Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of a proposal to establish a CCTV Services Partnership involving Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway and Swale Councils. The report set out the history of the Medway Control Centre, which had been in operation since 1998 and had expanded from around 20 cameras to the current network of around 550 cameras. The report stated that the Council had been awarded a contract for the complete management of Swale Borough Council’s CCTV infrastructure in 2010 and that more recently Gravesham Borough Council had also agreed the transfer of its CCTV infrastructure to the Council and Maidstone Borough Council had also awarded a tender to the Council to manage its CCTV infrastructure. This would see a further increase from 550 cameras to 700 cameras from 1 April 2012.

The report set out the basis for the establishment of a CCTV Services Partnership between these local authorities in terms of financial benefits, expertise and greater capacity.

An exempt appendix set out the outline business case, detailed financial implications, partnership structure and provisional heads of terms.

Reasons:

The proposed Partnership will enable the provision of improved and more cost effective CCTV services.