Minutes

Minutes of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 21 October 2002 at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London, SW1H 0NY.

Present

Members

• Toby Harris (Chair)
• Reshard Auladin
• Richard Barnes
• Elizabeth Howlett
• Nicholas Long
• R David Muir (Deputy Chair)
• Richard Sumray
• Rachel Whittaker

Also present Sir John Quinton

MPA officers:

• Catherine Crawford (Clerk)
• Peter Martin (Treasurer)
• Nick Baker (Head of Committee Services)

MPS officers:

• Ian Blair (Deputy Commissioner)
• Bernard Hogan-Howe (Assistant Commissioner - Human Resources)
• Alan Croney (Director of Property Services – item 9 only)

Part 1

41. Apologies for absence

(Agenda item 1)

Apologies for absence was received from Cindy Butts, Graham Tope and Cecile Wright.

42. Declarations of interest

(Agenda item 2)

No interests were declared.

43. Minutes

(Agenda item 3)

Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee held on 4 October 2002 be agreed and signed as a correct record.

44. Pilot project update

(Agenda item 4)

The Deputy Commissioner sought from the Committee how this item should be presented in future.

Members suggested that the item should no longer be a standing item on the agenda. It was agreed that any specific updates that a member requires should be sought through the Clerk.

Arising from the discussion, it was also agreed that members should receive every two months from the MPS an update to the corporate project list, highlighting new projects.

Resolved – That

1. the item ‘pilot project update’ no longer be a standing item on the agenda;
2. members receive every two months an update of new pilot projects; and
3. members request, through the Clerk, any specific update on any new projects.

45. The Mayor’s Draft London Ambient Noise Strategy

(Agenda item 5)

The Committee considered a report that sought approval to a response to the Mayor’s draft London ambient noise strategy.

Resolved – That the MPA response as outlined in Appendix 2 to the report with minor amendments be agreed.

46. Meeting borough workforce targets

(Agenda item 6)

Following consideration by the full Authority at its meeting on 26 September 2002 and concern raised that budgeted workforce targets (BWT) would not be achieved by 31 March 2003, the Committee considered a report that outlined how this position might be rectified in the form of five options.

Of the options outlined in the report the Committee agreed that option d (bring forward and accelerate a programme of transferees and slow down the replacement of leavers in all commands, save for borough’s, murder units, Trident [which will not fall below 09/02 strength] and child protection).

Arising from the discussion the Committee commissioned a report on the possible implications of the introduction of the Mayor’s congestion charge on both police officers and civil staff.

Resolved – That

1. option (d) as outlined in the report, with regard to meeting borough workforce targets be agreed; and
2. a report be presented to a future meeting of the full Authority on possible implications of the introduction of the Mayor’s congestion charge on both police officers and civil staff.

47. Members’ expenses

(Agenda item 7)

The Committee received a report that informed members that the Association of Police Authorities had commissioned an independent review of members’ expenses and proposed that the Standards Committee review members’ expenses, taking account of views of this reviews and any other linked issues.

The report also proposed that the Authority continues with its present scheme whilst the Standards Committee reviews expenses.

Resolved – That

1. the basis for the payment of members’ expenses as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report be agreed and
2. proposals for a new members’ expense scheme which takes account of the recommendations of the APA’s Independent Panel be brought initially to the Standards Committee for recommendation to the full Authority.

48. Exclusion of press and public

(Agenda item 8)

A resolution was put to exclude the press and public from the meeting during item 9 as it was likely to disclose exempt information as described in Schedule 12(a) (9) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Resolved – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during discussion of agenda item 9.

49. Old Street Magistrates’ Court

(Agenda item 9)

The Committee considered a report that gave details of a bid for this site.

Resolved – That this issue be referred to the Finance Committee for further consideration relating to sale of this site.

The meeting closed at 12.40 p.m.

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