Announcements
To receive announcements and business brought forward by the Mayor, Leader, and Members of the Cabinet or the Chief Executive.
4.1 By the Mayor:
4.2 By the Chief Executive:
4.3 By the Group Leaders: Any apologies for absence
4.4 Council Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
Councillor Williams Leader of the Council
Councillor Harden Community & Regulatory Services
Councillor G Sutton Planning & Infrastructure
Councillor Marshall Environmental Services
Councillor Elliot Finance & Resources
Councillor Mrs Griffiths
Housing
Councillor D Collins
Corporate & Contracted Services
Decision:
1. By the Mayor:
There were no announcements from the Mayor.
2. By the Chief Executive:
There were no announcements from the Chief Executive.
3. By the Group Leaders:
Councillor Williams confirmed that apologies had been received from Councillors Chapman, Clark, Mills, Matthews and Bateman (Councillor Imarni joined the meeting at 7.48pm)
Councillor Tindall had no apologies.
4. By the Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
(Full details are in the minutes under Announcements of the Leader and Cabinet).
Minutes:
1. By the Mayor:
There were no announcements from the Mayor.
2. By the Chief Executive:
There were no announcements from the Chief Executive.
3. By the Group Leaders:
Councillor Williams confirmed that apologies had been received from Councillors Chapman, Clark, Mills, Matthews and Bateman (Councillor Imarni joined the meeting at 7.48pm)
Councillor Tindall had no apologies.
4. By the Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
Councillor Williams, Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Community Leadership
Cllr Williams referred to the minutes of previous meeting; specifically the motion Council approved. Cllr Williams updated that the Police & Crime Commissioners bid to take control of Hertfordshire Fire Service has now been suspended pending a more collaborative arrangement between Hertfordshire Police & Hertfordshire Fire Service.
Councillor Williams invited questions, there were none.
Councillor Harden, Portfolio Holder for Community and Regulatory Services
Communications and Consultation
Corporate projects and campaigns - examples include the Armed Forces Day celebrations, Dacorum Business Heroes, Dacorum’s Den, Splash Park launch and service specific consultations such as the Grovehill Athletics Track.
Staff Recognition Scheme - attracted 60 nominations from staff and managers, supported the hosting of the event.
Community Safety and Children Services
APGs – commenced commercialisation project: looking at single provider for food & drink, re-branding, party options and marketing. Operational changes now in place. Finalising the new staffing structure.
Safeguarding –refresher course being delivered to leadership team, policies being updated and reviewing referral process. Preparing for the children’s safeguarding audit which will be later this year.
Community Safety – bids are now open for Police Commissioner grants, the team are reviewing the criteria and drafting bids relating to our high priority projects.
Next DCSP meeting Wed 24 Oct 2018
Community partnerships and Leisure
Athletics Track – consultation completed. Reporting to Cabinet and Housing OSC in Oct.
Sports and Physical Activity Strategy – updated version also reporting to Cabinet and Housing OSC in Oct.
The Old Town Hall
40th Anniversary - autumn Programme was launched 15 September 2018.
Animal Welfare
Following discussions with Boxmoor Trust, National Trust, Dogs Trust, RSPCA and the Police. Public Space Protection Order relating to dog issues went live and has attracted over 1000 responses (closes 14th September). The results are due to be presented to OSC in Oct.
ASB
The premises closure on the tents on the land by the fire station was a success and the business concerned (BPA) were very pleased. This was the first closure order we have done on open land and there was good co-operation with CSG in terms of clearance of the site.
Environmental Health
We are participating in some initial benchmarking looking at potential for joint working between Hertfordshire Authorities on Environmental Health Services. Once the data has been gathered there will be a process to look at future opportunities and areas for efficiencies.
Grovehill Action Day – 9th August 2018
On Thursday 9th August a number of people, had a very early start, in order to undertake a clean-up event for ... view the full minutes text for item 4