Meeting Agenda:
Full Council
| Meeting Date: | Monday 18 Jan 2021 |
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| Time: | 19:30 |
| Councillors | Jon Aldridge, Angela Baker Vice-Chairwoman, Alan Damodaran, Vic Jennings, Alan Layland, Nick Lloyd, Margot McArthur, Stuart McGregor, Angela Read, Peter Smith, Stephen Sumner, Steve Taylor, Bob Todd Chairman. |
| Committee: | Full Council |
| Venue: | Rickards Hall. 72a High Street Edenbridge, TN8 5AR Kent |
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Agenda
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Dual hatted members of the District Council wish to state that although they would be considering planning applications at this meeting they would be reconsidering them at the district level, taking into account all relevant evidence and representations there.
Members of the public, and members with prejudicial interests on items on the Agenda, may make representations, answer, ask questions and give evidence at this meeting in respect of items on the Agenda. (This is the only opportunity for members of the public to make a contribution during the meeting.)
Both public and members are limited to three minutes per person to speak and the total time designated for public questions shall not exceed fifteen minutes unless directed by the Chairman of the meeting.
Following the Government’s announcement in December to put Kent in to Tier 4 restrictions as a consequence of the new coronavirus variant, Councillors and the Town Clerk met to discuss its the impact on the community and the Council’s working practices. It was agreed to continue with home working for the office staff and with minimal office working, but that someone would work from the office on most days on a rota basis. The groundstaff would maintain only necessary services such as waste management. It was also agreed that the sale of waste bags from the office was not essential shopping and to also protect staff it would temporarily suspend the sale of these bags to the public. Since the further announcement of Lockdown from 6 January, the Council office staff and groundstaff continue to maintain all services as best it possibly can whilst keeping to safe Covid-19 work environment.
On 11 December, a volunteer lead meeting run by SDC was attended by Cllr Baker, the Town Clerk and the Planning and Administration Assistant. The community response and support was discussed and it was agreed that Edenbridge support requests would continue to be emailed to the Council office and Cllr Baker. Cllr Baker said she would liaise with volunteer helpers. To date there has been 8 requests via SDC and 3 via the Council Office. Prior to Christmas a number of meetings and discussions took place with neighbouring authorities and the Police to ensure the smooth movement of a funeral procession which took place on 29 December; there were no notable issues.