Venue: Council Chamber 1, Teignmouth Town Council, Bitton House, Bitton Park Road, Teignmouth TQ14 9DF
Contact: Town Clerk
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Use of Mobile Phones In accordance with Minute 30, mobile phones be limited to personal use only (in case of emergencies) and in which case the Councillor is to leave the room to respond. Councillors must switch their mobile phones to silent during the meeting to avoid disruption. Minutes: Taken as read. |
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Apologies for Absence To receive, note and where requested, approve the reasons for apologies for absence. Minutes: An apology for absence was received from Councillor Walsh.
Resolved that the apology be noted.
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Declarations of Interest To declare any disclosable interests relating to the forthcoming items of business (if any). Minutes: None were received. |
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Dispensations To receive and consider requests for dispensation (if any). Minutes: There were no dispensations.
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Police report Report from Inspector Philp Minutes: Inspector Philp gave a verbal report and answered a few questions that were asked by councillors.
He also said he will try and come in quarterly to council meetings to give an “in-person” report and answer any further questions that the council may have. |
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To approve, sign and adopt the minutes of the Council meeting held on XXXX. Minutes: Members considered the minutes of the Council
meeting held on 16th May 2023. Agenda item 14: ‘Seconded Cllr V
Roach’ – amended to ‘Seconded Cllr V
Rudge’.
Resolved that the minutes of the Council meetings held on 16th May 2023 be approved and signed as a correct and accurate record of the meeting. |
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Minutes: MAYOR’S DIARY
Since appointment: Chair, Parish Meeting, 24 May 2023 Opening, Home Bake Café, 27 May 2023 Presented awards at the Teignmouth Arts Society Pre-view, Rugby Club 29 May 2023 (booked for the next one in the summer).
Future events: 8.6.23 attendance at the Richard Newton Hall AGM and tour of facilities 13.6.23 pic to publicise new defib.machine installation at Bitton House Attendance at a Lord Lieutenant and Deputy Lord Lieutenants event:Working with you in our Local Community22.6.23 Opening Folk Festival 24-26 June Attendance at Community Larder AGM 3.7.23 Receipt of the biography of Frank Morgan Giles at the Heritage Centre on behalf of TTC 15 July Opening of Shanty Festival – 8 – 10th September.
At the moment I am not able to be very proactive other than in leading the Council meetings but when the training requirements at TDC calm down I intend to do regular walkabouts, using the Town Crier to keep people informed of Council events. I have named, initially, Teignmouth Pavilions as one of the Mayor’s charities, but I just have to check out the others with the Clerk/Monitoring Officer.
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Minutes: Donated Defibrillator We have been donated and installed a free defibrillator from Jay’s Aim which has been installed by the parking meter in the main car park.
SLCC Training received on 30th May. Recognising Psychopathic and Narcissistic behaviour
I would like to set a date for the remainder of the “state of the administration” briefing.
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Recognition of extremely long service as a Town councillor The provision of a Memorial bench on the Den with a suitable plaque recognising the many years of service by Councillor S Russell. Minutes: Cllr Phips gave a comprehensive speech about the long service for ex-Cllr S Russell. She was elected back in May 1979 until May 2023. She was always passionate about the Town and surrounding areas and always wanting to give back to the community.
Cllr Rudge Proposed that she is awarded
‘Freeman of the Town’. Proposed by Cllr Rudge, Seconded
by Cllr Cox, carried unanimously. |
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Annual Accounting and Governance Return PDF 262 KB To resolve to approve the attached AGAR forms Approve Section 1 Approve section 2 Approve Dates for the exercise of public rights Additional documents: Minutes: Section 1 – Proposed by Cllr Williams,
seconded by Cllr Atkins, 9 for and 2 abstained. Approved dates for the ‘Exercise of Public Rights’ – Approved dates: 29th June till 9th August. Proposed by Cllr Phips, seconded by Cllr Jackman, carried unanimously. |
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Enhanced DBS checks All new councillors are reminded that Enhanced DBS checks are available through the office. Existing Councillors are reminded that existing Enhanced DBS checks are now due for renewal. Minutes: Councillors where reminded that they can get a DBS done through the office and covered the charge as well. The secretary explained what you will need to bring and how to contact the office to get one. |
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Minutes of Assets and Facilities meeting of 22/05/2023 PDF 90 KB To receive and approve the minutes and actions from the Assets & Facilities meeting of the 22nd of May 2023.
Minutes: Members considered the minutes and actions of the
Assets and Facilities meeting held on 22nd May
2023. Resolved that the minutes and actions of the Assets and Facilities meeting held on 22nd May 2023 be approved and signed as a correct and accurate record. |
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Election to planning committee To elect 3 further members to the planning committee to reach is quota of 6 as 3 is insufficient given that the quorum is 3.
Table of current councillor commitments to committee’s
Minutes: Cllr Myers, Cllr Jackson, and Cllr Miller put
themselves forward to go onto the Planning Committee. Proposed by Cllr Myers, seconded by Cllr
Jackson, carried unanimously. |
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Establishment of a working group to review the current TTC strategy and objectives To establish a working group comprising the Chair, Deputy Chair, 4 councillors and the clerk. To review and bring back to full council the strategy and objectives. To report before we go into budget setting. Minutes: It was resolved that the working group
comprises: The chair Cllr Atkins, the Deputy chair Cllr Williams,
Cllr Myers, Cllr Lloyd, Cllr Rudge, and Cllr Walsh. |