Meeting documents
SWT Full Council
Tuesday, 16th November, 2021 6.15 pm
PDF 262 KBVenue: The John Meikle Room - The Deane House. View directions
Contact: Clare Rendell Email: c.rendell@somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk
Webcast: View the webcast
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Apologies
To receive any apologies for absence. Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors B Allen, M Blaker, S Buller, N Cavill, H Davies, A Govier, R Habgood, A Hadley, R Henley, J Hunt, S Lees, L Lisgo, J Lloyd, D Mansell, A Milne, C Palmer, M Peters, S Pugsley, A Pritchard, A Sully, N Thwaites, A Trollope-Bellew, B Weston, K Wheatley and G Wren. |
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Declarations of Interest
To receive and note any declarations of disclosable pecuniary or prejudicial or personal interests in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting.
(The personal interests of Councillors and Clerks of Somerset County Council, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes.) Additional documents: Minutes: Members present at the meeting declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Councillor or Clerk of a County, Town or Parish Council or any other Local Authority:-
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Public Participation - To receive only in relation to the business for which the Extraordinary Meeting has been called any questions, statements or petitions from the public in accordance with Council Procedure Rules 14,15 and 16
The Chair to advise the Committee of any items on which members of the public have requested to speak and advise those members of the public present of the details of the Council’s public participation scheme.
For those members of the public who have submitted any questions or statements, please note, a three minute time limit applies to each speaker and you will be asked to speak before Councillors debate the issue.
Temporary measures during the Coronavirus Pandemic Due to the temporary legislation (within the Coronavirus Act 2020, which allowed for use of virtual meetings) coming to an end on 6 May 2021, the council’s committee meetings will now take place in the office buildings within the John Meikle Meeting Room at the Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton. Unfortunately due to capacity requirements, the Chamber at West Somerset House is not able to be used at this current moment.
Following the Government guidance on measures to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19), the council meeting rooms will have very limited capacity. With this in mind, we will only be allowing those members of the public who have registered to speak to attend the meetings in person in the office buildings, if they wish (we will still be offering to those members of the public that are not comfortable in attending, for their statements to be read out by a Governance and Democracy Case Manager). Please can we urge all members of the public who are only interested in listening to the debate to view our live webcasts from the safety of their own home to help prevent the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). Additional documents: Minutes: No members of the public had requested to speak on any item on the agenda. |
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To receive any communications or announcements from the Chair of the Council
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair of the Council made the following announcements:- · She advised councillors that item 8 on the agenda had been withdrawn. · Councillors were reminded that there was a member briefing starting straight after the meeting. · She thanked everyone for their participation in all the Remembrance Day events that took place across the District. · Councillors were advised of a couple of events taking place over the next couple of weeks, which included Winterfest on Sunday 21 November 2021 and Carols in Vivary Park on Monday 13 December 2021. |
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To receive any communications or announcements from the Leader of the Council
Additional documents: Minutes: The Leader of the Council had no announcements to give. |
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To receive only in relation to the business for which the Extraordinary Meeting has been called any questions from Councillors in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13
Additional documents: Minutes: No questions were received in regards to Procedure Rule 13. |
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Appointment of the Head of Paid Service and Chief Executive
This matter is the responsibility of Full Council. Additional documents: Minutes: Resolved that Full Council:- 2.1Confirmed the appointment of Andrew Pritchard as, Chief Executive (including Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer) and Head of Paid Service for Somerset West and Taunton Council with effect from 17th November 2021 2.2Recommended a spot salary for the post of £118,000 and Returning Officer Fees to be effective from 17th November 2021. |