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(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Scrutiny Commission, 12/09/2018 Meeting: Scrutiny Commission Date/Time: Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at 10.00 am Location: Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield Contact: Mrs R Whitelaw (Tel: 0116 305 2583) Email: [email protected] Membership Mr. S. J. Galton CC (Chairman) Mr. D. C. Bill MBE CC Mrs. R. Page CC Mr. M. H. Charlesworth CC Mr. A. E. Pearson CC Dr. T. Eynon CC Mr. T. J. Pendleton CC Dr. R. K. A. Feltham CC Mr. T. J. Richardson CC Mrs. H. J. Fryer CC Mrs B. Seaton CC Mr. J. Morgan CC Mr. M. B. Wyatt CC Please note: this meeting will be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s web site at http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk – Notices will be on display at the meeting explaining the arrangements. AGENDA Item Report by 1. Minutes of the meeting held on 6 June 2018. (Pages 5 - 14) 2. Question Time. 3. Questions asked by members under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5). 4. To advise of any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent elsewhere on the agenda. 5. Declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda. Democratic Services ◦ Chief Executive’s Department ◦ Leicestershire County Council ◦ County Hall Glenfield ◦ Leicestershire ◦ LE3 8RA ◦ Tel: 0116 232 3232 ◦ Email: [email protected] www.twitter.com/leicsdemocracy www.http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk 6. Declarations of the Party Whip in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16. 7. Presentation of Petitions under Standing Order 36. 8. 2018/19 Medium Term Financial Strategy Director of (Pages 15 - 38) Monitoring (Period 4). Corporate Resources 9. Medium Term Financial Strategy Update. Director of (Pages 39 - 58) Corporate Resources A copy of a report to be considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on 14 September is attached for the consideration of the Commission. 10. Corporate Asset Investment Fund Annual Director of (Pages 59 - 122) Performance Report 2017-18 and Strategy for Corporate 2018 to 2022. Resources A copy of a report to be considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on 14 September is attached for the consideration of the Commission. 11. Whole Life Disability Strategy. Director of Adults (Pages 123 - and Communities 166) and Director of Children and Family Services 12. Dates of future meetings. Future meetings of the Commission are scheduled to take place on the following dates:- Wednesday 31 October 2018 at 10.30am; Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 10.30am; Monday 28 January 2019 at 10.30am; Wednesday 6 March 2019 at 10.30am; Wednesday 10 April 2019 at 10.30am; Wednesday 12 June 2019 at 10.30am; Wednesday 4 September 2019 at 10.30am; Wednesday 6 November 2019 at 10.30am. 13. Any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent. QUESTIONING BY MEMBERS OF OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY The ability to ask good, pertinent questions lies at the heart of successful and effective scrutiny. To support members with this, a range of resources, including guides to questioning, are available via the Centre for Public Scrutiny website www.cfps.org.uk. The following questions have been agreed by Scrutiny members as a good starting point for developing questions:- Who was consulted and what were they consulted on? What is the process for and quality of the consultation? How have the voices of local people and frontline staff been heard? What does success look like? What is the history of the service and what will be different this time? What happens once the money is spent? If the service model is changing, has the previous service model been evaluated? What evaluation arrangements are in place – will there be an annual review? This page is intentionally left blank 5 Agenda Item 1 Minutes of a meeting of the Scrutiny Commission held at County Hall, Glenfield on Wednesday, 6 June 2018. PRESENT Mr. S. J. Galton CC (in the Chair) Mr. D. C. Bill MBE CC Mrs. R. Page CC Mr. M. H. Charlesworth CC Mr. A. E. Pearson CC Dr. T. Eynon CC Mr. T. J. Pendleton CC Dr. R. K. A. Feltham CC Mr. T. J. Richardson CC Mrs. H. J. Fryer CC Mrs B. Seaton CC Mr. J. Morgan CC Mr. M. B. Wyatt CC In attendance. Mr J T Orson CC, Chairman of the Police and Crime Panel (minute 10 refers) 1. Appointment of Chairman. RESOLVED: That it be noted that Mr. S. J. Galton CC has been appointed Chairman of the Scrutiny Commission for the period ending with the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2019 in accordance with Article 6.05 of the Constitution. 2. Election of Vice-Chairman. RESOLVED: That Mrs. R. Page CC be elected Deputy Chairman of the Scrutiny Commission for the period ending with the date of the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2019. 3. Minutes. The minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2018 were taken as read, confirmed and signed. 4. Question Time. The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 35. 5. Questions asked by members under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5). The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5). 6 6. Urgent Items. There were no urgent items for consideration. 7. Declarations of interest. The Chairman invited members who wished to do so to declare any interest in respect of items on the agenda for the meeting. Members of the Commission who were also District Councillors declared a personal interest in all matters which affected district councils. Mr M B Wyatt CC declared a disclosable pecuniary interest in the report on Market Towns (minute 12 refers) as he owned two local businesses in the town of Coalville. Mr Wyatt undertook to leave the room during consideration of that item, subject to him being permitted to make representations first as members of the public were also allowed to attend the meeting for the same purpose. Dr T Eynon CC declared a personal interest in the report on Market Towns (minute 12 refers) as she was a volunteer at Hermitage FM Radio which was situated in Coalville town centre. 8. Declarations of the Party Whip in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16. There were no declarations of the party whip. 9. Presentation of Petitions under Standing Order 36. The Chief Executive reported that no petitions had been received under Standing Order 36. 10. Update on Police and Crime Panel Activity. The Commission considered a presentation from the Chairman of the Police and Crime Panel which provided details of the activity undertaken by the Panel since the previous report to the Scrutiny Commission. A copy of the presentation marked ‘Agenda Item 10’ is filed with these minutes. In introducing his presentation, Mr Orson advised the Commission that the Police and Crime Panel (PCP) continued to mature. He felt that it had become less confrontational and had a good relationship with the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). Arising from discussion the following points were raised:- (i) The PCP’s role was to support and challenge the PCC. In terms of ensuring that the police force received adequate funding, the PCP had written a letter for the PCC to use as part of his campaign for fairer funding. No formal response had been received. The PCP continued to press this issue and 7 used its scrutiny of the performance report to encourage the PCC to find efficiencies. (ii) The PCP’s role in the appointment of a new Chief Constable was to hold a confirmation hearing, where it had the power of veto. However, this power could only be used once and the second candidate chosen by the PCC would have to be accepted. (iii) There was a tension between having police officers who were visible in the community and the need for intelligence-led policing to respond to threats such as cyber-crime. It was agreed that the visibility of police officers improved public confidence and could lead to increases in the reporting of incidents like hate crime. The role of Police Community Support Officers in increasing public confidence was welcomed, although it was recognised that, as they had less powers than a uniformed police officer, they had been left vulnerable to service reductions. It was suggested that the PCP should consider a report on rural crime issues in order to assure itself that there was sufficient visibility of police officers in these areas. (iv) Mr Orson considered the PCP’s most successful meeting to have been when the previous PCC had disagreed with Blaby District Council and the County Council over Section 106 monies. Everyone had performed well at the meeting and the desired outcome had been achieved. Generally, Mr Orson felt that the PCP was most successful through its ability to highlight issues in a public forum and challenge the PCC when necessary. (v) Some members disagreed with the current arrangements as they felt that they had reduced the level of elected member involvement with the police. However, the Commission was assured that monthly crime statistics were shared with the Community Safety Partnerships. The next performance report to be considered by the PCP could also be shared with the Commission. (vi) Members queried how the PCP assured itself of the effectiveness of work with neighbouring police forces, for example where crime crossed the county border. It was confirmed that relationships were good and that any concerns could be raised with the PCC through the district council representatives on the PCP. Mr Orson also undertook to encourage district council representatives to share information with other elected members on the council on a regular basis.
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