NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME BOROUGH COUNCIL

HEALTH, WELLBEING AND PARTNERSHIPS SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

14 October 2019

Report Title:	Call in – CCTV

Submitted by:	Chief Executive

Portfolios:	Community Safety and Wellbeing – Councillor J Waring

Ward(s) affected:	All Wards

Purpose of the Report To consider a call-in to review a decision of the Cabinet made on 4th September 2019 in respect of CCTV, including the decisions to procure new equipment and to enter into an agreement with Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The call-in request form is attached. The Chair of the Health, Wellbeing and Partnerships Scrutiny Committee has accepted that this call-in request is valid. Procedure to be followed
Action	By Whom	Time Limit
Explanation of procedure to be followed	Chair
Explanation of reasons for the call-in and justification for proposal set out on the call-in form	Lead call-in Member and any other persons that they wish to involve	15 minutes
Explanation of decision taken and views on alternative proposal	Relevant Cabinet Member and officer (if a Cabinet decision) or relevant officer (if decision was delegated to an officer) and any other persons that they wish to involve	15 minutes
Questioning of call-in representatives and decision taken and consideration of any photographs, plans, etc. that illustrate the issue under discussion	Scrutiny Members	Unlimited
Summing up	Lead call-in Member	5 minutes
Summing up	Decision taker	5 minutes
Voting on the proposal on the call-in form	Scrutiny Committee Members	Unlimited
Recommendation That following consideration of the call-in, the Health, Wellbeing and Partnerships Scrutiny Committee may either:
(a)	Choose to reject the call-in and note the original decision;
(b)	Accept the proposal set out in the call-in form and refer back to Cabinet with any additional comments to be considered by Cabinet at its next scheduled meeting when Cabinet may amend the decision or not, before adopting the final decision.
(c)	Accept the proposal set out on the call-in form and refer the matter to Full Council if the decision is deemed to be outside the budget and policy framework.
If the call-in is rejected then the original decision takes effect from the date of this meeting.

1.	Background
At a meeting of the Cabinet on 4th September 2019, Cabinet decided to agree a report relating to CCTV in the Town Centre and to enter into an agreement with Stoke on Trent City Council as follows:-
(i)	That the BID’s agreement to provide £40,000 towards the cost of upgrading the CCTV for Newcastle’s town centre be noted.
(ii)	That officers be authorised to procure a CCTV system upgrade and monitoring for Newcastle town centre.
(iii)	That the Executive Director (Resources and Support Services) in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Community Safety and Wellbeing be authorised to finalise the specification for the CCTV system upgrade with Stoke-on-Trent City Council then undertake a direct award without a call for competition, utilising the Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s compliant framework.
(iv)	That the Executive Director (Resources and Support Services) in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Community Safety and Wellbeing be authorised to finalise the specification for the monitoring, assess the proposals from Stoke-on-Trent City Council and enter into an agreement for an Inter Authority Contract.
(v)	That the Executive Director (Resources and Support Services) in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Community Safety and Wellbeing be authorised to extend the current contract with the CCTV monitoring service until the new service is operational. A copy of this report is attached to the committee papers.
13.	List of Appendices
Call-in request form dated 9th September 2019 Cabinet report dated 4th September 2019