To consider report 46/11 of the head of corporate strategy.
Minutes:
Councillor Bill Jones declared a personal interest in the item and stepped down from his role as committee member as he was unable to scrutinise himself, as he was the council’s appointed representative on the community safety partnership. For this item, he joined the community safety officers at the table.
Councillor Charlotte Dickson declared a personal and prejudicial interest in the item and left the meeting during its consideration.
The committee considered report 46/11 of the head of legal and democratic services , appended to which was the community safety annual report for 2010/11. This report came from the Community Safety Partnership, of which the council was a member. Present at the meeting to answer the committee’s questions were two officers of the council and the Thames Valley Police Area Commander, Rob Povey, and the Thames Valley Police Authority representative, Hazel Bell.
The chair invited Councillor Dudley Hoddinott to address the committee. In relation to graffiti on a wall mural near MatthewArnold School at North Hinksey, he asked if anyone had inspected the artwork to check for graffiti since it was given an anti-graffiti coating? Councillor Hoddinott also referred to the community safety partnership report and questioned whether the Police had reported a range of crimes in the parishes of North Hinksey and Cumnor? He also asked when the partnership would take action, similar to that taken in the towns, to protect the residents in these parishes, especially the vulnerable groups such as the elderly.
The committee noted that crimes in North Hinksey and Cumnor were included in the Abingdon area reports. The officer reassured the councillor that the partnership’s work covered the whole district, including North Hinksey and Cumnor. However, cleaning graffiti was the responsibility of the property owner.
The committee welcomed the good news of the partnership’s success during 2010/11. The committee considered the report in detail and noted that:
In answer to a question regarding future funding, the officer reported that the partnership’s funding for 2012/13 required confirmation by the County Council in its budget in February 2012. The committee asked that the Cabinet member should be asked to put forward the council’s view at the appropriate time that this council sees the County Council’s future funding of the community safety partnership as essential. The Cabinet member agreed to do this.
The committee thanked the partnership for its work during the year and congratulated it on its success.
RESOLVED: To note the community safety partnership report for 2010/11.
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