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:
Councillor Williams Leader of the Council
Councillor Williams Corporate and Contracted Services
Councillor Griffiths Housing
Councillor Anderson Environmental Services
Councillor Banks Community and Regulatory Services
Councillor G Sutton Planning and Infrastructure
Councillor Elliot Finance and Resources
Decision:
4.1 By the
Mayor:
The Mayor announced the sad passing of former Dacorum Councillor John Bowden. One minutes silence was held in remembrance.
4.2 By the Chief
Executive:
None.
4.3 By the Group
Leaders:
Councillor Williams confirmed that apologies had been received from
Councillors Elliot and Johnson
Councillor Tindall confirmed that apologies had been received from Councillor Stevens
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:
The Mayor announced the sad passing of Dacorum Councillor John Bowden, Councillor for Tring Central.
Councillor Tindall expressed his sadness of Johns passing. He said he fought so hard after the Election to battle his illness and he did start to recover and perform his duties but sadly had a remission and quickly subsided. He sent wishes to John’s wife, Karen. He said John was very active in the community in different roles and worked willingly for the good of the town and the community association. He was firstly involved with the running of the community centre itself and had contributed to a number of improvements being made. He was elected as a Borough Councillor in May last year but unfortunately his career with us was cut short. We all have huge respect for him and his courage, and we wish his wife well.
Councillor Williams passed on his commiserations to John’s family and colleagues on behalf of the Conservative group. He said it was unfortunate that John’s time as a Councillor had been short and very difficult.
One minutes silence was held in remembrance of John Bowden.
The Mayor advised of the Heroes of Hertfordshire Awards for those that had contributed massively to the community during the pandemic. He was pleased that on Friday this week he will be presenting the certificates to Cedars Shop in Potten End, Sarah Gall and Wendy Molloy who are first responders in Little Gaddesden, Little Gaddesden Village Shop, Nisa shop in Markyate and Judith McMullen in Markyate. He said he was very pleased to be able to do this and hoped that any others that had contributed had been recognised in the appropriate way.
4.2 By
the Chief Executive:
None.
4.3 By the Group
Leaders:
Councillor Williams confirmed that apologies had been received from Councillors Elliot and Johnson.
Councillor Tindall confirmed that apologies had been received from Councillor Stevens.
The Mayor passed on the council’s wishes for a speedy recovery to Councillor Stevens.
4.4 Council Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
Councillor Williams, Leader of the Council
The Leader presented his update as follows:
Councillor Williams recognised the tremendous work carried out by the staff of DBC over the last few months and could cite examples across the council where staff have gone above and beyond to support the community of Dacorum during the Covid-19 pandemic. He passed his thanks to the staff for the work they have done and what they will continue to do in the future as the consequences of the pandemic are felt.
Members were given a presentation last night on the new working arrangements in The Forum which will be different to what the council is used to. He extended his thanks to the organisation for continuing to adapt to the new environment and to provide services to residents.
It was the intention of the Chief Executive to retire at the end of July having given notice in the New Year. The ... view the full minutes text for item 4