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Summary
...to address savings targets, the council will implement Option 1 for CCTV in Shrewsbury, shifting to a "best endeavours" monitoring approach prioritizing out-of-hours service calls, while exploring volunteer programs and seeking additional funding for enhanced CCTV monitoring.
Full council record
Decision
RESOLVED:
That In absence of any further
partner funding commitment to support the most popular option from
consultation (Option 4), and to help meet the Council’s
savings target, to approve Option 1 with monitoring of CCTV moving
to a “best endeavours” approach where staff’s
priority will be responding to out of hours service calls, rather
than CCTV monitoring.
To agree to explore with partners
the feasibility of a volunteer programme to provide additional
monitoring capacity. This could provide additional active
monitoring capacity during specific identified peaks and higher
risk times.
That the Council and other partners
continue to seek other funding options to help support additional
CCTV monitoring.
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 16 Oct 2024 |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |