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Environment O&S Committee Work Programme

Meeting: 29/11/2018 - Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 33)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a report from the Chair which explained the process of developing and managing a scrutiny work programme for the current municipal year.

 

Mark Smith, Interim Director for Highways and Streetscene, reported that after an extensive consultation on a proposed Dog Control Public Space Protection Order and after discussions with the Cabinet Member for Environment, the suggestion had been made for pre-decision scrutiny of the issues at a special meeting of the Committee.

 

With the permission of the Chair, Councillor Anita Leech addressed the Committee and commented that she would be meeting with different organisations and listening to what they had to say. The consultation had revealed a wide range of views on the matter and it was only right that the matter should have pre-decision scrutiny.

 

A Member suggested that user groups, such as Wirral Good Dogs, should be invited to the special meeting.

 

The Chair concurred that this would be the best way forward to have a special meeting of the Committee with a single item agenda and that some suggested dates be circulated to Members with the meeting being held on a date with majority agreement.

 

On a motion by the Chair, seconded by Councillor Adam Sykes, it was –

 

Resolved –

 

(1)  That a special meeting of the Committee be held on a date to be agreed, to consider all the issues concerning a proposed Dog Control Public Space Protection Order to which user groups would also be invited.

 

(2)  That the Work Programme be agreed with the addition of updates on the Modern Slavery Strategy and an item on the Smoke Free Wirral Strategy.