Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee
Decisions taken at the meeting held on Tuesday, 24 September 2024.
Meeting Time:
7.00 pm
Meeting Venue:
Council Chamber, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB
PRESENT: Councillor Olivia Rybinski (Vice-Chair), Councillor Michelle Arnold, Councillor Maureen Attewell, Councillor Chris Bateson, Councillor Sean Beatty, Councillor Lisa Brennan, Councillor Tony Burrell, Councillor Sandra Dunn, Councillor Adam Gale and Councillor Kathy Grant, Councillor Sinead Mooney.
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The Committee resolved to:
1. Note the report; and
2. Approve the Community Safety Partnership Plan and Priorities 2024-26. |
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7. Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Policy 2024-2028 |
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The Committee resolved to:
1. Make a recommendation to the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to approve the Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk Policy 2024-2028.
2. Make a recommendation to the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to delegate authority to the Strategic Safeguarding Lead in consultation with the Chair of the Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee to approve minor amendments and updates to the Policy. |
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8. Group Training Licences in Parks |
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Committee resolved to:
Approve the issuing of licences for fitness training including the proposed pricing structure whereby instructors pay a nominal fee subject to reviewing this arrangement after one year and reporting back to this Committee. |
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9. Establishment of Housing, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy Working Group and Terms of Reference |
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Committee resolved to:
1. Agree the establishment of the Housing, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy Working Group (‘the Working Group’).
2. Agree the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Working Group, outlined in Appendix A.
3. Agree membership of the Working Group, including the nomination of any Elected Members.
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10. Forward Plan |
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The Committee noted the Forward Plan |
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The Committee resolved to:
1. To authorise bringing the landlord management function service and the repair service at White House and Harper House into the Council service provision within the Assets team.
2. To authorise bringing the support provision at White House and Harper House into the Council service provision within the Housing Options team. |
NOTES:-
(1) Members are reminded that the “call-in” procedure as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution, shall not apply to the following matters:
(a) Urgent decisions as defined in Paragraph 9. of the Call-in Scrutiny Procedure Rules;
(b) Decisions to award a contract following a lawful procurement process;
(c) Those decisions:
i. reserved to full Council
ii. on regulatory matters
iii. on member conduct issues.
(2) Those matters to which Note (1) applies, if any, are identified with an asterisk [*] in the above Minutes.
(3) Within three working days of the date on which this decision is published, not less than three members from two or more political groups by submission of the standard call-in pro-forma, may ask for that decision to be referred to a meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee for review (call-in). The completed pro-forma must be received by the Proper Officer by 5pm three working days after publication of the decision.
(4) The members exercising the right of call-in must not be members of the Committee which considered the matter.
(5) When calling in a decision for review the members doing so must demonstrate the following exceptional circumstances:
a. Evidence which suggests that the decision maker, did not take the decision in accordance with the principles set out in Article 11 (Decision Making); or
b. Evidence that the decision fails to support one or more of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities to the detriment of the majority of the Borough’s residents; or
c. Evidence that explicit Council Policy or legal requirements were disregarded.
(6) Once the request for ‘call-in’ has been deemed valid by the Monitoring Officer the matter will be suspended until the call-in procedure has been exhausted.
(7) The Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant officer, will determine if the interests of the Council or Borough would be prejudiced by a delay in implementing a decision such that the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.
(8) Where the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting, the Monitoring Officer will arrange an extraordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to review the decision subject to call-in at the earliest possible opportunity.
(9) In exceptional cases, where there is clear evidence that a delay to the implementation of a decision would lead to a specific and significant financial or reputational harm to the Council, a call-in request may be refused by the Chief Executive following consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.
(10) In reviewing a matter referred to it under the call-in scrutiny procedure rules, the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee shall follow the procedure for dealing with call-in scrutiny at its meetings as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution.
(11) The deadline of three working days for "call in" in relation to the above decisions by the Committee is the close of business on 30 September 2024.