’ portfolio that are relevant to the Committee are outlined at section 2.1.  Members are recommended to consider these, and ask questions of the Cabinet Member for Community Services with regard to her plans and priorities for the year for these areas.

 

3.2     Furthermore, Members are recommended to make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Community Services with regard to her plans and priorities for the year.