Community Services Agenda 12-11-2018

The Memorial Hall, High Street, Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8JP

You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the community services committee to be held at The Memorial Hall, High Street, Newmarket, CB8 8JP on Monday 12th November 2018 at 6pm

Membership from May 2018
Councillor P Winter – Chairman
Councillor A Starkey – Vice Chairman
Councillor M Anderson
Councillor A Appleby
Councillor J Clarke
Councillor W Hirst
Councillor Hulbert
Councillor M Jefferys
Councillor J Morrey
Councillor R Nobbs
Councillor C O’Neill
Councillor J Wadham
Councillor D Wright
Town Mayor Councillor R Hood
Deputy Town Mayor Councillor J Lay
‘ex officio’ Cllr Drummond

The meeting is held in public and the public are encouraged to attend and participate. Just occasionally matters such as contractual or staffing matters do have to be held in the confidential part of the meeting.
Members of the public and press may not orally report or comment about a meeting as it takes place if present at a meeting of the Council, but otherwise may:
a. film, photograph or make an audio recording of the meeting;
b. use any other means for enabling persons not present to see or hear proceedings at a meeting as it takes place or later;
c. report or comment on the proceedings in writing, during or after a meeting or orally after the meeting.

The Council will where possible facilitate such recording unless it is being disruptive. It will also take steps to ensure that children, the vulnerable and members of the public who object to being filmed are protected without undermining the broader purpose of the meeting.

1. Chair to read fire safety notice and announce that proceedings may be filmed or recorded.
2. Apologies for absence.
3. Declaration of Members’ Interests & to remind Councillors of the need to keep up to date their Register of Members’ Interests and to consider any requests received for Members Dispensation.
4. To receive and confirm for accuracy the Minutes of the Meeting held on 8th October 2018 and any matters arising.
5. Public participation  – An invitation to members of the public to put questions/statements of not more than 3 minutes duration. Resolutions can only be made on items on the agenda, but Councillors are very happy for matters to be brought to their attention.
6. Accounts– To receive the accounts
7. Cheveley road allotments  – To discuss repairs to the boundary wall at Willow Crescent
8. Christmas lights – To receive an update
9. Remembrance Sunday  – To receive a report
10. Bird cage walk  – Yellow Lines
11. Blooming marvellous  – Planting and Hanging Baskets scheme for 2019
12. Sakura Cherry Tree Project 2021
13. Correspondence: –
14. Date of next meeting – TBC December 2019
15. To note items for next Agenda

Signed Roberta Bennett, Town Council Manager, 7th November 2018

To: Chairman and Members of Community Services Committee, Other Council Members, The Press