Agenda and minutes
Venue: Council House (Next to the Civic Centre), Plymouth
Contact: Katey Johns Email: katey.johns@plymouth.gov.uk
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MINUTES To sign and confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 7 February 2014. Additional documents: Minutes: As members had not had an opportunity to review the minutes of the last meeting,
Agreed that the minutes are submitted to the meeting of the panel in June 2014. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members will be asked to make any declaration of interest in respect of items on this agenda. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no declarations of interest made by members in respect of the items under consideration at the meeting. |
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PUBLIC QUESTIONS To receive questions from (and provide answers to) members of the public that are relevant to the panel’s functions.
Questions should be no longer than 100 words and sent to Democratic Support, Plymouth City Council, Civic Centre, Plymouth PL1 2AA or democratic.support@plymouth.gov.uk. Questions must be received at least 5 complete working days before the meeting. Additional documents: Minutes: Two questions had been received from a member of the public. Although the questions were not relevant to the panel’s function, the Chair had allowed the questions to be submitted today and had asked the Police and Crime Commissioner to respond to them.
Mr Chris Boarland attended the meeting to put his questions and the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) responded as follows (a copy of the response had been sent to Mr Boarland in advance of the meeting) –
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The panel will conduct a confirmation hearing in respect of the proposed appointment of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s selection of Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Community Safety Partnership Manager submitted a report -
The Chair welcomed Mr Andrew White (the preferred candidate) to the meeting and outlined the procedure for the confirmation hearing. After the hearing, the Panel would adjourn to consider the appointment, in private. The PCC would then be advised of the panel’s decision and the PCP would seek to agree with the PCC how and when an announcement would be made.
In order to gain further information from Mr White on how he met the criteria for the post and his suitability for the role, with particular reference to personal independence and professional competence, Mr White responded to questions by members on –
At the end of the session, the Chair provided Mr White with the opportunity to add anything further and Mr White responded that this was a wonderful opportunity to work to improve community safety.
Agreed that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public are excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Panel adjourned to consider the suitability of the candidate for the post of the Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer.
Following the adjournment, the panel reconvened and the Chair advised that the panel had had the opportunity, in private session, to consider and review:
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REFRESH OF THE POLICE AND CRIME PLAN - 2014-2017: UPDATE PDF 187 KB The Police and Crime Commissioner will provide the panel with an update on the Plan and will describe the next steps for delivery. Additional documents: Minutes: The Interim Chief Executive submitted a report updating the panel on the Police and Crime Panel. He reported that -
Following a request by a member, the Chair undertook to incorporate the PCC’s letter to the Chair (referred to in (e) above) into the papers for the meeting to enable public access.
The panel noted the report. |
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Members will consider the report and after due consideration, agree the resolutions by the Chief Executive Officer and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. Additional documents: Minutes: The Interim Chief Executive submitted a report indicating that no complaints had been made against the PCC under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 during the period 19 January to 12 March 2014.
The report also set out the number of complaints received and handled since the PCC’s election on 15 November 2012. |
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FUTURE MEETING DATES The following are the scheduled dates for the panel –
· 20 June 2014 · 17 October 2014 · 19 December 2014 · 6 February 2015 (Precept) · 20 February 2015 (Only required if Precept veto’d) · 10 April 2015 (Provisional) Additional documents: Minutes:
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