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Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee - Wednesday, 13th November, 2024 7.00 pm

Venue: Civic Suite

Contact: Benjamin Awkal (Scrutiny Manager) Email: benjamin.awkal@lewisham.gov.uk

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Minutes of previous meeting PDF 117 KB Decision: RESOLVED That the minutes of the meeting held on 5 September be agreed as an accurate record.
2.	Declarations of interest PDF 82 KB Decision: There were none.
3.	Responses from Mayor and Cabinet There are none. Decision: There were none.
4.	Budget Reductions PDF 286 KB Appendix 4 to follow. Additional documents: Draft MC Budget Reduction Report 4 December 2024 , item 4. PDF 572 KB APPENDIX 1 - Previously Agreed Savings , item 4. PDF 1 MB APPENDIX 2(a) v3 , item 4. PDF 1022 KB APPENDIX 2(b) v3 , item 4. PDF 336 KB APPENDIX 3(a) v3 , item 4. PDF 2 MB There are a further 3 documents.View the full list of documents for item 4. Decision: RESOLVED To recommend that the following options be considered regarding saving proposal P03 (Reduced Leisure Concessions): raising the age-based concession threshold to retirement age; increasing participation through advertising; safeguarding Pay and Play concessions by increasing concessionary membership prices by a greater proportion; seeking voluntary contributions; and ending the concession for council officers.
5.	Main Grants Programme DOTX 886 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Main Grant Funded Organisations 2022-2025 , item 5. PDF 74 KB Appendix 2 Case Studies_SSCSC_13 November 2024 , item 5. PDF 77 KB Decision: RESOLVED That the report be noted
6.	Library and Information Service PDF 1 MB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Hub and Community Libraries activities , item 6. PDF 1 MB Appendix 2 - Lewisham Library and Information Service - Issues and Visits , item 6. PDF 464 KB Decision: RESOLVED That the report be noted.
7.	Select Committee work programme PDF 184 KB Additional documents: Appendix D - Select Committee Work Programme , item 7. PDF 9 KB Appendix E - Key Decision Plan October 2024 , item 7. PDF 137 KB Decision: RESOLVED That the work programme be amended as follows: 1. ‘Tackling anti-social behaviour and Public Spaces Protection Order update’ be reframed as ‘Public Spaces Protection Order update’ and rescheduled for March 2025. 2. ‘Local Assemblies’ be reframed as ‘Local consultation and democratic engagement’ and rescheduled for January 2025. 3. ‘Police-community engagement and tackling crime update’ be rescheduled for March 2025. 4. ‘Workforce equalities’ be added for January 2025. 5. ‘Community cohesion’ be rescheduled for January 2025. 6. ‘Lewisham Disabled People’s Commission response implementation’ be taken as an informal briefing in March 2025.