Issue - items at meetings - LOCAL COMMITTEE COMMUNITY SAFETY FUNDING AND REPRESENTATION ON TASK GROUPS AND EXTERNAL BODIES

The local committee has a delegated budget of £3,000 for community safety projects in 2017/18. This report sets out the process by which this funding should be allocated to the Community Safety Partnership and/or other local community organisations that promote the safety and wellbeing of residents. The report also seeks the approval of Local Committee task group members and the appointment of representatives to external bodies.

That the Local Committee Epsom & Ewell agreed that:

(i) The committee’s delegated community safety budget of £3,000 for 2017/18 be retained by the Community Partnership Team, on behalf of the Local Committee, and that the Community Safety Partnership and/or other local organisations be invited to submit proposals for funding that meet the criteria and principles set out at paragraph 2.4 of the report.

(ii) Authority be delegated to the Community Partnership Manager, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Local Committee, to authorise the expenditure of the community safety budget in accordance with the criteria and principles stated at paragraph 2.4 of the report.

(iii) The committee receives updates on the project(s) that was funded, the outcomes and the impact it has achieved.

(iv) The committee approves the membership of the task groups and appointments to outside bodies, as set out below for the 2017/18 municipal year:

a) The East Surrey Community Safety Partnership – Bernie Muir

b) On Street Parking Task Group - County Councillors John Beckett, Jan Mason, substitute Bernie Muir, Borough Councillors Neil Dallen, Michael Arthur, substitute Tella Wormington.

c) Major Schemes (Epsom & Ewell) Task Group – County Councillors John Beckett, Jan Mason and Tina Mountain, Borough Councillors – Michael Arthur, Neil Dallen and Tella Wormington.

d) Epsom Banstead STP Task Group – John Beckett, Michael Arthur substitute Tella Wormington

e) Borough Council Joint Infrastructure Group – John Beckett, Jan Mason substitute Tina Mountain if substitutes are permitted.

Reasons: The report sets out a process for allocating the committee’s delegated community safety budget of £3,000 to local organisations. It also proposes local committee task group membership for the forthcoming year to enable the provision of informed advice and recommendations to the committee. The appointment of councillors of the Local Committee to external bodies enables the committee’s representation on and input to such bodies.

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: Nicola Morris, Partnership Committee Officer

Petitions, Public Questions/Statements: None

Member Discussion – key points

Members wished to make it clear that they would like to receive bids for the Committee’s community safety funds from both the Community Safety Partnership and other local organisations. They would like to assess all the bids after the closing date and not allocate funding as bids are received.

Resolved that: