Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

14.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors Bartlett and Newton.

15.

Notification of Substitute Members

Minutes:

Councillor Perry was present as a Substitute Member for Councillor Bartlett, and Councillor Munford was present as a Substitute Member for Councillor Newton.

 

16.

Urgent Items

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.

 

17.

Notification of Visiting Members

Minutes:

There were no Visiting Members.

18.

Disclosures by Members and Officers

Minutes:

There were no disclosures by Members or Officers.

 

19.

Disclosures of Lobbying

Minutes:

There were no disclosures of lobbying.

 

20.

EXEMPT ITEMS

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That all items be taken in public as proposed.

 

21.

Minutes of the Meeting Held on 1 June 2021 pdf icon PDF 61 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 1 June 2021 be approved as a correct record and signed.

 

22.

Presentation of Petitions

Minutes:

There were no petitions.

 

23.

Questions and answer session for members of the public

Minutes:

There were no questions from members of the public.

 

24.

Questions from Members to the Chairman

Minutes:

There were no questions from Members to the Chairman.

25.

Reports of Outside Bodies

Minutes:

There were no reports of Outside Bodies.

26.

The 2021/2022 Strategic Assessment and revised Community Safety Plan pdf icon PDF 156 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Community Protection Team Manager introduced the report, explaining that the Community Safety Plan had been amended since the previous meeting of the Committee. Further emphasis had been placed on the introduction of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, and the foreword by the Leader of the Council was to be updated before the report would be presented at full Council.

 

It was confirmed that the foreword would be drafted in collaboration with officers, the Chair and the Vice-Chair of the Committee, and circulated to the Committee ahead of the full Council meeting.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

1.  The updates to the Strategic Assessment be noted particularly with regard to the growing and effective use of powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014; and

 

2.  The adoption of the June 2021 Update of the Community Safety Plan 2019-22, as attached at Appendix 3 to the report, be recommended to Council, with updates to be made to the foreword by the Leader of the Council working with the Vice-Chairman prior to submission to Council for approval.  

27.

Duration of Meeting

Minutes:

6.30pm to 6.53pm.