Issue - items at meetings - COMMUNITY SAFETY ANNUAL REPORT (EXECUTIVE FUNCTION)

(Camilla Edmiston - Community Safety Manager, Insp Andy Crane – Surrey Police)

[Approximate starting time – 8.45pm]

To receive the annual community safety report and agree delegation of the community safety budget

The Woking Joint Committee agreed to:

(i) Note the contents of the report and the progress made in 2016/17.

(ii) Note the budget spend during 2016/17 (Annex 2)

(iii) Note the 2017/20 Safer Woking Partnership Plan (Annex 3)

(iv)Agree to delegate responsibility for signing off the 2018/21 Safer Woking Partnership Plan to the Woking Borough Council Strategic Director (Sue Barham) in consultation with the Community Safety Task Group.

(v) The Community Safety Task Group considers the allocation of the £3,000 delegated Community Safety budget for 2017/18 on behalf of the Joint Committee.

(vi)Authority is delegated to the SCC Community Partnership Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of the Community Safety Task Group to authorise the expenditure in line with the recommendations of the Community Safety Task Group.

(vii)The Committee receives information on the projects awarded the local community safety funding and the outcomes and impact they have achieved as part of the regular quarterly updates.

Reasons:

The report was provided for information and comment.

The Committee received a report which provided an update on the activity and impact of the Safer Woking Partnership in the year 2016/17 and a report on budget spend. The Joint Committee also has a delegated budget of £3,000 for community safety projects, and the report recommended that the Community Safety Task Group considers the use of this budget.

RESOLVED