Issue - meetings

This report considers a proposal for a more co-ordinated approach to enforcement across the Council.

The Committee:

(1)          Noted and endorsed the proposals in section 3 of, and Annexe 1 to, the report;

(2)          Did not make any further comment on the proposals;

(3)          Noted that a report on the operation of the process would be taken to the Audit Crime & Disorder and Scrutiny Committee after one full year of operation.

A report was presented to the Committee which set out proposals for a more co-ordinated approach to enforcement across the Council.

It was considered that it would be beneficial for the Council to agree a process for ensuring that it could pull all relevant people together with a view to resolving issues where it could, or, to be clear at the earliest opportunity if an activity was not considered amenable to corrective action. This accorded with the Government’s aim to put victims at the heart of the Council’s response to anti-social behaviour and not to hide behind a silo approach.  However, the report highlighted that in doing so, it would be important to manage public expectations as in reality, there was no “magic wand” available to deal with some issues.

Accordingly, the Committee:

(1)          Noted and endorsed the proposals in section 3 of, and Annexe 1 to, the report;

(2)          Did not make any further comment on the proposals;

(3)          Noted that a report on the operation of the process would be taken to the Audit Crime & Disorder and Scrutiny Committee after one full year of operation.