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Council meetings will be held in the Ceremony Room at Richmond House, Richmond Park, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough. Public and press are welcome to attend.
All Members of Gainsborough Town Council:
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Council which will be held on Tuesday 3 December 2024 commencing at 6:30pm in the meeting room, Richmond House, Richmond Park, Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, DN21 2RJ and your attendance at such meeting is hereby requested to transact the following business.
AGENDA
Open Forum Public Participation
(Members of the public are welcome to present any matter relevant to the wellbeing of Gainsborough Town and each president will receive the attention of the Council for a period not exceeding 3 minutes, with a maximum of 15 minutes in total. Please see the Council’s Public Participation at Meetings Policy and Standing Orders 3.6 – 3.9 for details.
Recording, including filming, audio recording, taking photographs, blogging, tweeting and the use of other social media websites is permitted at Council meetings which are open to the public. Anyone wishing to do so MUST adhere to the protocol laid out in the Council’s Filming and Recordings of Meetings Policy.
FC25/117 Apologies for Absence
To note apologies for absence.
FC25/118 Declarations of Interest
To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011.
FC25/119 Dispensation Requests
To consider any dispensation requests received by the Town Clerk in relation to personal and/or disclosable pecuniary interests, not previously recorded.
FC25/120 Items for Exclusion of Public and Press
To determine which items on the agenda, if any, require the exclusion of public and press under the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960 1 (2) and resolve to exclude public and press for these items.
FC25/121 Community Emergency Planning
To receive a presentation from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue regarding Community Emergency Planning.
FC25/122 Minutes of the Previous Meeting
To receive the minutes of the previous Council meeting and resolve to sign these as a true and accurate record.
Paper A Wednesday 20 November 2024 (pages 4 to 6)
FC25/123 Committee Meeting Minutes
To note receipt of the draft minutes of the Committee meetings and the decisions contained therein.
i. Property and Services Committee, Tuesday 12 November 2024 Paper B (pages 7 to 10)
ii. Personnel Committee, Wednesday 13 November 2024 Paper C (pages 11 to 13)
iii. Planning Committee, Tuesday 19 November 2024 Paper D (pages 14 to 19)
iv. Finance and Strategy Committee, Tuesday 26 November 2024 Paper E (pages 20 to 23)
FC25/124 Announcements
To receive and note updates from:
i. Chair of Council
ii. Leader of Council
iii. Representatives on Outside Bodies
iv. Town Clerk Paper F (pages 24 to 26)
FC25/125 Committee Vacancies
To consider making appointments to vacancies on committees.
i. Finance and Strategy Committee two substitute vacancies
ii. Personnel Committee two substitute vacancies
iii. Planning Committee one substitute vacancy
iv. Property and Services Committee one substitute vacancy
Paper G (pages 27 to 29)
FC25/126 Civility and Respect Pledge
To consider passing a resolution to sign up to the civility and respect pledge.
Paper H (pages 30 to 33)
FC25/127 Enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings consultation
To complete, or otherwise, consultation document.
Paper I (pages 34 to 39)
FC25/128 Correspondence
To note the correspondence previously circulated by email (for information only).
Paper J (pages 40 to 41)
FC25/129 Items for Notification
To receive any items for notification to be included on a future agenda (for information only)
FC25/130 Time and Date of Next Meeting
To note the date and time of the next Full Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 7 January 2025 at 6:30pm.
Rachel Allbones
Town Clerk
Richmond House
Gainsborough
Thursday, 28 November 2024
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You can telephone the Town Council during office hours at: 01427 811573. Alternatively, you can email us at: townclerk@gainsborough-tc.gov.uk