Councillor Rudi Schmidt

Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 12th September, 2024 7.00 pm

The Children and Young People Select Committee was scheduled to discuss several reports, including a preliminary response to a task and finish group that had reviewed youth services in the borough, the emotional wellbeing and mental health of the borough's young people and the committee's own work programme.

Sustainable Development Select Committee - Tuesday, 10th September, 2024 7.00 pm

The committee discussed progress with the Air Quality Action Plan 2022-2027, the Lewisham Town Centre Improvements Programme and the committee's future work programme. The committee made several recommendations relating to these issues, including that officers discuss with private businesses raising awareness of car idling, that the accessibility of air quality data on the council website should be improved, that discussions be held with Transport for London (TfL) to consider if bus movements can be altered to support sustainable transport in the town centre, and that the committee receive further information about a licensing review.

Appointments Committee - Monday, 9th September, 2024 9.30 am

The Appointments Committee met to appoint a new Director of Housing, Quality and Investment. They appointed Chris Brown, and agreed to delegate authority to the Director of People and Organisational Development to offer the role to other candidates in the event that Chris Brown withdraws. The committee also confirmed the minutes of its previous meeting on 11 July 2024.

Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee - Thursday, 5th September, 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting was about the Council's responsibilities towards its diverse community, and how it plans to meet them in the future. The meeting included the presentation of a draft plan to transition the management of community assets to organisations in the Voluntary and Community Sector, a report on the Council's performance against its current Single Equality Framework, and discussion of the draft Single Equality Framework for 2024-2028.

Housing Select Committee - Wednesday, 4th September, 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting included reports on the annual review of the Brockley PFI, an update on the Building for Lewisham development programme, and the Council's compliance with the Housing Ombudsman's Complaint Handling Code. The Council also presented their annual statutory reports to the Housing Ombudsman for scrutiny by the Committee.