Agenda and minutes

The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

Apologies were received from Councillor Amos (with Councillor Griffiths substituting) and Councillor Clifton (no substitution).

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee, held on Monday 27 September 2021.

It was RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on Monday 27 September 2021 be approved as a correct record.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Personal Interest, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest by Councillors in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

On this occasion no Councillor had submitted notice of a question.

To provide information on the motion submitted to Council on 13 July 2021 (minute 51 refers) by Councillor M Stephenson which sought to create a Covid-19 Memorial and Annual Day of Remembrance and to enable the Committee to decide whether to recommend, or not, that the Council should support the motion in its original format.

The Committee had before it a report that provided information on the motion submitted to Council on 13 July 2021 (minute 51 refers) by Councillor M Stephenson which sought to create a Covid-19 Memorial and Annual Day of Remembrance and to enable the Committee to decide whether to recommend, or not, that the Council should support the motion in its original format. The motion read;

“That Tendring District Council acknowledges the heartache, pain and suffering that Covid-19 has inflicted upon our residents and their families and that this Council supports the provision of a memorial to allow us all to recognise and commemorate the loss of so many loved ones.

The memorial to be situated in a form acceptable to those who have lost loved ones, be that a garden, plaque or public artwork, taking into consideration their wishes, at a suitable location, where families could gather together throughout the year at a day and time significant to them.

That this Council also considers an Annual Day of Remembrance to be established, where all members of the community could gather together for a service of Remembrance.

In addition, the commemoration would also remember all those key workers and volunteers, who continue to provide, throughout this pandemic, help and support and comfort to the bereaved in their time of need.”

After a short discussion it was RECOMMENDED to Cabinet that:

That the motion as submitted be approved with the additional wording that the proposed memorial be located in the Clacton-on-Sea Memorial Gardens, adjacent to Marine Parade East,  with the intention that the memorial should be an uplifting positive initiative for the whole District.

The Committee will enquire as to the mental health needs of residents of the District and the services to meet those needs.

Specifically looking beyond the Mental Health Hub and Primary School Mental Health initiative.  The report with the information requested by the Committee is to follow.  Emma Strivens, from Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, and Robert Chandler, from NHS North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, will be available to present the report remotely with the use of MS Teams.

The Committee had a presentation before it (Appendix 1) in relation to the mental health needs of residents of the District and the services in place to meet those needs. Specifically looked beyond the Mental Health Hub and Primary School Mental Health initiative.

The Committee thanked the guests for their attendance and NOTED the contents of the presentation.

Pursuant to the provisions of Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 13, the Committee will review any new and/or amended published forthcoming decisions relevant to its terms of reference and decide whether it wishes to enquire into any such decision before it is taken.

Matters may only be raised on those forthcoming decisions at Committee meetings where the Member has notified the Committee Services Manager in writing (or by personal email) of the question they wish to ask, no later than Midday, two working days before the day of the meeting.

There were none on this occasion.

The Committee NOTED the contents of the report.

To present to the Committee the updated Recommendations Monitoring Report, outlining any recommendations the Committee have sent to Cabinet. The Committee is requested to consider the report and determine whether any further action is required on the recommendations submitted.

The Committee NOTED the contents of the report.

To present to the Committee a draft detailed Work Programme 2021/22, to consider the detail and ordering of the Work Programme. This will include a draft proposal for the scoping document for the first of two Joint Scrutiny Committees proposed in the Work Programme, Economic Development and Growth (Appendix 2).

After a brief discussion the Committee RESOLVED to move the item on Suicide Prevention from the meeting on the 13 December 2021 and put it back on the work programme in the “to be allocated” section. They then NOTED the rest of the report.