Agenda item

TO ELECT A CHAIRMAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDING ORDER 29

Members are asked to note that the Chairman of the Community and Children’s Services Committee (the Parent Committee) will serve as Deputy Chairman of the Homelessness and Rough Sleepers Committee.

Minutes:

The Sub Committee proceeded to elect a Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 29.

 

RESOLVED, that - being the only Member willing to serve, Marianne Fredericks be elected as Chairman of the Homelessness and Rough Sleepers Sub Committee for 2018/19

 

Since publication of the agenda, the Chairman of the Grand Committee had decided to waive his right to serve as Deputy Chairman of the Sub Committee and Members therefore elected a Deputy Chairman in accordance with Standing Order 30.

 

RESOLVED, that - being the only Member willing to serve, Tijs Broeke be elected as Deputy Chairman of the Homelessness and Rough Sleepers Sub Committee for 2018/19.

 

On taking the Chair, Ms Fredericks thanked Members for their support in driving this important agenda.  The Chairman suggested a Member/Officer Awayday, to set a framework for future agendas and a strategy to achieve the Sub Committee’s objectives.  The Director suggested that this should include the nature and frequency of future reports.  Members and Officers acknowledged the need to firm up a communications strategy; covering SWEP, hubs and responsible donations.  Members also agreed that an ‘action tracker’ should be a standing agenda item at each Sub Committee meeting.

 

Members noted that the Safer City Partnership was due to meet at the end of the month and would nominate a Member for the Homelessness and Rough Sleepers Sub Committee.  The Sub Committee also needed to appoint a Church representative and up to 2 co-optees; officers suggested that potential nominees could be considered at the forthcoming awayday. 

 

Finally, the Chairman was pleased to note that 2 Members of the Police Committee were also Members of this Sub Committee and a Police Officer was in attendance.  Members stressed the importance of consistent representation from external agencies, to ensure the continuity of partnership work.  The Chairman welcomed Gill Leng, a specialist Consultant commissioned by the City Corporation, who would be presenting a report on health care provision and Graham Hodgkins from Westminster Drugs Project.