Agenda item

Antisocial behaviour and Vandalism

To receive the report of the Town Clerk on Antisocial Behaviour in the town and the report of the Operations & Estates Officer regarding Vandalism to Town Council property.

 

Minutes:

The Town Clerk reported that she had attended multiagency meetings and that a mobile camera would be put on The Leys.  The Town Council would need to pay for a sim card for it.  The most difficult issue was looking at how to integrate it into the existing town centre system.

 

The Chair suggested a meeting about ASB in the town.  The Town Clerk advised that this might help obtain a public space protection order.  Members felt that a weekend might be best but delegated it to the Town Clerk to select a suitable date.

 

There was a discussion on the idea of writing an open letter to residents ahead of advertising the meeting but it was decided that this could be done in the form of an invitation to the public meeting, setting out the Town Council’s support for CCTV on The Leys.

 

The Committee then received and considered the report of the Operations and Estates Officer on vandalism to Town Council property in the Town.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.            that the report of the Town Clerk be noted;

2.            that a public meeting be held to discuss ASB in the town and that it be delegated to the Town Clerk to select a suitable date;

3.            that an open invitation to the meeting be sent to the public, that also sets out the Town Council’s support for CCTV at The Leys;

4.            that the report on vandalism to Council property be noted.

 

Cllr Gwatkin left the meeting at 9.10pm

 

As the meeting had now reached over 2 hours in length, the Committee agreed to suspend standing order 48 in order to allow the meeting to continue for a further 10 minutes.