Leisure Services Agenda 02-12-2019
The Memorial Hall, High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 8JP
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Leisure services committee to be held at Memorial Hall, High Street, Newmarket on Monday 2nd December 2019 at 7.15pm
Membership as from May 2019
Councillor De’Ath – Chairman
Councillor Borda
Councillor Drummond,
Councillor Hirst
Councillor Hood,
Councillor Hulbert,
Councillor Jeffreys
Councillor Lay
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.
Chair to read fire safety notice and announce that proceedings may be filmed or recorded
2. Apologies To receive and accept apologies for absence
3. Register of interest– 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. Minutes of previous meeting– To receive and confirm for accuracy the Minutes of the Meeting held on 4th November 2019 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 relating to the Town to be brought to their attention.
6. Finance – To review the Income and Expenditure and to consider budget priorities
7. Bookings, events staffing and requirements – To timetable fee reviews
8. Memorial gardens –
a. Play Safety Report – To receive the Play Safety Report update
b. Masterplan Steering Group Meeting – To receive minutes and action plan
c. cctv – To receive an update
9. A taste of Christmas – Receive update
10. Memorial hall roof – To consider the quotations for repairs to the roof (3rd quote & comparison table to be tabled at the meeting)
11. Cricket pitch – To discuss
12. Purple Tuesday – debrief
13. Music and art festival report
14. Carnival 2020 – To receive an update
15. Correspondence
a. Proposed new Vivo classes
b. Battle of the bands
c. Re-enactment event – to receive presentation
16. Items for next Agenda:
17. Date of next meeting : Monday 6th January 2019
Signed by the Acting Town Council Manager 26th November 2019
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