Extra Ordinary Full Council meeting

Extra Ordinary Full Council Meeting

You are hereby summoned to the Extra Ordinary Full Council Meeting to be held in the Lower Hall, Leigh Community Centre, 71-73 Elm Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1SP on Tuesday 19^th November 2024 at 4.00pm.

B Arscott

Cllr B Arscott

Chair of the Council

14^th November 2024

Chair: Councillor B Arscott

Vice Chair: Vacant

Councillor Membership: R Arscott, P Barber, Dr D Bowry, C Watt, J Garston, P Gilson,

A Hart, C Lambert, J Lloyd, C Mulroney, O Richards, J Suttling, P Wesham and

C Willoughby.

The press and the public are cordially invited to join the meeting.

AGENDA

1. Apologies for Absence

To receive and approve apologies for absence.

2. Declarations of Members’ Interests

Declaration of any disclosable pecuniary interests, other registerable and non-registerable interests relating to items on the Agenda in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

Members must not participate in any discussion on the matter in which they have declared a disclosable pecuniary interest or other registerable interest or participate in any vote, or further vote, taken on the matter at the meeting and must withdraw from the room unless the Member has received a dispensation in relation to the matter.

3. Public Participation

In accordance with Standing Order 3.e. to allow up to 15 minutes for members of the public to make representations, ask questions and give evidence in respect of any item on the agenda. In accordance with Standing Order 3.f. no one person shall speak for longer than 3 minutes. At the close of this item members of the public will no longer be permitted to address the Council.

4. Appointment of Vice Chair of the Council

To receive nominations and elect a Vice Chair of the Council.

5. Committee Vacancies and Election of Chair of Staffing

To receive requests from and appoint Councillors to the following committees to fill the vacancies:

Community and Culture Committee, Finance and Governance Committee and Planning, Environment and Licensing Committee.

To receive nominations and elect a Chair for the Staffing Committee.

6. AGAR

To receive an update on the situation in regard to the AGAR.

7. Southend City Council’s Governance Consultation on Wards.

To discuss the consultation and agree any comments the Council wishes to submit.

8. EDGE Software

To receive and agree the contract for EDGE the Financial Software for the Council.

9. Castle Point Borough Council Local Plan

To discuss the Town Council’s next steps in regard to the local plan in light of the response from Castle Point and the request from the ‘Leigh On Sea - Hadleigh Farm - Save the Green Belt’ group re contacting Southend City Council, Essex County Council and the local MP’s as well as handing in their petition to Castle Point Borough Council.