Wrthi'n llwytho
Y penderfyniadau fel y mae cofnodion y cyngor yn eu cofnodi. Bydd crynodeb mewn iaith glir yn dilyn pan fydd wedi'i ysgrifennu.
RESOLVED That Councillor Michael John be duly elected as Chair for the ensuing Municipal Year.
RESOLVED That the above items be added to the Panels Forward Work Programme for consideration at the November meeting.
Y penderfyniad fel y'i cofnodwyd
RESOLVED That Councillor Michael John be duly elected as Chair for the ensuing Municipal Year.
The Democratic and Scrutiny Services Officer sought nominations for the role of Chair. Councillor Huw Murphy Moved that Councillor Michael John be duly elected; Seconded by Councillor Mark Carter The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That Councillor Michael John be duly elected as Chair for the ensuing Municipal Year.
The Chair sought nominations for the role of Vice-Chair. Councillor Mark Carter Moved that Councillor Chris Williams be duly elected; Seconded by Councillor Huw Murphy. The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That Councillor Chris Williams be duly elected as Vice-Chair for the ensuing Municipal Year.
No declarations of interest were received.
The Chair confirmed that as per Minute 5, resolution (b), an informal session was arranged which took place on the 17 January 2023 where the group collated a collective Panel response in relation to the statutory consultation for the Draft Well-being Plan 2023 – 2028. Moved by Councillor Michael John; Seconded by Councillor Chris Williams The vote, by way of show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That the Minutes of the meeting held on 28 November 2022 be approved as a correct record, in both English and Welsh.
The Chair welcomed Superintendent Craig Templeton (Local Police Area Commander for Pembrokeshire) and Chief Inspector Dyfed Bolton from Dyfed Powys Police to the meeting who provided a verbal update on the Force’s new way of working, the main areas they updated on were as follows: · New operating model which was implemented in November 2021 (successful implementation of crime and incident hub team). · Resourcing (challenges around assigning resource to meet the demands/expectations in line with financial pressures, fortunate to have had a increase in number of police officers assigned to the County via ‘operation uplift’, whole County plans in place for the summer period particularly in relation to the hotspots such as Tenby). · Force priorities (tackling/preventing incidents in relation to rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO), eliminate domestic abuse across Force area, matters linked to possession and supply of controlled drugs). Superintendent Templeton reiterated that the Force always strive for improvement based on feedback and reminded Panel Members and the wider community that the Force rely heavily on their support to imbed the Force priories by staying in contact and reporting any concerns they have. The Panel considered the information provided and raised the following points: · Councillor Joshua Beynon highlighted a personal experience he had encountered in relation to serious hate crime and expressed that he had felt disappointed with the response and support provided to him by the Force but expressed willingness to work with them, as a County Councillor, to ensure that improvements are made so others do not have to experience the same. Superintendent Templeton responded to apologise and express that he felt a sincere sense of responsibility when residents feel let down by the Force. He advised that the feedback would be taken forward and improvements made to minimise this happening in future and stated that he would be happy to speak with Councillor Beynon outside the meeting to re-build the trust. It was added that the Force often had to juggle managing expectations whilst also listening to feedback, learning from it and reflecting to ensure improvements are made. · Councillor Chris Williams expressed concerns following matters he had been made aware of within his local community and stated that he felt drug issues were worse than ever and highlighted that more needed to be done to prevent and prosecute drug matters. Superintendent Templeton agreed that the matter was a poignant one and that collaborative Country-wide working needed to be improved to stop matters at root level which would improve County level issues. · In response to questions from Councillors Chris Williams and Mark Carter requesting further information as to what they and others can do to support the Forces priorities, particularly in relation to drug matters and rural crime, Superintendent Templeton advised that the most pro-active signpost would be to provide any intelligence to crimestoppers who can be contacted anonymously via phone or via the anonymous online form or direct via the Dyfed Powys Police website/101. It was noted that the Force’s rural crime initiative had received significant funding over the recent years which had enabled dedicated rural crime officers to be allocated who deal primarily with such matters. · Following a question from Councillor Michael Williams, Superintendent Templeton stated that the Force had no plans to close facilities within Tenby, but advised that the station no longer operated a front counter facility. It was noted that the force estate/front counter service was continually being reviewed in line with resource and finance capabilities. · Councillor Mike Stoddart raised specific concerns in relation to a case he had been involved in regarding suspected fraudulent activity of a grant scheme in Pembroke Dock, and it was suggested by the Chair that Councillor Stoddart submit his specific concerns via email to gain a full response on the matter. · Councillor Michael John made reference to the good news regarding operation uplift, but expressed that although the implementation of the crime and incident hub team had been successful, he wanted to highlight the benefit communities feel with having a physical police presence. Superintendent Templeton agreed with the Chairs comments and stated that it was his priority for his teams to spend as little time as possible within stations and to be out and about integrating with local communities as much as possible. He added that he would be happy to provide visibility statistics in future to enable the Panel to hold the Force to account. In summing up the Panel thanked the Dyfed Powys Police representatives for the information provided and noted the update. [Councillors Joshua Beynon and Chris Williams left the meeting at this juncture]
The Chair welcomed Councillor Neil Prior, Chair of the Public Services Board (PSB), and the Corporate Policy and Partnerships Manager to the meeting. The Chair of the PSB outlined the purpose of the Board and his experience of the work undertaken since the last Panel update in November. It was recognised that initially the Board were trying to do too much, but since focusing efforts on key priorities progress had started to be seen and value was being added as a collective. It was noted that Pembrokeshire was one of eight out of the 13 PSB’s who has published its Well-being Plan for (2023–2028) within the statutory timeframe, and the delivery structure was outlined. The Panel considered the information provided and raised the following points: · Following clarification sought by Councillor Michael John regarding who the lead was for the strengthening communities group, the Chair of the PSB advised that no firm appointment had been made, but it would likely be him taking the silver level lead of that group. · Councillor Michael John made reference to collaborative working with other PSB’s and Corporate Joint Committees and queried if all arrangements were proactive. The Chair of the PSB agreed that the partnerships landscape was crowded but stated that each PSB/regional arrangement was focusing on their specific areas with all overarching work being proactively discussed at network meetings of the Chairs of PSB’s. · Councillor Michael John expressed the importance of eradicating duplication in line with the PSB’s vision ‘to stand firm in the face of reducing budgets and rising demand and make resources available that unlock the potential of community to help address short-term challenges, as well as achieving longer-term well-being objectives’, to which the Chair of the PSB responded agreeing with the comment and outlined the resource that was required from the Authority whilst stating that the commitment to the Board was more about time than finances. · Councillor Michael Williams expressed that he understood the Authority had to be involved in the PSB as it had a statutory requirement through Welsh Government requirements but queried what tangible progress had been made. The Chair of the PSB stated that over the last nine months progress had been made with submitting the statutory well-being plan, along with green shoots being seen in relation to the ongoing work with poverty and communities and stated that he was confident that progress was being made. · Following a range of comments made regarding the Authority’s seemingly large contribution to the PSB from both a financial and resource perspective, the Corporate Policy and Partnerships Manager outlined the statutory requirement the Authority had to meet and how the support is provided by his team as the secretariat. It was noted that fair distribution of support needed to be provided by all partners which was a matter which would be monitored. The Panel was reminded of its remit in relation to the scrutiny of the delivery elements of the Board which should be explored as part of future meetings. In summing up the Chair of the PSB extended an invite to all Panel members to attend a PSB meeting to observe if they felt it would be beneficial. The Panel noted the updates provided in relation to the recent work of the Public Services Board and agreed that it would be beneficial to scrutinise specific delivery elements of the Boards plan at future meetings once decided and set within the Panels work programme.
The Chair welcomed the Head of Children's Services to the meeting who outlined the work he was leading on via the poverty working group, a sub-group of the Public Services Board, to develop a whole County approach to the development of a strategy to alleviate the impacts of poverty and eliminate it from Pembrokeshire. The progress to date was communicated along with the key points of the report and questions were welcomed from Panel Members. The Panel considered the information provided and raised the following points: · Councillor Michael Williams thanked the Head of Children's Services for the information provided and commented that it was reassuring to learn of an example of a tangible benefit which was being progressed via the PSB. · In response to a question raised by Councillor Michael John regarding the auditing of the money distributed via the ‘Keep Warm, Keep Well’ initiative, the Head of Children's Services advised that the distribution of some of the monies was completed via registered organisations who took charge of evidencing the need of distribution on an individual case arrangement with other elements of the support provided on a professional referral basis. It was confirmed that no register was kept of specific individuals who received support as many people do not want to be attached to the ‘stigma’ of poverty and may not have sought the support had such personal information been required, although on reflection it was recognised that such data could have assisted the working group in pin pointing specific areas within the County where poverty was being experienced most severely. In summing up the Panel noted the approach to poverty of the working group and in particular its multi-agency approach to the deployment of discretionary cost of living money and the development of a strategy for poverty and expressed that they looked forward to further progress updates.
Y penderfyniad fel y'i cofnodwyd
RESOLVED That the above items be added to the Panels Forward Work Programme for consideration at the November meeting.
The Chair outlined the items scheduled for the November meeting and provided Members with an opportunity to make any amendments or suggest any additions. The following suggestion were made: · PSB Item- Circling back to a suggestion raised earlier in the meeting, Members agreed that at the next Panel meeting, following the Public Services Board setting their monitoring programme at its July meeting, the Panel could discuss a plan to identify specific areas of the PSB’s work to scrutinise going forward, to hear from the leads on specific pieces of work such as climate change or communities, which will enable the Panel to fulfil its remit in relation to scrutiny of the delivery of PSB work. • CSP Item - It was commented that although an update had been received from Dyfed Powys Police regarding their new way of working, the Panel would like to receive a written update on the implementation of the Public Space Protection Order, and for the update to include how effective it has been to date. The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That the above items be added to the Panels Forward Work Programme for consideration at the November meeting.
Rhaid i gynghorwyr ddweud pan fydd ganddyn nhw gysylltiad personol â rhywbeth sy'n cael ei drafod, fel swydd, eiddo neu aelod o'r teulu. Mae buddiant sy'n rhagfarnu yn ddigon cryf i'r cynghorydd adael yr ystafell fel arfer a pheidio â chymryd rhan.
Caiff datganiadau eu darllen o'r cofnodion unwaith y byddan nhw wedi'u cyhoeddi.
Yn rhestru cynghorwyr presennol y cyngor yn unig. Nid yw aelodau cyfetholedig, swyddogion a chyn-gynghorwyr yn cael eu dangos.