Agenda and minutes

There was no public participation.

There were no declarations of interest.

There were no urgent items.

Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 May be agreed and signed as a correct record.

There were no call in items.

There were no urgent decisions taken since the last meeting.

Chief Inspector Thorne to attend to discuss progress with local policing (30 minutes)

CI Thorne explained the comparison for offences from April 2019 to March 2020.  Overall there has been an increase in crimes of 0.4%, whilst ASB reports for the year fell by 17%. During the period of the Covid-19 Pandemic (April 1 to June 15) overall crime was down by 22.5%, and ASB by 4.5%.

CI Thorne responded to a number of questions from members which had been submitted to CI Thorne prior to the meeting and discussed the following;

·  Fines handed out to people during Covid 19 lockdown.

·  Response to 101 calls.

·  Numbers and funding of PCs/PCSOs

·  Street Rangers

·  Speed Limits

·  Travellers

·  Drug use

·  Recruitment of Police Officers

·  County Lines

The Chairman thanked CI Thorne and Inspector Taylor for the interesting presentation and for their service to the community.

Lead Members to update the Committee on the progress of their Panels (10 minutes)

Councillor Baverstock, Lead Member of The Future of Health Provision in Andover and Romsey updated the Committee on her panel.  The report is in draft and will be added to the agenda for the next meeting.

The Chairman suggested that as Councillor Matthews had been appointed at Council to Armed Forces Champion it would be appropriate for him to lead the Armed Forces Covenant panel.  Councillor Coole has also indicated that he wished to stand down from the panel.  A questionnaire will be sent out to inform the panel on how to take the review forward.

Resolved:

That Councillor Matthews be appointed as the Lead Member on the Armed Forces Covenant panel.

To enable Members to keep the Committee’s future work programme under review (10 minutes)

The Committee considered and agreed the Work Programme.

·  Add The Future of Health Provision in Andover and Romsey panel’s report to July.

·  Move Feedback (Review) on Climate Emergency Action Plan to November.

·  Economic Development Portfolio Holder in October to include actions on Tourism.

Resolved:

That the Work Programme be approved.