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This report invites Cabinet to consider the outcome of the Anti-Social Behaviour Enforcement team trial during April to September 2024.

The report of the Director of Central Services and Cabinet Member for Community Services invited Cabinet to consider the outcome of the Anti-Social Behaviour  (ASB) Enforcement team trial during April to September 2024 and whether the Team should be recommissioned for 2025.

Details of the 2024 operation, including incidents reported, were set out at 4.1 to 4.8 of the report.

Cabinet welcomed the positive impact of the ASB Enforcement Team which had resulted in a high-profile, visible and reassuring presence to residents, local businesses, interested parties and visitors to the Borough.

Due regard was given to the financial and value for money implications with particular attention given to the estimated cost of £83,000 of recommissioning the Team for 2025 as detailed in 6.2 of the report.   Responses from parish/town councils to an invitation to contribute to funding the initiative were noted, as detailed in 6.6 of the report.  A minor amendment to the proposed period of operation during 2025 was noted and the end date would be 2 November 2025.

On the grounds of improving coverage across the Borough, Cllr Keers proposed that any operation during 2025 should be comprised of 4 officers.  This was seconded by Cllr Boughton and supported by Cabinet.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)            the Anti-Social Behaviour Enforcement Team be recommissioned to operate across the Borough for six months from Wednesday 7 May until Sunday 2 November 2025;

(2)            the Anti-Social Behaviour Enforcement Team should be comprised of  4 Officers;

(3)            the appropriate funding arrangements for recommissioning the team be approved from:

                           i.          £37,000 to support further community initiatives in 2025/26, as agreed by Cabinet on 10 December 2024;

                          ii.          £45,000 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2025/26;

                        iii.          Any funding received from Parish or Town Councils to be deducted from the proposed allocation from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2025/26.

(4)            the Head of Service for Licensing, Customer Services and Community Safety undertake the required invitation to quote in accordance with the Contract Procedure Rules, with any final decision to appoint the successful contractor made by the Cabinet Member for Community Services.

(Decision Notice: D250020CAB)

The report of the Director of Central Services and Cabinet Member for Community Services invited Cabinet to consider the outcome of the Anti-Social Behaviour  (ASB) Enforcement team trial during April to September 2024 and whether the Team should be recommissioned for 2025.

Details of the 2024 operation, including incidents reported, were set out at 4.1 to 4.8 of the report.

Cabinet welcomed the positive impact of the ASB Enforcement Team which had resulted in a high-profile, visible and reassuring presence to residents, local businesses, interested parties and visitors to the Borough. 

Members were also pleased that the work of the ASB Enforcement Team had been recognised and resulted in them being finalists in the iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards 2025 in the Working Together category.

Due regard was given to the financial and value for money implications with particular attention given to the estimated cost of £83,000 of recommissioning the Team for 2025 as detailed in 6.2 of the report.   Responses from parish/town councils to an invitation to contribute to funding the initiative were noted, as detailed in 6.6 of the report.  A minor amendment to the proposed period of operation during 2025 was noted and the end date would be 2 November 2025.

On the grounds of improving coverage across the Borough, Cllr Keers proposed that any operation during 2025 should be comprised of 4 officers.  This was seconded by Cllr Boughton and supported by Cabinet.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)            the Anti-Social Behaviour Enforcement Team be recommissioned to operate across the Borough for six months from Wednesday 7 May until Sunday 2 November 2025;

(2)            the Anti-Social Behaviour Enforcement Team should be comprised of  4 Officers;

(3)            the appropriate funding arrangements for recommissioning the team be approved from:

                           i.          £37,000 to support further community initiatives in 2025/26, as agreed by Cabinet on 10 December 2024;

                          ii.          £45,000 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2025/26;

                        iii.          Any funding received from Parish or Town Councils to be deducted from the proposed allocation from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2025/26.

(4)             the Head of Service for Licensing, Customer Services and Community Safety undertake the required invitation to quote in accordance with the Contract Procedure Rules, with any final decision to appoint the successful contractor made by the Cabinet Member for Community Services.