Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods seeking authority to enter in to an Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Office of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for 2013/14, and for this to be extended annually thereafter up to 31st March 2016, subject to Council budgets and an ongoing commitment from the OPCC to sustain current PCSO levels and local partnership arrangements.

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods submitted a report which sought authority to enter into a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Office of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for 2013/14, and for this to be extended annually thereafter up to 31st March 2016, subject to Council budgets and an ongoing commitment from the OPCC to sustain current PCSO levels and local partnership arrangements.

Responding to a Member’s enquiry, officers provided the Board with an update on the actions being taken to identify and tackle environmental crime.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That expenditure of up to £1,514,000 in 2013/14 be approved, in order to provide a 30% contribution towards the costs of 165 PCSO’s (5 per Ward) across the city, by means of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Office of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC).

(b)  That approval be given for this arrangement to be rolled forward on an annual basis for up to three years (to 31st March 2016), subject to annual Council budget approval and an ongoing commitment from the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner to maintain current PCSO levels and to continue to develop local partnership working.

(c)  That in moving forward, approval be given for an annual inflation increase being included as part of the budget setting process (budgets permitting) in order to maintain PCSO numbers.