To consider any matters arising from the minutes (If any)
Minutes:
(i) Leeds District Neighbourhood Policing Enhanced Model (Minute No.23 (i) referred). With reference to the previous meeting and the Query raised by Members as to whether the Leeds District was receiving its fair share of Police Officers, “there was a suspicion that other authorities were getting more”. Members asked if details of Police numbers for each authority in the West Yorkshire area going back 5 years to the present day could be provided.
An assurance was provided that the requested information would be provided/ circulated to Members of the Committee.
The Localities Officers confirmed that the requested information had been received and circulated
(ii) Community Committee Appointments 2018/19 (Minute No. 23 referred) – At a previous meeting Councillor Buckley said that he had been appointed as the Community Committee’s Champion for Health & Wellbeing. He understood meetings were held on a quarterly basis but to date no invitation to attend a meeting had been received.
The Chief Officer, Access & Care Delivery, Adult Social Care was in attendance at the meeting (in connection with a separate agenda item) and offered to contact the Director of Public Health with a view to him providing the required response.
In providing an update, the Localities Officer said that Public Health had undergone a restructure and that there were previously four Health and Wellbeing partnerships in East Leeds, this was now reduced to two networks focusing on the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in East Leeds, covering the Inner East and Inner North East areas. It was understood that the Moor Allerton Partnership previously served as a forum for health and other topics within the Outer North East but meetings for this had since ceased.
The Area Leader added that there had previously been meetings for all three Health and Wellbeing Champions in the East North East of Leeds and agreed to support the Localities Officer to look into whether these were still taking place and to identify a suitable mechanism for the Health and Wellbeing Champion to undertake his role.
Councillor Buckley said it was unsatisfactory to be “cut off without notice” and requested if inquiries could be made as to who made the decision to exclude representation from the Outer North East Area
The Localities officer confirmed the requested inquiries would be made.
(iii) Economic Development (Minute No.24 referred) – With reference to the previous meeting and the deferral of this item to a later date due to the unavailability of the new Chief Officer for Economic Development.
In providing an update the Localities Officer said the Chief Officer for Economic Development, Eve Roodhouse would instead now attend a meeting of the Chair’s Forum
(iv) Strength Based Social Care Across the City (Minute No.25 referred) – With reference to the previous meeting and the request by Members to receive the following details:
· The contact details for officers working in the Neighbourhood Teams (Team Profiles - 3 areas, 14 Team Managers)
· The staffing formula for the Neighbourhood Care Management Team taking into account population for the area and the number of people aged over 70 years of age.
In providing a response the Localities Officer said:
In terms of contact details for the Team Managers within the Neighbourhood Teams the route for Elected Members was through the Director of Adults and Health in the first instance or in the case of new referrals, customers to be advised to go directly to the contact centre.
In respect of the staffing formula, Members were informed that teams were staffed according to demand and it was this that affected the number and skills mix of staff that were required.
The Localities Officer also confirmed that Scholes Library was also being investigated as a possible Talking Point location.