Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

Delivery of Police Uniform – Members were informed that the original expected date for the delivery of items was the third week of January 2015; however, the Force had been notified that this had now slipped to 23^rd March due to manufacturing and shipping issues.  In light of the delay, the Force was in discussion with City of London Procurement and City Solicitors regarding the contract and costs.

Delivery and distribution - It was proposed initially to distribute the new uniform to officers within the Uniform Policing, Information & Intelligence, Specials and ACPO Directorates; this would be to approximately 460 officers.  The remaining uniform would then be stored at Bishopgate and distributed to the other Directorates in slower time over the next year or on a needs basis if required more urgently.

Members noted that the process proposed for distribution of the uniform was:

A.        Delivery of all garments to a central location which has sufficient space to;

i)          Accommodate all of the garments

ii)         Allow for initial inspection of the garments

iii)        Verify delivery to order

iv)       Separation of the garments into size ranges.

B.        Pack the garments into named individual kit bags for each officer against historic size data.

C.        Distribution of garments to officer’s work place.

The present timeframe from delivery to completion of main distribution is for twelve weeks.

Resolution to the Planning and Transportation Committee – 21 Moorfields

Members were informed that the Planning and Transportation Committee had agreed that upon consideration of the development application in relation to 21 Moorfields they would consider the inclusion a planning condition such that any planning consent which may be granted was contingent upon the development providing sufficient CCTV coverage of the nearby entrances to the Barbican Highwalk on the grounds that this would have a significant benefit to public safety.