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Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Cllr Abdul Amin – Swindon Borough Council, Cllr Anna Cuthbert – Wiltshire Council and Cllr John Smale – Wiltshire Council.

 

 

2.

Declarations of interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3.

Chairman's Announcements

Minutes:

·         That Chief Constable Mike Veale had been successful at interview as the preferred candidate for Chief Constable for Cleveland Police (subject to confirmation from their Police and Crime Panel) which he had accepted.

4.

Public Participation

The Panel welcomes contributions from members of the public.

 

Statements

 

If you wish to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named on the first page of the agenda for any further clarification.

 

Questions

 

Members of the public are able to ask questions in relation to the responsibilities and functions of the Panel at each meeting. Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the Head of Democratic Services at Wiltshire Council no later than 5.00 pm on 3 clear wkg days before meeting. Please contact the officer named on the first page of the agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

 

Minutes:

The following question was raised with the Commissioner:

 

“What would the 1.1m payment from the Home Office to Wiltshire Police re the Edward Heath investigation be used for”?

 

Answer: Frontline policing.

5.

PCC Budget 2018/19 and MTFS

Clive Barker to present the PCC’s Draft Budget Settlement for 2018/19, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy

 

To include initial statement on proposals for the policing element of the Council Tax precept for 2018-19

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Clive Barker gave a short presentation that outlined the PCC’s Draft Budget Settlement for 2018/19, including the Medium Term Financial Strategy.

 

Points made included:

 

·         That In November 2017, the initial Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) was produced and reviewed at the Commissioner’s Monitoring Board. The MTFS looked at the estimated financial position of the PCC over the next 4 years and the impact this had on the Commissioner’s ability to commission services. It acknowledged the fact that decisions the Commissioner would make today would impact his finances over the medium and long term. At this stage, assuming central government rules surrounding the capping of all parts of Council Tax would remain in place i.e. any planned increase above 2% would require a referendum

 

·         On the 19 December 2017 the provisional settlement was received. This was significantly different from that expected. Due to the significant changes, a new revised MTFS was still in development.

 

·         The initial MTFS was included as an appendix in the agenda pack; however it was noted that these funding assumptions were based on a 1.9% precept cap and a lower level of central government grant. It was important to note that the report would show the funding expected post the provisional settlement so would not match those reported in the initial MTFS.

 

The Settlement

 

The following police relevant information was announced in the December settlement;

 

·         A cash flat central government Police Revenue Grant funding for 2018-19.

 

·         The raising of the policing element of council tax (policing precept) threshold for a referendum to £12 per annum. For Wiltshire this provided flexibility to increase the police part of the precept by 7%.

 

 

Policing element of Council Tax Options

 

 Currently considering three options for the policing precept;

 

·         Option A – Not to increase the precept (0% increase)

·         Option B – To increase the precept by 1.9%

·         Option C – To increase the precept by £12 per annum (7%)

 

It agreed that the OPCC would endeavour to provide statistics of the consultation at the PCP at the 22 March meeting.

 

The Chairman thanked Clive Barker for his presentation.

 

6.

Member Questions

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Questions to the Commissioner, (as part of the agenda pack) were noted by the Panel.

 

It was agreed that responses to any outstanding questions would be provided at the 22 March 2018 meeting.

7.

Forward Work Plan

To note the forward work plan

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Forward Work Plan was noted.

8.

Future meeting dates

To note the future meeting dates below:

 

·         1 February 2018 – Monkton Park, Chippenham

·         22 March 2018 – Corn Exchange, Devizes

·         14 June 2018 - Corn Exchange, Devizes

·         27 September – County Hall, Trowbridge

·         6 December 2018 – Civic Offices, Swindon

 

Minutes:

The next meeting of the Police and Crime Panel will be on 1 February 2018 at Monkton Park, Chippenham.

 

Future meeting dates were:

 

·         22 March 2018 Corn Exchange, Devizes

·         14 June 2018 - Corn Exchange, Devizes

·         27 September County Hall, Trowbridge

·         6 December 2018 Civic Offices, Swindon

9.

Close

Minutes:

The Chairman thanked the Commissioner, OPPC and PCP members for attending the meeting.