Town Council Meeting Agenda
Time: 19:15
Day: Monday 12 August 2024
Venue: Queens Hall, Chipping Hill, Halstead, CO9 2BY.
Tel: 01787 476480
Those wishing to ask a question or make a statement should be able to read their statement/question within 3 minutes. Questions may also be submitted to townclerk@halsteadtowncouncil.org.uk by 12:00 on 12 August 2024.
Members of the Council are requested to attend the above Meeting to transact the following business:
Membership:
Councillor Andy Munday- Chairman
Councillor James Bond – Vice Chairman
Councillor Janet Atkinson
Councillor Malcolm Fincken
Councillor Linda Hilton
Councillor Gemma MacAndrews
Councillor Grahame McCoyd
Councillor Paul Nunn
Councillor Jackie Pell
Councillor Felix Preston
Councillor Linda Smith
Councillor Garry Warren
1. Apologies for Absence and approval of apologies
2. Declarations of Interests.
To declare any “pecuniary, non-pecuniary or other pecuniary’’ interests relating to items on the agenda having regard to the Code of Conduct for Members and having taken appropriate advice (where necessary) before the meeting
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.
a) Wendy Pickess of Halstead Library will talk about her plans for the community
b) ECC Cllr Chris Siddall will give his report
4. Minutes
To approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 15 July 2024.
5. Planning Applications. Lead member for Planning – Cllr Pell, Deputy lead – Cllr Nunn
All members of the council discuss planning applications.
24/01236/FUL 7 The Centre, Halstead, Essex – Change to shop front to new Aluminum frame and doors with one door and 3 Bi-Fold doors.
24/01629/FUL – Halstead Service Station , Trinity Street, Halstead – Demolition of showroom building. Installation of new jet wash bays and customer parking area.
6. Mayor’s appointments and announcements – report to follow
7. Finance – Lead Member for Finance Cllr Atkinson, Deputy Lead Cllr Munday
All members of the Council are members of the Finance section
a) Income and expenditure for July 2024 – Income & Expenditure Report attached here
b) To approve the List of payments – List of Payments report attached here and List of additional Payments report attached here
c) To consider a repair to the Hedingham Road carpark – Car Park report attached here
d) To consider a repair to the locking system on the public toilets – Locking System report attached here
e) To consider replacing the floodlights on the roof at St Andrews church with LED lights – Floodlights report attached here
f) To consider repainting the internal walls of Queens Hall – Queens Hall Painting report attached here
8. To receive reports from District Councillors – verbal/written reports
9. To receive reports from Champions’ – verbal/written reports
a) Doctors Surgery – Cllrs. Bond and McCoyd
b) Schools – Cllrs. Bond and Preston
c) Police – Cllrs. Warren and Atkinson
d) Open spaces – Cllrs. Atkinson and Fincken
e) Tourism – Cllrs. Smith and Pell
10. To consider requesting that the Stansted Airport Bus stops in Halstead – Airport Bus report attached here
11. To consider re-registering HTC for the Local Council Gold award – Register for Local Council Gold report attached here
12. Items for future Agendas
13. Exclusion of Public and Press.
To give consideration to adopting the following resolution: – “That in view of the confidential nature of the business about to be transacted and pursuant to the provisions of section 1(2)-of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, as amended, the public and the press be temporarily excluded from the meeting”.
Private session
14. To receive an update on meeting held
S Greatorex
Town Clerk 5 August 2024