Agenda

Members of the Council are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relevant to the items on the agenda.

To agree the minutes from the Annual Council meeting held on Wednesday 15 May 2024 and the Freedom of the Borough Ceremony held on Wednesday 19 June 2024 as a correct record.

An issues paper prepared by the Opposition Group is attached for information.

To elect the Leader of the Council.

To note the appointment of the Deputy Leader and Cabinet by the Leader of the Council as set out on the list of appointments and delegation of executive powers.

The council is asked to approve the Regulation 18 Consultation on the Draft Traveller Local Plan (TLP).

The council is asked to agree the 2024/25 to 2033/34 Capital programme budget amendments & updates to the 2023/24 and 2024/25 Flexible use of capital receipts.

The council is asked to approve the 2023/24 Treasury Outturn.

To agree the Scrutiny Annual Work Programmes for 2024/25.

To receive the Annual Report of the General Purposes Committee for 2023/24.

The list of questions and their written responses will be published prior to the meeting.

15.1  Motion in the name of Councillor Chris Joannides

This Council notes that loneliness and isolation are a public health issue that must be tackled at a local, as well as national level. It is estimated one in ten people of pensionable age living in the London borough of Enfield are likely to be classed as lonely or severely lonely.

This Council believes: 

1.     Loneliness increases the risk of people falling into depression and suicide. 

2.     Loneliness increases the risk of heart disease and puts people at greater risk of blood clots and heart attacks.

3.     Being chronically lonely is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. 

4.     Loneliness makes people more likely to drink more alcohol, eat more and exercise less. 

5.     Raising awareness of the health impact of loneliness is important because it affects older people's mortality and morbidity. 

6.     Councillors and the local authority as a whole can play a key leadership role in ensuring Enfield is an area in which people maintain and forge social connections. 

7.     Enfield Council's Health, Adult Social Services and Children's services scrutiny panels must play a central role in mapping local services and supporting local interventions to help reduce social isolation and loneliness. 

Enfield Council will work at three levels to address loneliness: 

One to one: 

1.     Improve information and advice on existing services and activities that reduce loneliness and isolation. Make sure this information is available both off and online. 

2.     Launch a local campaign to raise awareness of the health effects of loneliness and isolation amongst target risk groups. 

Neighbourhood: 

3.    Involve older people, including those experiencing or at risk of loneliness in mapping local services and co-producing solutions.? 

4.    Support the voluntary and community sector to build referral partnerships with frontline healthcare staff, fire services and social workers. 

Strategic: 

5.?To take active interest and role in ensuring the public health problem of social isolation in Enfield is recognised and assessed. 

6.?To regularly measure loneliness and mapping need through Joint Needs Assessment and lifestyle surveys. Use this to monitor impact of interventions. 

7.    To ensure addressing loneliness and isolation is part of any "ageing well "or "mental health" or other relevant priority in Health Scrutiny Panel. 

8.    To protect subsidies for public transport for over-60's and improve accessibility to public and community support. 

9.    To protect the borough's open spaces and Green Belt being encroached by development and allow the general public to enjoy the health benefits it brings. 

10.  Agree a plan, in conjunction with the Health Scrutiny, Adult Social Services and children services to take action to prevent and reduce loneliness.

15.2  Motion in the name of Councillor Maria Alexandrou

All blue badge holders to be exempt from all LTNs in Enfield.

When other boroughs are ensuring all blue badge holders are allowed to travel in and out of the implemented LTNs, it is only right that Enfield Council considers this policy.

In the name of equality and fairness, as blue badge holders are impacted  ...  view the full agenda text for item 15.

To confirm any changes to committee memberships.

Any changes received once the agenda has been published will be included in the Supplementary Agenda to be circulated at the meeting.

To confirm any changes to outside body memberships.

Any changes received once the agenda has been published will be included in the Supplementary Agenda to be circulated at the meeting.

To note that the date of the next Council meeting will be Wednesday 6 November 2024 at 7pm.