Social Value Ideas for Council of the Isles of Scilly

Charitable trustee reappointed

The council reappointed Mr Tim Jones as a nominative trustee to the Isles of Scilly Charitable Trust for a further four-year term after his previous term expired. This is an appointment action rather …

“Speaker 14: Members are invited to appoint one nominative trustee to bring the body of trustees back up to its full complement of seven. Please note t…”

Electoral review submission

Members approved the council’s submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, recommending no change to the current 16-member council size and no change to warding arrangements, i…

“Speaker 14: A draft council size submission, including three appendices, may be found as Appendices one to four to the report. The draft council size …”

Internal Audit Assurance

Internal audit opinion for 2024-25 is that there is reasonable assurance of the council's control environment; update path to governance committee is noted.

“"the opinion of internal audit is one of reasonable assurance."”

Constitution version 3 adopted

Members reviewed and approved version 3 of the IFC constitution with no substantive amendments. The discussion emphasised the authority's duties and the balance between social, economic, and environme…

“Speaker 0: Being this is the first meeting of the year in the AGM, this is a standing item. Just a quick, obviously, are bound to review the constitut…”

Shift to secondary treatment

Southwest Water confirmed it has withdrawn its earlier fine-screening proposal and will now provide secondary treatment for St Mary’s. The change followed resident and stakeholder feedback and is inte…

“It is true to say that in June of this year um we proposed to promote a scheme for fine screening and along the outfall. Um subsequent to the consulta…”

Flood-risk constraints at Oldtown

The proposed Oldtown wastewater site is partly within flood zone 2 and close to a site of special scientific interest. Members asked how nearby properties and the environment would be protected from f…

“The map on pack page 10 shows that 20% of the proposed new s new site lies within flood zone 2 and is adjacent to the triple SI. What measures will be…”

Sludge handling needs

Members sought detail on what sludge will be produced, how it will be stored, whether it could create odour or public-health issues, and how it would be removed from the island. Southwest Water explai…

“Referring to pack page six, what currently happens with the resulting sludge from the ter telegraph and oldtown biobubble treatment works. I'm going t…”

St Mary’s scheme timeline

Members sought confirmation that the wastewater scheme can be delivered by the Environment Agency’s deadline of 30 September 2027. Southwest Water said it is working with contractors and consultants t…

“On pack page five, you confirm the EA requirement that the treatment plant is to be installed and operational by the 30th of September 2027. I underst…”

Five-year fire risk plan

The fire and rescue service proposed moving from a three-year to a five-year Community Risk Management Plan cycle. The stated rationale is better long-term planning and reduced external consultancy sp…

“So I present this paper seeking your support for us to adopt a five year community risk management plan for the Ulster City Fire and Rescue Service. T…”

Fire service staffing costs

The fire and rescue service forecast an overspend of £70,000 due to increased staff costs and training requirements, partly because the service was over establishment after successful recruitment. Off…

“Speaker 8: Fire and rescue is showing an overspend of £70,000 at the moment due to some increased staff cost and increased training requirements. Work…”

Fire risk plan adopted

Council approved the updated community risk management plan for fire and rescue, covering the transition from the 2023-2026 plan to the interim plan and future five-year planning. Members asked that w…

“Speaker 15: The purpose of this report, alongside the accompanying interim CRNP, is to provide assurance on the progress made against the original pla…”