Announcements
To receive announcements and business brought forward by the Mayor, Leader, and Members of the Cabinet or the Chief Executive.
4.1 By the Mayor:
4.2 By the Chief Executive:
4.3 By the Group Leaders: Any apologies for absence
4.4 Council Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
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Cllr Williams |
Leader of the Council |
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Cllr Banks Cllr Williams |
Community and Regulatory Services Corporate and Contracted Services |
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Cllr G Sutton Cllr Elliot Cllr Mrs Griffiths Cllr Anderson |
Planning & Infrastructure Finance & Resources Housing Environmental Services |
Decision:
4.1 By the
Mayor:
“In the lead up to Christmas I attended a number of carol services. On Christmas Day morning I attended two elderly persons care homes, Fire Stations and the Salvation Army.
Last week we had an excellent quiz night. Thank you to everyone that attended to support Sunnyside Rural Trust.
On Monday 27th January at 6pm in the market place there is a Holocaust Memorial to remember all those who have been affected by genocide. Everyone is welcome.
Tring Park presents KIPPS, the new half a sixpence musical in February. It is an exceptional performance and tickets are selling fast.
Finally, the civic dinner will be held on 27 March at Pendley Manor. Please support if you can.”
4.2 By the Chief
Executive:
None.
4.3 By the Group
Leaders:
Councillor Williams confirmed that
apologies had been received from Councillors Bhinder, Imarni,
Oguchi, and Independent Member Councillor
Maddern.
Councillor Tindall confirmed that apologies had been received from Councillor Bowden.
4.4 Council Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
(Full details are in the minutes under Announcements of the Leader and Cabinet).
Minutes:
4.1 By the
Mayor:
“In the lead up to Christmas I attended a number of carol services. On Christmas Day morning I attended two elderly persons care homes, Fire Stations and the Salvation Army.
Last week we had an excellent quiz night. Thank you to everyone that attended to support Sunnyside Rural Trust.
On Monday 27th January at 6pm in the market place there is a Holocaust Memorial to remember all those who have been affected by genocide. Everyone is welcome.
Tring Park presents KIPPS, the new half a sixpence musical in February. It is an exceptional performance and tickets are selling fast.
Finally, the civic dinner will be held on 27 March at Pendley Manor. Please support if you can.”
4.2 By the Chief
Executive:
None.
4.3 By the Group
Leaders:
Councillor Williams confirmed that
apologies had been received from Councillors Bhinder, Imarni,
Oguchi, and Independent Member Councillor
Maddern.
Councillor Tindall confirmed that apologies had been received from Councillor Bowden.
4.4 Council Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
Councillor Williams, Leader of the Council
Councillor Williams had nothing to report but welcomed questions.
Questions:
Councillor Tindall said he understood that South West Herts group of local authorities had made some decisions on the Governments housing targets and were making representations to the Secretary of State. He asked for an update if this rumour is true. Councillor Williams believed it was a rumour as he hadn’t heard that South West Herts had come to a conclusion. He felt Dacorum’s position had always been very clear and we would know more information after the joint meeting on 12 February.
Councillor Stevens said the saga of the multi storey car park in Berkhamsted continues and he read out an email from a resident who was also a member of the parking forum concerning the lack of lighting. He asked for the Leader to investigate the issue. Councillor Williams said he carried out a visit to the site last Wednesday evening at approximately 7pm and confirmed it was dark but there was no electricity to the car park to provide lighting. He agreed he would carry out enquiries and come back to him as soon as possible on the matter.
There were no further questions.
Councillor Banks, Portfolio Holder for Community and Regulatory Services
The Portfolio Holder presented her update as follows:
Environmental Community Protection- Operations
As we are all aware fly tipping is a problem for many of our communities. The good news is that the waste enforcement team have purchased 10 new cameras to help fight fly tipping across the borough. These cameras will be used covertly.
These cameras should provide better evidence to aid future prosecutions. In the last month 10 fixed penalty notices have been issued and 5 PACE interviews have been undertaken for littering and fly tipping offences.
Air Quality Management
There is some early indication of improving air quality across our three monitored areas - Northchurch, London Road and Lawn Lane.
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