Agenda item

Motions

To receive any motions from Councillors in accordance with Standing Order 16.

 

 

 

Minutes:

In accordance with Standing Order 16 the Council received one written Notice of Motion. This was carried over from December’s Council meeting.

 

Councillor Nichols moved and Councillor Boparai seconded the following motion:

 

“The Council noted:

  • The efforts of Surrey’s Police Officers and PCSOs in keeping local communities safe
  • The increased levels of burglary and vehicle crimes and lack of visibility of police on the streets of Spelthorne
  • That the office costs of the Police and Crime Commissioner have increased by 50% while the number of PCSOs has been halved

 

The Council believes that the PCC isn’t a necessary role and requires the Leader write to the Home Secretary asking that the role be abolished with the financial savings reinvested into frontline policing and review the role of the Police and Crime Panels”.

 

Councillor Lee requested a recorded vote and the results were as follows:

 

For (21):

E. Baldock, M. Arnold, C. Bateson, S. Beatty, M. Beecher, H. Boparai, M. Buck, T. Burrell, J. Button, J. Caplin, J. Doran, S. Doran, S. Dunn, R. Geach, D. Geraci, K. Grant, S. Gyawali, L. Nichols, K Rutherford, J. Sexton, J. Turner

Against (7):

L. Brennan, D. Clarke, M. Lee, A. Mathur, O. Rybinski, B. Weerasinghe, P. Woodward

Abstain (2):

D. Saliagopoulos, A. Gale

 

 

The motion was carried.

 

Council resolved that The Leader write to the Home Secretary asking that the role of Police and Crime Commissioner be abolished with the financial savings reinvested into frontline policing and review the role of the Police and Crime Panels.

 

Meeting ended 21:21