[Councillor Mike Chester left the meeting at 7.43pm during the
consideration of this item, and prior to the vote taking
place.
Council Terry Clements left the meeting at 7.47pm during the
consideration of this item, and prior to the vote taking
place].
The Committee received Report
No: OAS/WS/20/011, which set out the current position of its work
programme and items currently agreed but had yet to be programmed
for 2020-2021 as attached at Appendix 1.
The report also referred to the
Committee’s informal scrutiny workshop held on 11 June 2020,
where members identified potential new topics of work. In addition to the Covid-19 topics identified
(Minute No: 64 above), members had also suggested other topics they
might wish to consider over the forthcoming year.
Reflecting on discussions held
earlier in the meeting, the Committee agreed with the principle of
the Chair and Vice-Chair working with officers to develop proposals
on which aspects of the Covid-19 response to consider through the
scrutiny process in detail; how they should be reviewed, and
when. These would then be subject to
consultation with members of the Committee, before inclusion on the
formal work programme.
The Committee also agreed to
reschedule the Community Safety Monitoring Annual
Report for its September 2020 meeting
as it was a statutory requirement and many aspects of the Community
Safety Partnership’s priorities crossed over with the
Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on communities including domestic
violence and anti-social behaviour.
Members discussed the four
topics identified at is informal meeting held in June 2020 and
agreed to invite the Anglia Revenues Partnership to a future
meeting to discuss Council Tax and Business Rates
collections.
Discussions also took place
on:
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Parking metres as some members felt that due to
Covid-19 there should be minimal contact with payment machines and
where possible RingGo should be used as alternative to cash
payments. In response, officers agreed
to ask for a written response from the Service Manager (Property)
on the current use of RingGo in its car parks across West
Suffolk.
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Pedestrian Crossing and physical contact with
buttons due to Covid-19. In response
officers suggested the Council could look at raising this with
Suffolk County Council to seek an answer.
At its conclusion, the
Committee, noted the current status of topics currently
scheduled in its rolling work programme for 2020-2021 (Appendix
1).
Councillor Paul Hopfensperger
then moved the revised recommendation, this was duly seconded by
Councillor Stephen Frost, and with the vote being unanimous, the
Committee:
RESOLVED:
To agree to develop the work programme based on the
principles discussed in the Committee meeting.