Issue - meetings

Announcements

 

 

Meeting: 18/01/2017 - Council (Item 4)

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 Marshall                 Environmental, Sustainability and Regulatory Services

Councillor Elliot                       Finance & Resources

Councillor Mrs Griffiths            Housing

Councillor Harden                   Residents & Corporate Services

Councillor G Sutton                 Planning and Regeneration

 

 

Decision:

1.         By the Mayor:

 

There were no announcements from the Mayor

 

2.         By the Chief Executive:

 

There were no announcements from the Chief Executive

 

3.         By the Group Leaders:

 

Councillor Williams gave apologies on behalf of Councillors Anderson, Ashbourn, Birnie, Bhinder, Chapman, Fantham, Fethney, Hicks, Ritchie

 

4.         By the  Leader and Members of the Cabinet:

 

(Full details are in the minutes under Announcements of the Leader and Cabinet).

Minutes:

1.         By the Mayor:

 

There were no announcements from the Mayor

 

2.         By the Chief Executive:

 

There were no announcements from the Chief Executive

 

3.         By the Group Leaders:

 

Councillor Williams gave apologies on behalf of Councillors Anderson, Ashbourn, Birnie, Bhinder, Chapman, Fantham, Fethney, Hicks, Ritchie

 

4.         By the  Leader and Members of the Cabinet:

 

Councillor Williams, Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Community Leadership

The leader had no announcements. 

Questions and Answers

 

Councillor Adeleke said a former opposition leader once had a bet with Councillor Williams that during their lifetime, there would be no development in Hemel Hempstead. They were wrong. With regards to the Forum, unlike the Prime Minister, the Chief Executive has gone for a ‘soft Brexit’ and the transition has been smooth. I would like to put it on record my thanks to officers for their hard work. Councillor Williams said he was really pleased with the move and that we had managed to stay within budget and be having our first Full Council meeting on 18 January within target. He said there was one person he had never had the opportunity to thank and that was the former Chief Executive of Dacorum, Danny Zammit, for supporting and encouraging him to continue when the project in 2007/08 fell apart.

 

Councillor Marshall, Portfolio Holder for Environmental, Sustainability and Regulatory Services

 

  • With Clean Safe & Green, the Berkhamsted Rotary Club planted bulbs in Canal Fields for Polio Awareness

 

  • Having completed the winter bulb planting, Clean Safe & Green teams have been concentrating on leaf clearance and cutting back hedges

 

  • With Saturday working, the refuse collection service caught up from the Christmas/New Year break by the second week in January throughout Borough

 

  • The Christmas Tree recycling event on the 8 January received over 3,000 trees (15 tonnes) at 3 sites: Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring.  It was the busiest year yet.  Three Scout groups did sterling work - 1st Berkhamsted, 1st Potten End and 1st Tring Scouts – they collected, for a donation, trees from over 1,000 homes to take to chipping points – good for raising money for the Scouts and good for the environment

 

  • The November Love Food Hate Waste Challenge, which is part of the national campaign to encourage less food waste and save money, resulted in 24 families completing the challenge of keeping a food waste diary to identify how much food is wasted.  Participants get free kitchen goodies & daily tips for saving food. 

 

The Portfolio Holder invited questions.

 

Questions and Answers

 

Councillor C Wyatt-Lowe asked the Portfolio Holder if she had made a New Year’s Resolution to reassure Ward Councillor’s that they would be informed when any occasions or events take place in their Ward. Councillor Marshall said she didn’t make New Year’s Resolutions but she took the comments on board. She said she agreed that Ward Councillors should be made aware of events within their Wards and repeatedly raised the issue.

Councillor Elliot, Portfolio Holder for Finance and Resources 

Finance  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4