Chichester District Council
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Community Warden Funding

Meeting: 04/09/2018 - Cabinet (Item 565)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its three appendices within the agenda supplement and to make the resolutions set out below:

 

(1)  That the Community Warden Service continue to be funded at 50% for three years (as set out in para 5 of the agenda report) subject to match funding being secured by partners.

 

(2)  That the Senior Community Warden post continue to be funded at 100% for three years (as set out in para 5 of the agenda report) subject to a review should more than one warden patrol fail to be funded.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

(1)  That the Community Warden Service continue to be funded at 50% for three years (as set out in para 5 of the agenda report) subject to match funding being secured by partners.

 

(2)  That the Senior Community Warden post continue to be funded at 100% for three years (as set out in para 5 of the agenda report) subject to a review should more than one warden patrol fail to be funded.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its three appendices in the agenda supplement.

 

This item was presented by Mrs Lintill.

 

Mrs Bushby was in attendance for this matter.

 

Mrs Lintill summarised the report with particular reference to sections 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. 

 

Mrs Bushby remarked that the consultation (section 8 of the report) reflected, with its appreciably higher number of respondents compared with the previous one in 2015, very clearly the public’s support for what they regarded as an invaluable service.   

 

During the discussion members commended the community wardens for their sterling service within Chichester District, which was a self-evident and well-proven success story in dealing promptly and professionally with a variety of issues such as deprivation and organising community events such as beach-cleaning days. The prospect of the wardens being conferred with limited enforcement powers (para 8.4 of the report) was noted with interest.

 

Mrs Bushby answered questions about (a) the reach of the community warden service in Chichester District and how parish councils could initiate an approach to CDC for their areas to be considered for inclusion but they would need to fund the full cost of the extra community warden and (b) the understandable concern felt by residents at the removal of police community support officers (PCSO) within Chichester District, which was well recognised but the hope that community wardens could directly fulfil the PCSOs’ role could not be met since the wardens were not a substitute and could only report on low-level crime and work with the police as appropriate in dealing with such issues.  

 

Decision

 

The Cabinet voted unanimously on a show of hands to make the resolutions below. 

 

RESOLVED

 

(1)  That the Community Warden Service continue to be funded at 50% for three years (as set out in para 5 of the agenda report) subject to match funding being secured by partners.

 

(2)  That the Senior Community Warden post continue to be funded at 100% for three years (as set out in para 5 of the agenda report) subject to a review should more than one warden patrol fail to be funded.

 

 


 

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