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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Rusiecki. |
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Declaration of Interests PDF 87 KB To receive any declarations of interest. Members are advised to consider the advice contained within the Declaration of Interest advice attached to this Agenda. If a Member declares an interest, they should complete the Declaration of Interest Form Minutes: There were no declarations made at the meeting. |
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Cabinet Member Presentation - The Management of Thanet Beaches during 2020 Summer PDF 87 KB To approve the Minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting held on 27 August 2020, copy attached. Minutes: Councillor Campbell proposed, Councillor Coleman-Cooke seconded and Members agreed the minutes as a correct record of the Panel meeting held on 27 August 2020. |
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Cabinet Member Presentation - The Management of Thanet Beaches during 2020 Summer The presentation will focus on what happened on the beaches this summer, what went really well, what the council thinks could have gone better, what changes could be made next year. Minutes: During the cabinet member presentation, Councillor Albon, Cabinet Member for Operational Services made following comments:
· This was a different summer from the normal summers that are usually experienced in Thanet. There was great weather and the country was coming out of national lockdown that had been imposed as a measure to manage the global covid-19 pandemic; · The government encouraged the public to go to the beaches in July, as going abroad was not an option, Thanet experienced an unusually large number of visitors to the local beaches; · Very little social distancing was observed. There were some incidents of anti social behaviour that included littering and dangerous parking; · The Council met with a number of agencies and came up with a Beach Management Plan to manage visitors on Thanet beaches; · There were weekly operational orders shared with other agencies. There was a beach supervisor who picked up on any issues that were quickly arising and liaising on the appropriate agency that would deal with such matters; · There was greater cooperation between the council’s security and enforcement officers and CCTV personnel in tackling any incident that arose at the beaches. The council staff did their work quite well; · New signage was introduced and electronic boards were put up to advise the public on the status of visitor numbers at beaches; · TDC linked up with London Boroughs to share the information on Thanet beaches to reach out to as wide an audience as was possible; · The Cabinet Member and Leader of Council conducted a number of broadcasts to share key messages; · Coastal signage was refreshed. A summary poster of TDC bye-laws was produced for the public and businesses; · Moving forward, a communications plan would be devised and a review of operational presence at beaches would be conducted; · Operational works would be done to put barriers at beaches to prevent some of the anti-social behaviour; · Meetings with the business community would conducted to the visitor environment during summer period; · Council was working with a community group (Rise Up, Clean Up) to provide litter bag dispensers at the beaches.
Councillor Albon praised the Council staff and other agencies for the hard work during this summer gone.
Members asked questions and made comments as follows:
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Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Whitehead, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Community Services made the following opening remarks:
Members asked questions and made comments as follows:
In response Councillor Whitehead and Ashley Jackson, Housing Strategy and Projects Manager said the following:
Members noted the report. |
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Review the Overview and Scrutiny Panel Work Programme for 2020/21 PDF 85 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Councillor Stuart Piper, Chairman of the Memorials Working party gave an update report and made the following comments:
One Councillor requested for the names of the groups that had been contacted by the working party.
In response Councillor Piper indicated that one of the groups that had been suggested was called, "Calling Time On Racism." That group had since suggested additional groups that could be contacted.
With reference to the rest of the work programme, Councillor Campbell requested for support from the Panel to call-in a cabinet decision made at the meeting on 22 October regarding Ramsgate Market.
Mr Nick Hughes explained that the call request had to be sent to Democratic Services by email, detailing the grounds for call-in.
The Panel Chairman proposed that it would be timely for the Panel to review the impact of covid-19 on Thanet communities, particularly in relation to the business and more so for the individuals already in poverty or close to it. Councillor Campbell seconded the suggestion and indicated that this was more so important considering that the number of covid-19 infections was on the rise again. This review would need to take place as the priority topic ahead of other topics already on the review topics in Annex 2.
Councillor Roper suggested that the Panel could consider ... view the full minutes text for item 261. |
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Forward Plan & Exempt Cabinet Report List PDF 78 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Members noted the report. |