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Agenda and minutes
Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone
Contact: Caroline Matthews 01622 602743
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
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Notification of Substitute Members Minutes: There were no Substitute Members.
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Urgent Items Minutes: There were no urgent items.
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Notification of Visiting Members Minutes: There were no Visiting Members.
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Disclosures by Members and Officers Minutes: There were no disclosures by Members and Officers.
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Disclosures of Lobbying Minutes: There were no disclosures of lobbying.
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Exempt Items Minutes: RESOLVED: That all items on the agenda be taken in public.
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 18 April 2017 Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 18 April 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed.
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Minutes of the Meeting Held on 23 May 2017 Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed.
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Presentation of Petitions (if any) Minutes: There were no petitions.
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Questions and answer session for members of the public (if any) Minutes: There were no questions from members of the public.
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Committee Work Programme Minutes: In response to questions from Members, it was agreed that:-
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A report on enforcement action against litter thrown from cars
would be put on the work programme for later in the year once the
new legislation was in place.
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Parish Services Scheme – this item would be taken off the
work programme as this was now dealt with by the Strategic
Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee. RESOLVED: That the Committee Work Programme be noted.
Subsequent to the
meeting the Director of Finance and Business Improvement confirmed
that the Parish Services Scheme had not been transferred to
Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation
Committee. The Scheme was being
reviewed and a report would be presented to the Communities,
Housing and Environment Committee in September/October
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Additional documents:
Minutes: The
Head of Policy and Communications presented a report on the
Strategic Plan Performance Update Quarter 4 2016/17.
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7 out of the 8 targeted KPIs reported achieved their
target for this quarter.
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The weight loss programme at the Leisure Centre had
been a success with 65 people having completed the course and had
all lost weight. In response to questions from Members, Officers advised that:-
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To measure the amount of detritus on relevant land
and highways, some 300 roads were inspected and graded according to
DEFRA regulations.
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The Child Sexual Exploitation training was delivered
to staff at McDonalds as this was classed as a high risk
area.
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The safeguarding training for Members would be
carried out over the next two months and would be added to the
Committee Work Programme to ensure progress on this was
monitored.
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That
Officers would be contacting the
Police to check if the figures quoted were correct.
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The Housing Team were monitoring the backlog on the
processing of housing applications. It
was noted that the length of time to process medical assessments
had reduced due to additional resources being directed to the
work. The Head of Housing and Community
Services undertook to provide a regular update to the Committee by
email.
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The increase in crime incidences could be raised as
an issue by the Committee to the Safer Maidstone Partnership when
acting as the Crime and Disorder Committee. RESOLVED: That:
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The summary of performance for Quarter 4 of 2016/17
for Key Performance Indictors (KPIs) and corporate strategies and
plans be noted.
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Where complete data was not available this
be noted.
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The progress of Strategic Action Plan updated at
Appendix II to the report of the Head of Policy and Communications
be noted.
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No action needed to be taken or any amendments made
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Report of the Director of Finance and Business Improvement - Fourth Quarter Budget Monitoring Minutes: The Director of Finance and Business Improvement presented a report on the Fourth Quarter Budget Monitoring.
The Committee noted that at the end of the fourth quarter there was an overall underspend for services within the Committee’s remit of £380,390.
In response to a question from a Member the Head of Housing and Community Services advised that the adverse variance for CCTV related to loss of income and works that needed to be carried out but this did not form part of the current review of CCTV.
RESOLVED: That the financial position at the end of the fourth quarter for services within the Committee’s remit be noted.
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Report of the Head of Housing and Community Services - Housing Strategy Annual Update Additional documents: Minutes: The Head of Housing and Community Services presented a report on the Maidstone Housing Strategy 2016-2020 Annual Update.
The Committee noted the work undertaken during the first year of the current Maidstone Housing Strategy and the three Key Priority Themes which formed the action plan.
In response to questions from Members, the Head of Housing and Community Services advised that:-
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The Maidstone Health and Wellbeing Group
was chaired by the Council’s Chief
Executive and there were various sub-groups that focussed on
specific areas to deliver the Health Inequalities Action
Plan.
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Following the recent tragic events at Grenfell
Towers in London the Chief Executive had been in contact with Kent
Fire and Rescue and other partners to ensure that necessary checks
were being carried out on high rise blocks of flats in the borough
and fire safety plans were in place.
Members asked for the results of this to be reported back once it
had reached a certain stage. · The Council had recently acquired 8 properties for the homeless and another 5 were nearing completion.
RESOLVED:
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That the work undertaken during the first year of
the Maidstone Housing Strategy 2016-2020 be acknowledged. 2. The progress made in achieving the stated aims of the three Key Priority Themes highlighted in the Maidstone Housing Strategy as detailed in Appendix A to the report of the Head of Housing and Community Services be noted.
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Report of the Director of Regeneration and Place - Maidstone Community Lottery Additional documents: Minutes: The Director of Regeneration and Place presented a report on the Maidstone Community Lottery.
The Committee considered the proposal to set up a local lottery to benefit local community groups and charities.
Members raised a number of concerns, which included:-
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The consultation undertaken with the voluntary
sector was only responded to by 10% of those targeted which did not
give a true reflection of support or otherwise for the lottery
scheme.
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There should have also been a public consultation to
test the views of the ‘man on the street’. · The principle of gambling to raise funds for voluntary organisations felt uncomfortable. · Arising
from the discussions it was proposed and seconded and agreed that
the recommendations as set out in the report be refused. RESOLVED: That recommendations 1 to 3 be refused.
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Duration of Meeting Minutes: 6.30 p.m. to 7.55 p.m.
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