SAFER COMMUNITIES PORTFOLIO
Councillor Rachel Bailey Deputy
Mayoress (Conservative)
Overview
Emergency Planning; Environmental Health; Licensing and
regulation; health; safer communities (Theme Neighbourhood
Action)
Duties and responsibilities
1 To be the Board member having
(a) overall responsibility for decision making arrangements in
the following areas
- Emergency planning
- Environmental Health and Protection
- Food Safety
- Licensing/Regulatory activities
- Crime and the fear of crime
- Health development and policies implementation
- Home Safety
- Road safety
and (b) the power to require a proposed decision in any such
area to be referred to the Board for their consideration or
determination.
2 To have
responsibility for monitoring and implementation of
corporate objectives in respect of 1 above by:-
- Setting performance targets relating to the objectives
- Ensuring goals and milestones are met
- Reviewing areas of relevant service provision
- Developing new policies and strategies if necessary.
- Ensuring services are properly promoted and understood.
3 To work together
with other Board members to achieve the aims, objectives and
plans of the Council
4. To work together
with other Board members to ensure that the Council contributes
effectively towards all Community Strategy objectives.