Etwall Area Forum Wednesday, June 6th, 2018, 6.30pm Hilton Village Hall, Peacroft Lane, Hilton, DE65 5GH South Derbyshire changing for the better COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEETINGS 2018/19 Committee Day Date ANNUAL COUNCIL Thursday 17.05.18 CIVIC COUNCIL Thursday 24.05.18 Audit Sub-Committee: Special Wednesday 30.05.18 Environmental & Development Services Thursday 31.05.18 Planning Tuesday 05.06.18 Housing & Community Services Thursday 07.06.18 Finance & Management Thursday 14.06.18 Overview & Scrutiny Wednesday 20.06.18 Planning Tuesday 26.06.18 COUNCIL Thursday 28.06.18 Etwall JMC Wednesday 11.07.18 Planning Tuesday 17.07.18 Audit Sub-Committee (Special) Wednesday 25.07.18 Finance and Management (Special) Thursday 26.07.18 Planning Tuesday 07.08.18 Environmental & Development Services Thursday 16.08.18 Housing & Community Services Thursday 23.08.18 Finance & Management Thursday 30.08.18 Planning Tuesday 04.09.18 Overview & Scrutiny Wednesday 05.09.18 Audit Sub-Committee Wednesday 19.09.18 COUNCIL Thursday 20.09.18 Planning Tuesday 25.09.18 Etwall JMC Wednesday 26.09.18 Environmental & Development Services Thursday 27.09.18 Housing & Community Services Thursday 04.10.18 Finance & Management Thursday 11.10.18 Planning Tuesday 16.10.18 Overview & Scrutiny Wednesday 17.10.18 COUNCIL Thursday 01.11.18 Planning Tuesday 06.11.18 Environmental & Development Services Thursday 15.11.18 Housing & Community Services Thursday 22.11.18 Planning Tuesday 27.11.18 Overview & Scrutiny Wednesday 28.11.18 Finance & Management Thursday 29.11.18 Audit Sub-Committee Wednesday 12.12.18 Planning Tuesday 18.12.18 Environmental & Development Services (Special - Budget) Thursday 03.01.19 Housing & Community Services (Special – Budget) Tuesday 08.01.19 Etwall JMC Wednesday 09.01.19 Finance & Management (Special – Budget) Thursday 10.01.19 Planning Tuesday 15.01.19 Overview & Scrutiny Wednesday 16.01.19 COUNCIL Thursday 17.01.19 COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEETINGS 2018/19 Environmental & Development Services Thursday 24.01.19 Housing & Community Services Thursday 31.01.19 Planning Tuesday 05.02.19 Audit Sub-Committee Wednesday 13.02.19 Overview & Scrutiny Wednesday 13.02.19 Finance & Management Thursday 14.02.19 Planning Tuesday 26.02.19 COUNCIL Wednesday 27.02.19 Environmental & Development Services Thursday 28.02.19 Housing & Community Services Thursday 07.03.19 Finance & Management Thursday 14.03.19 Planning Tuesday 19.03.19 Audit Sub-Committee Wednesday 20.03.19 Overview & Scrutiny Wednesday 27.03.19 Etwall JMC Wednesday 10.04.19 COUNCIL Thursday 11.04.19 Planning Tuesday 16.04.19 Environmental & Development Services Thursday 25.04.19 Housing & Community Services Tuesday 30.04.19 Finance & Management Thursday 02.05.19 Planning Tuesday 14.05.19 ANNUAL COUNCIL Thursday 16.05.19 CIVIC COUNCIL Thursday 23.05.19 SOUTH DERBYSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL SOUTH DERBYSHIRE AREA FORUM ETWALL (Covering Ash, Barton Blount, Bearwardcote, Burnaston, Church Broughton, Dalbury Lees, Egginton, Etwall, Foston & Scropton, Hatton, Hilton, Hoon, Marston-on-Dove, Osleston & Thurvaston, Radbourne, Sutton-on-the-Hill and Trusley) Meeting to be held at: Hilton Village Hall, Peacroft Lane, Hilton, Derby, DE65 5GH On Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 at 6.30pm. Members: District Councillors: Councillor Mrs Lisa Brown (Chair) and Councillors Andy Billings, David Muller, Mrs Julie Patten, Mrs Andy Plenderleith and Andy Roberts. County Councillors: Councillors Martyn Ford and Mrs Julie Patten. South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 0AH Minicom: (01283) 228149, DX 23912 Swadlincote. Please ask for Tom Sloan, Tel: (01283) 595858 BUSINESS 1. (a) Introductions and apologies (b) Declarations of interest (c) Chair’s announcements (d) To receive the minutes of the last meeting 2. Safer Neighbourhood report (Police / Safer South Derbyshire Partnership) and Police Q&A 3. Communities update and Safer Neighbourhood grants 4. Local authority issues and public questions 5. Open discussion / presentation on local community issue 6. Summary of agreed priorities / actions 7. Close and date of next meeting Future meeting dates Tuesday, October 9th Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, Derbyshire DE11 0AH Minicom: (01283) 228149, DX 23912 Swadlincote. Please ask for Tom Sloan, Tel: (01283) 595858 AREA 1 – NORTH WEST SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUP Present Date of Venue Meeting Councillor Andy Billings (Chair), PC Joe Stafford, PCSO Jamie January 23, Hilton Gutberlet (Derbyshire Police), Ian Hey (Safer South Derbyshire). 2018 Village Hall Jo Bagley (South Derbyshire CVS), Ian Bennett, Rex Bleakman, Councillor Lisa Brown, Steve Cooper, AR Creeth, Sue Creeth, Hardyal Dhindsa (Derbyshire Police & Crime Commissioner), Councillor Martyn Ford, Norman Ireland, Alan Jenner, Councillor David Muller, David Neil, Councillor Julie Patten, Tanina Rushton. Also present: Tom Sloan (Clerk). 1 Chair’s Introduction, Apologies Action Councillor Amy Plenderleith, Councillor Andy Roberts. 2 Minutes of last meeting (to be agreed) and update on actions The minutes of the last meeting were agreed as a true and accurate record. Tom Sloan provided an update on the Independent Police Complaints Commission’s investigation into a fatal crash in Hilton in April, 2017. The police officer involved in the chase was cleared of wrongdoing in a verdict published on October 11, 2017. Councillor Julie Patten said she was disappointed to read about the ruling in the media, finding out second hand instead of directly from the police. PC Joe Stafford said he would take Councillor Patten’s concerns back to the SNT. Councillor David Muller asked if there was any update on the crossroads between Egginton and Etwall. Councillor Martyn Ford replied that it was in DCC’s programme to get a speed-activated sign. PCSO Jamie Gutberlet added that due to the proximity of houses a rumble strip was not appropriate for the location. Councillor Lisa Brown said she felt a speed-activated sign wasn’t the total solution to the junction’s problems. PC Joe Stafford said he was happy to carry out ACTION: speeding enforcement, but he wasn’t sure speed was the only problem at the Councillor junction – visibility from the Etwall and Egginton sides of the junction was more of Martyn a problem. A resident added that the problem was biggest coming from Egginton, Ford to with visibility to the right poor. Could the hedge be cut back? Councillor Ford report replied that there were lots of people with lots of views. Councillor Brown added views on that in another county a senior police officer’s daughter was killed in an incident at the such a location and all similarly dangerous junctions within his jurisdiction had junction to hedgerows removed to aid visibility. DCC 1 3 Derbyshire Police & Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa – Q&A Hardyal Dhindsa introduced himself to the meeting as the second ever Police & Crime Commissioner in Derbyshire. He reported that his job was to get the best possible funding for the police service in the county. The Take Five campaign to help encourage people to take care online to avoid being defrauded was under way. Mr Dhindsa was one of the Police and Crime Commissioners campaigning against a slow reduction in funding for police. A total of £450 million was needed across the country for counter-terrorism and general policing. PCCs would be allowed to increase the Council Tax precept and the Central Government Grant would be kept at the same level after their campaigning. Mr Dhindsa was proposing a £12 additional precept to be charged per household. A survey had discovered that 71.6% of people in Derbyshire were in favour, with 21% against and 8% having no view. On Thursday, January 25, the proposed increase would go before the Police and Crime Panel. The rise would allow for an extra 25 police officers to be recruited. Would that mean extra officers on the street or more money put towards combating cyber-crime, which now accounted for 50% of offences? That was a discussion which would have to take place. The Chief Constable calculated that the optimum level of officers was 1,800 and there were currently around 1,700 in employment. The extra funding would allow recruitment towards the former number. Councillor Patten asked if IT specialists would be recruited to combat cyber-crime rather than it taking up police officers’ time. Mr Dhindsa replied that different skills would be sought by police. He was reviewing the type of person needed for law enforcement. The future would also involve people not staying for a long time in the police. More would have to be paid to recruit people with the right skills but they would eventually move on to even better paid jobs in the private sector. Councillor Ford asked if they would be warranted officers. Mr Dhindsa replied that more IT officers were needed and debate would be needed over warranting. Councillor Ford asked if outsourcing to the private sector was possible and Mr Dhindsa replied that it was a whole different territory to explore. Something regional involving other forces could be discussed. A resident asked how involved Mr Dhindsa was in Neighbourhood Watch. Etwall Neighbourhood Watch had been told that funds it had raised would have to go to the Derby branch as individual operations weren’t allowed to keep money or charge subs. Mr Dhindsa said he would raise it with Neighbourhood Watch and report back to the Etwall branch. Councillor Brown added that Neighbourhood Watch had done amazing work in South Derbyshire. 4 Safer Neighbourhood Beat Officer’s Overview / Priorities Update PCSO Jamie Gutberlet reported on the following in Area 1: A shop theft from Aldi which was dealt with by way of retrospective justice. Two men were arrested in a car in Egginton Road under the influence of drink and drugs. Two offenders had been arrested for criminal damage on multiple vehicles in Etwall and Hilton.