CCTV WORKING PARTY
18 MARCH 2013
COMMITTEE ROOM
Present:
Cllr Peter Moore (PM)
Cllr Annie Claussen-Reynolds (ACR)
Cllr Rhodri Oliver (Observer) (RO)
Cllr Lindsay Brettle (LB)
Steve Hems (SH)
Cllr Richard Shepherd (RS)
Nick Baker (NB)
Duncan Ellis (DE)
Maxine Collis (MC)
Jeanette Wilson(Minutes)(JW)
Actions
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TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS
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Cllr Mike Baker, Cllr Brian Hannah and Cllr Robert Stevens
None received
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
o No declarations of interest
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PRESENTATION FROM NORFOLK POLICE
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Superintendent Carl Edwards attended the meeting to clarify
the Police position regarding CCTV. He acknowledged the
Police were regular users of the system, especially since the
introduction of remote networking and would be happy to offer
statistics to support the review. Generally the Police felt that
CCTV had an important role to play in community safety and
was a useful resource in police enquiries but understood that
Councils were facing budget restrictions and had to review
service provision.
During discussion, Supt Edwards confirmed that the Police
policy position was that they did not pay for such use of
equipment where it was provided.
MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
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JW was asked to amend the minutes to reflect that Peter
Battrick was present at the meeting
The minutes were agreed as a true copy, proposed by Cllr
Peter Moore and seconded by Cllr Richard Shepherd
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MATTERS ARISING
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NB/MC
TOWN COUNCIL DISCUSSION
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As requested at the previous meeting, DE went through a
breakdown of the contributions received towards the initial
capital costs of the CCTV equipment and also the income
contributions received for the 2012/13 financial year
Shared Service options –
o NB stated that he recently met with Chris Bamfield,
Executive Director from Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
BC. KLWN had submitted a shared working proposal
last autumn and this proposal was discussed and
additional options suggested. Before he went back to
KLWN, members’ support for this option to be explored
was requested
o MC stated that Great Yarmouth BC has also expressed
an interest in offering a similar service
o It was agreed: that officers would work with GYBC and
KLWN and bring proposals across a range of options to
the working party at the earliest opportunity for
discussion
NB requested that members form an agreement in principle on
the Key Stakeholder evening which is due to take place on 17
April to include Town Council and Chamber of Trade members.
The evening will ask the attendees to:
o consider the issues they are facing in their towns,
o understand the issues NNDC faces regarding the CCTV
service currently provided, including an explanation of
the cost implications service; and
o discuss options for future management and resourcing
It was agreed: that officers, taking all members comments into
consideration, to finalise the proposal and email to members of
the Working Party for final agreement
MC confirmed that the review did not look at camera positioning
(so should not form part of the workshop) as moving them was
not a consideration at this time. DE mentioned that to move
cameras significant cost is incurred. However, the potential
reduction in camera numbers was accepted as having some
merit for discussion.
It was mentioned that Wells has no Chamber of Trade and MC
agreed to invite the Business Forum and the Federation for
Small Businesses to the workshop
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
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23 April 2013 at 2.00pm in the Committee Room
The meeting closed at 15:35pm
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