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 Harden Residents & Corporate Services
Councillor G Sutton Planning and Regeneration
Councillor Marshall Environmental, Sustainability and Regulatory Services
Councillor Elliot Finance & Resources
Councillor Mrs Griffiths Housing
Decision:
1. By the Mayor:
The Mayor welcomed Councillor Barrett
2. By the Chief Executive:
The Chief Executive welcomed Councillor Barrett and introduced him to Members.
3. By the Group Leaders:
Councillor Griffiths gave apologises on behalf of Councillor Armytage, Matthews, Williams, W Wyatt-Lowe, Bhinder, Elliot, Bateman, Madden and Timmis.
Councillor Tindall gave apologies on behalf of Councillor Ransley.
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 and Chief Executive:
Mayor and the Chief Executive welcomed Councillor Barrett and introduced him to Members.
2. By the Group Leaders:
Councillor Griffiths gave apologies on behalf of Councillor Armytage, Matthews, Williams, W Wyatt-Lowe, Bhinder, Elliot, Bateman, Madden and Timmis.
Councillor Griffiths had nothing to report but was happy to take questions.
Councillor Tindall gave an apology on behalf of Councillor Ransley and asked for an update on Councillor Williams.
Councillor Griffiths confirmed that he is recuperating well and is hoping to be back in September.
3. By the Leader and Members of the Cabinet:
Councillor Williams, Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Community Leadership.
There were no announcements from the
leader.
Councillor Harden, Portfolio Holder for Residents and Corporate Services
Resident Services
The Cycle Hub at Cupid Green Playing Fields will be hosting an Osbourne’s thank you event on 25th August for partners who gave their time and resources to get the works to cycle hub complete. All Councillors will receive a formal invitation.
The ASB Team has been successful in obtaining injunctions against rough sleepers who have been aggressively begging in the town centre – one person has breached the injunction and was arrested and dealt with by the court.
People & Performance
Armed Forces Day
2,000 people visited Gadebridge park on 1 July for our first Armed Forces Day celebrations where the Royal signals motorbike team the White Helmets wowed the crowds with their dramatic displays. Visitors also enjoyed activities like, safety demonstrations from the fire service, RAF Halton pipes and drum bands, fairground rides and many stalls. MP Mike Penning also presented certificates to the winning children of our military themed poetry competition.
Tring Swimming Pool Refurbishment
Kier Group (building specialists) have been commissioned to undertake detailed design work and building preparation for the £1 million refurbishment of Tring Swimming Pool. This is likely to take 2 – 3 months with work beginning shortly after.
Leisure Management Procurement
The planning for the leisure management procurement is progressing well. Consultation has been held with a number of local clubs, sports representatives, Sport England and the Herts Sport Partnership as well as all Councillors. The procurement process will begin at the end of July.
CSU
The transfer of the Customer Services Unit back into the Council is progressing well and the service is due to begin in-house from the 1st August.
ICT & Digital Transformation
Civic Centre Decommissioning
ICT decommissioning of Civic Centre complete, save for some networking equipment enabling door security.
Resident’s Portal
Resident portal development is progressing well, with initial emphasis on waste services. This will be launched in Autumn 2017.
Councillor Harden was happy to take questions.
Councillor England asked if the portfolio holder agreed with him that Hemel’s Vitality index, reported in the Gazette last week of the 5th July, being 391 in the country compares unfavourably with Hemel’s position at approximately 100 in order of town population size and what would be our target for next year. ... view the full minutes text for item 11