Halstead Town Council – Events Committee
Meeting Agenda
Time: 14:00
Day: 8 June 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.
To nominate Chair, and Vice Chair, and draft terms of reference for the committee – report attached (.pdf)
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 10 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 consider the report made after the Safety Advisory Group meeting 30 April 2026 report attached (.pdf), and recent minutes from BDC – attached (.pdf)
5. To consider traffic management quotations – report attached (.pdf)
6. To consider aspects of HTC outings – report (.pdf) and risk assessment attached (.pdf)
7. To consider another band in the park 2026 – report attached (.pdf)
8. To consider the possibility of rides in the public gardens at the lights switch-on – report attached (.pdf)
9. To consider arrangements for the Christmas Fair 2026 – report attached (.pdf)
10. To consider opening the public gardens for 2 evenings in December with food trucks and music while the Christmas lights are on
11. To consider food and ice cream vans for all events
12. To consider Mayoral events 26/27
13. To consider other events for the 26/27 year
14. To consider the possibility of putting on buses from Halstead to Clacton for families over the summer – report attached (.pdf)
15. To consider a skatepark event – report attached (.pdf)
Sarah Greatorex
Town Clerk
2 June 2026