Issue - meetings

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

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 Bhinder, Griffiths, Guest, Imarni and S Hearn.

4.    By the  Leader and Members of the Cabinet:

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

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 Bhinder, Griffiths, Guest, Imarni and S Hearn.

4.    By the  Leader and Members of the Cabinet:

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

Councillor Williams advised that the demolition of the Civic Centre was due to commence the week commencing 20 November.

Councillor Fethney arrived at 7.32 pm.

Questions

Councillor Tindall expressed his concern on the new Arriva mini-buses. He said they were tiny and inadequate and he asked the Leader if he would consider writing to Arriva and Hertfordshire County Council to pass on the complaints he had received. Councillor Williams said he was happy to write to Arriva and Hertfordshire County Council as he understood the concerns but expected limited success. He said he understood that the smaller vehicles would be used outside of peak hours and were much more efficient.

There were no further questions for the Leader.

Councillor Mahmood arrived at 7.34 pm.

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

• Thank you to the Mayor for officiating at this year’s Clean Safe & Green Community Champion Awards.  Individuals and residents’ groups are given awards for working selflessly to keep their neighbourhoods clean, safe and green.  Winners of the award were David Drew of Nash Mills and the Friends of Halsey Field.  Halsey Field is a wildlife site that has been developed by the Friends over the last few years on part of the site of Halsey School in Gadebridge.  Supporters of the Friends include the Chiltern Society, Hertfordshire Conservation Volunteers and the Osborne Property Group.  Well worth a visit, well worth joining in activities.  David Shaw is the Parish Warden for Nash Mills and, goes far beyond normal Warden duties, regularly working to improve the area in his spare time. 

• Environmental Health are developing a festive education programme to advise the public and food businesses about the risks of Christmas related food poisoning. This is intended to go out to the community through the Dacorum digital newsletter and with officers during food premises inspections.

• In October, the Dog Warden served three Community Protection warning letters to residents of a house in Tring, instructing them to clear up dog fouling outside the boundary of their property and prohibiting their dogs from straying, as it is causing fear and distress to local residents.  The results todate are promising but, should the issue not be resolved, then the next steps could be to issue Community Protection Notices – and should those Notices not be complied with, then prosecution in the Magistrates Court is an option.

• Communications followed Sarah Lewis around for a day to cover some of the jobs she does – this was fed in to Twitter and other Social Media as a “Day in the Life of the Dog Warden”  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14