Town Council Meeting Agenda 14 April 2025

Town Council Meeting Agenda

Time: 19:15
Day: 14 April 2025
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 14 April 2025

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

Public Session

1.  Apologies for Absence and approval of apologies

Chairman’s statement

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. Form attached (.pdf)

3.  Public Question Time
Public Questions and Statements.
a) A maximum period of 15 minutes to allow written questions or 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.
b) Report from Essex County Councillor Chris Siddall

4. Minutes
To approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 10 March 2025.

5. Planning – Lead member Cllr. J Pell
The following Planning Applications, which were received and circulated electronically, are to be considered at the Council meeting.

a) To receive the income and expenditure report for the month of March and end of year outlook – Income and expenditure report (.pdf), Income and Expenditure (.pdf)  Earmarked Reserves Movements (.pdf) Balance Sheet (.pdf)
b) To approve the List of Payments to be made in April – List of Payments to be approved (.pdf)
c) To approve the Reconciliation of bank and petty cash accounts to 31/03/2025 – report attached (.pdf)
d) To reconsider an upgrade to the public toilets – report attached (.pdf)

8. To receive reports from District Councillors – verbal/written reports

9. To receive reports from Champions’ – verbal/written reports
Surgery
Education
Police
Open Spaces
Tourism

10. To give an update on Community Arts Centre project – report attached (.pdf)

11. To consider a Dignity at work policy – report attached (.pdf)

12 To approve Christmas Office hours 2025 – report attached (.pdf)

13. To consider parking at Mount Pleasant – report attached (.pdf)

14. To consider BDC’s Cost of living Funding project – report attached (.pdf)

15. 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

16. Property matter

S Greatorex
Town Clerk
8 April 2024