Actions from the previous Overview Committee Meeting.

Members noted that the following Actions were now complete.

Actions from the Meeting held on 3 September 2024

Action No. 38, 39 and 43 – completed.

Actions from the Meeting held on 23 July 2024

Action No. 23(c) and 28 – completed.

Comments were received as follows:

Action No. 43(c) – ‘To request clarification on the accuracy of using mobile phone data to measure high street footfall whilst excluding those without mobile phones and whether privacy was respected by utilising mobile phone data in this way’, page 40 of the Agenda refers.

·         A Member was dissatisfied with the response provided to the Action and further queried the logic of the methodology for measuring footfall using mobile phone data.  In response, the Assistant Director – Corporate advised Members that further clarification would be obtained from the Service.

·         A Member further commented that the Transport Board had provided similar explanations regarding footfall and that the metrics did not always reflect the strengths or weaknesses of town centres.

Action No. 23(b) – ‘To request an update on the role and duties of the Volunteer Co-Ordinator and to invite them to a future meeting of the Committee’, page 40 and 41 of the Agenda refers.

The Chairman welcomed Emily Spicer, Assistant Director – Wellbeing and Community Leadership and Alison Carlisle, Volunteer Co-ordinator to the Meeting and advised Members that the topic would be discussed in more detail during the upcoming Agenda item.

Action No. 23(c) – ‘To request an update on the recruitment process for the Local Partnership Group and Theme Groups and the measures taken to ensure that local businesses and groups have local representation’, page 41 of the Agenda refers.

·         A Member was dissatisfied with the response provided to the Action and further queried the reasons that ELDC’s Councillors talents were not being utilised.  In response, the Assistant Director – Governance advised Members that the recruitment criteria were often set by the government and that the Committees comments would be emphasised when future recruitment exercises were undertaken.

Action No. 28 – ‘In reference to Section 106 Agreements: To request clarification on East Lindsey being allocated the lowest multiplier as part of the NHS formula and receiving the lowest payment in Lincolnshire per dwelling compared to other districts’, page 41 of the Agenda refers.

• A Member commented that the government had stipulated that health money could only be distributed to GP practices. 

• A Member further queried the justification for East Lindsey receiving the lowest multiplier whilst in a Partnership with two other Councils who received different amounts.  In response, Councillor Tom Ashton as Portfolio Holder for Planning advised Members that he would be keen to understand how the allocation process worked and would ensure that further information was obtained for the next Meeting.

• A Member commented on communications with the S106 Officer relating to monies allocated to the NHS and highlighted concerns that the GP surgery in Stickney had not received any S106 funds.   In response, a Member further commented that there may have been time constraints when the planning permission was granted which would have determined when the funds were released.

Action No. 38 (b) – ‘To request an update from Superintendent Lee St Quinton to clarify the police’s position on concerns about local policing and the effects following the removal of PCSOs’, page 39 of the Agenda refers.

• Members commented on police priorities and the value that PCSOs provided to their communities.

• A Member voiced concerns with how the police budget was being spent when taking into consideration that Lincolnshire Police was the least funded police service in the UK.

• A Member queried the use of police funds for digital display screens and highlighted concerns with the manning of Mablethorpe Police Station.

• A Member commented that more police should be visible on the streets to reassure residents.