Agenda and draft minutes

There were no apologies.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting on 14 June 2023 (previously circulated).

The minutes of the meeting held on 14 June 2023 were approved as a correct record.

To note declarations of Members’ disclosable pecuniary interests, non-disclosable pecuniary interests and non-pecuniary interests in respect of items on this Agenda.

Cllrs Kingsbury and Zukowskyj advised they were members of Hertfordshire County Council.

There were no items of urgent business.

RIPA Report

The Committee received a presentation and the report of the Service Director (Service and Neighbourhood). The list of authorised officers and the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) had been updated and those changes were reflected in the Corporate Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) policy which was set out at Appendix A of the report. There had not been any applications for the use of surveillance under RIPA since the last report in September 2022.   

Following the presentation, Members noted some issues which are summarised below:

·       Members raised a concern regarding the observation of criminal activity outside of the RIPA guidelines. Officers confirmed that information about potential criminality would still be shared.

·       Members noticed some typographical errors and officers agreed to rectify this.

·       No RIPA applications were made in the last 12 months.

There was no other business.