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Housing & Community Safety Select Committee (ceased to operate 03/06/2015) Minutes

Date:
Thursday, 5th January, 2012
Time:
2.30pm
Place:
Lecture Theatre, Stockton Central Library, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1AU
 
Please note: all Minutes are subject to approval at the next Meeting

Attendance Details

Present:
Cllr Derrick Brown, Cllr Michael Clark, Cllr Evaline Cunningham, Cllr Robert Gibson, Cllr Mohammed Javed, Cllr Miss Tina Large, Cllr Andrew Sherris, Cllr David Wilburn
Officers:
Mike Batty(DNS), Sarah Whaley, Graham Birtle(LD)
Apologies for absence:
Cllr Julia Cherrett
Item Description Decision
Public
HCS
52/11		 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Preamble
 
HCS
53/11		 MINUTES FOR SIGNATURE - 3RD NOVEMBER 2011
Preamble
AGREED that the minutes be signed.
HCS
54/11		 DRAFT MINUTES - 8TH DECEMBER 2011
Preamble
AGREED that the minutes be approved.
HCS
55/11		 EIT REVIEW OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES
Preamble
AGREED that the final report be accepted and forwarded to Executive Scrutiny Commitee, prior to submission to Cabinet in February 2012.
HCS
56/11		 QUARTERLY PROGRESS UPDATES ON PREVIOUSLY AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS
Preamble
AGREED that the Progress Updates be noted and the assessments for progress be confirmed.
HCS
57/11		 WORK PROGRAMME
Preamble
AGREED that the information be noted.
HCS
58/11		 CHAIR'S UPDATE
Preamble
AGREED that the information be noted.
2.30pm - 3.00pm

Preamble

ItemPreamble
HCS
52/11		There were no declarations of interest.
HCS
53/11		Consideration was given to the minutes from the meeting which was held on the 3rd November 2011.
HCS
54/11		Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting which was held on the 8th December for approval.
HCS
55/11		Consideration was given to the draft final report for the EIT(Efficiency Improvement and Transformation) Review of Community Safety and Security Services.

Members considered each recommendation individually and agreed the final report.
HCS
56/11		Consideration was given to progress of the implementation of previously agreed recommendations. There were outstanding recommendations from the reviews of Choice Based Lettings and Taxi Licensing.

Members heard that the outstanding item for Choice Based Lettings would be complete prior to the next quarterly update and that item 1 for Taxi Licensing was still on track for June 2012.

HCS
57/11		Members were informed that the next topics for review by the Housing and Community Safety Select Committee would be:

- Tobacco Control
- Performance of Housing Providers

The Scope of the Tobacco Review would include:

- The Demand for Tobacco.
- The Supply of Tobacco.

- The Protection of Non Smoker's to Second Hand Smoke.

The Scope of the Performance of Housing Providers would include:

- Have promises been kept as made in offer documents.

- How will current economic climate affect the promises made and what, if any changes will need to be made to the original offer?

Members heard that each topic was to be prepared for review and that a Link Officer was still to be identified alongside a scope and project plan for a future meeting of the Committee.

Members requested that the Assistant Director for Health Improvement attend a future meeting of Housing and Community Safety when reviewing Tobacco Control.

The Committee also requested that a list be drawn up and distributed to Members, detailing the future reviews of the remaining Scrutiny Committees and that the topics which had not made it to review this time were not recorded for future reviews.
HCS
58/11		Members heard that the Housing Benefits Review which was a previous Gateway Review presented to the Housing and Community Safety Select Committee was to be presented at Cabinet on the 12th January 2012.

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