Issue - meetings

That the report be noted

The Member Engagement Manager introduced Iwan Jones, Chief Inspector North Wales Police, Sian Jones, Team Leader, Community Safety, Jackie Goundrey, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Coordinator, and Gerwyn Davies, Anti Social Behaviour Coordinator, and invited them to give a brief outline of their role and responsibilities.

The Chairman then invited Sian Jones to give a presentation on the Flintshire Community Safety Partnership to provide an outline of the service provided by the Flintshire Neighbourhood Wardens.  She gave background information and advised that the Neighbourhood Warden Service was established with the primary purpose of promoting community safety and achieving wider engagement between the Council, its partners and local communities.  The main points of the presentation were:

·        Aims of the Service

·        What it does

·        Performance and Productivity

·        Helping achieve strategic aims

The Team Leader, Community Safety, also provided additional information relating to crime and disorder figures for Flintshire.

The Chef Executive gave an overview on the aims of the Service which made a vital contribution to the prevention of crime and reducing the fear of crime and referred to the need to maintain investment in order to sustain community well-being.  The Chairman invited Members to raise questions.

During discussion Members expressed queries and concerns around cyclists on pavements which put pedestrians at risk, anti-social behaviour in play areas, dog fouling, waste left outside business premises prior to collection, incidents of low level nuisance in local communities, and issuing of parking tickets.  Iwan Jones of North Wales Police and Officers responded to the matters raised and referred to operational procedures, future plans, and the use of predictive analysis to address the issues and provide further reassurance in problematic or vulnerable areas.       

Councillor Robin Guest commented on future plans to confer powers to Neighbourhood Wardens to issue fixed penalty notice tickets for littering and dog fouling.  He suggested that this be given more profile in the local press to act as a deterrent to offenders.  The Chief Executive referred to the Authority’s zero tolerance approach to the problem and the need for public support.   

   The Chairman thanked the Chief Executive, Chief Inspector Iwan Jones, and Officers for their detailed and informative responses to Members’ questions.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted