Agenda

Climate, Community Safety & Culture Scrutiny Panel
Monday, 30th September, 2013 6.00 pm

Venue: Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, N22 8LE. View directions

Contact: Rob Mack  x2921

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Webcasting

Please note: This meeting may be filmed for live or subsequent  broadcast via the Council's internet site - at the start of the meeting the Chair will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. The images and sound recording may be used for training purposes within the Council.

 

Generally the public seating areas are not filmed. However, by entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings for webcasting and/or training purposes.

 

If you have any queries regarding this, please contact the Committee Clerk

at the meeting.

 

3.

Urgent Business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business (late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 14 below).

4.

Declarations of Interest

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest

becomes apparent, and

 

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Members’ Register of Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interest are

defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

5.

Deputations/Petitions/Presentations/Questions

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B,

paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution.

6.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 96 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting of 25 July 2013.

7.

Cabinet Member Questions - Cabinet Member for Communities

An opportunity for the Committee to question the Cabinet Member for Communities, Councillor Richard Watson, on his portfolio.

8.

Domestic and gender based violence in Haringey: Update pdf icon PDF 246 KB

To receive an update on developments relating to how the Council and its partners address domestic violence.

9.

Use of Tasers

To receive feedback from the Police on the use of tasers within the borough since the extension of their distribution to borough based Police officers.

10.

Community Enablement and Volunteering

To consider how the Council approaches the issue of community enablement and working with volunteers in order to support them in taking on some of the responsibility to deliver local services.   

11.

Black History Month pdf icon PDF 79 KB

To consider future plans for Black History Month. 

12.

Budget Monitoring pdf icon PDF 95 KB

To consider:

·        Progress in achieving savings identified in last years MTFP;

·        An update on the current financial position of relevant Council services;

·        Progress with any agreed recommendations from Budget Scrutiny in 2012.  

13.

End of Year Performance Monitoring pdf icon PDF 3 MB

To review relevant areas on the year end performance report.

14.

Work Plan pdf icon PDF 50 KB

To consider and approve the draft work plan for the Panel, including items for the next meeting of the Panel (attached).

15.

ISSUES FROM AREA COMMITTEE CHAIRS

To provide an opportunity for Chairs of Area Committees to raise any issues relating to matters within the Panel’s terms of reference.

16.

New Items of Urgent Business