Halstead Town Council – Events Committee
Meeting Agenda
Time: 09:00
Day: 2 July 2026
Venue: Queens Hall, Chipping Hill, Halstead, CO9 2BY.
Tel: 01787 476480
Members of the public are invited to submit written questions or statements, which will be read out during the meeting. All written questions or statements should be concise and should be able to be read within 3 minutes allotted for each question/statement.
Membership:
Councillor Janet Atkinson
Councillor Jim Bond
Councillor Malcolm Fincken
Councillor Linda Hilton
Councillor Gemma MacAndrews
Councillor Jackie Pell
The Clerk and the Administrator will also be in attendance, as they organise the events. They are not members of the committee, and they do not have a vote.
Members of the committee are summonsed to attend the above Meeting to transact the following business:-
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interests
To declare any ‘personal’ or ‘personal and prejudicial’ interests relating to items on the agenda having regard to paragraphs 7 to 11 inclusive of Part 2 of the Code of Conduct for Members and having taken appropriate advice (where necessary) before the meeting. (form attached (.pdf))
3. Public Question Time
A maximum period of 15 minutes to allow written questions and statements to be read out and for statements from Councillors with ‘pecuniary, non-pecuniary or other pecuniary’ interests under the code of conduct for Members to make statements.
4. To reconsider the procession on 9 December – report attached (.pdf)
5. To consider traffic management quotations – report attached (.pdf)
6. To consider the outings – report attached (.pdf)
7. To reconsider arrangements for the Christmas Fair 2026 – report attached (.pdf)
8. To consider opening the public gardens for 2 evenings in December with food trucks and music while the Christmas lights are on. The Mayor has suggested 5 and 19 December.
9. Management of the events – report attached (.pdf)
Sarah Greatorex
Town Clerk
25 June 2026