Issue - meetings

To receive and consider report 80/09 of the Head of Corporate Strategy. 

(Time: 4.10pm to 4.15pm)

The Executive received and considered report 80/09 of the Head of Planning Services.  The report sought the Executive’s agreement to extend the service level agreement with Thames Valley Police for the monitoring of CCTV (closed circuit television) cameras in South Oxfordshire district and to change monitoring arrangements. 

The Executive noted that the CCTV control room at Abingdon had monitored South Oxfordshire District Council’s CCTV cameras for almost five years; the contract was due to end on 31 January 2010.  It was recommended that this agreement was extended to 31 March 2011.  This would allow South Oxfordshire to review its CCTV service and for this council to consider South Oxfordshire’s recommendations. 

Following advice from Internal Audit, it was recommended that the Community Safety Manager was given the discretion to target staff resources at the busiest times. 

The Executive supported both recommendations. 

RESOLVED

(a)               that the service level agreement with South Oxfordshire District Council for running the CCTV control room be extended to 31 March 2011; and  

(b)               that authority be delegated to the Community Safety Manager to change the current CCTV monitoring arrangements to target resources at the busiest times.