Agenda and decisions

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Note: or at the conclusion of the Extraordinary Council meeting whichever is later 

Items
No. Item

3.

Minutes

To approve as correct records the Minutes of the meetings held on 31 October and 28 November 2017 (previously circulated in the Council agenda of 13 December 2017).

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Update from Overview and Scrutiny Committee pdf icon PDF 53 KB

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Update from Performance, Audit and Governance Scrutiny Committee pdf icon PDF 64 KB

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Budget Report and Service Plans 2018/19 – 2021/22 pdf icon PDF 170 KB

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8.

Council Tax Discounts pdf icon PDF 54 KB

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9.

Scotts Grotto pdf icon PDF 165 KB

Key Decision

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Decision:

That (A) a Charitable Incorporated Organisation is set up to own and manage Scott’s Grotto, with 4 Trustees initially (2 nominated from East Herts Council appointed by the Leader and 2 nominated from the Ware Society);

 

(B)     delegated authority is given to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Executive Member for Economic Development to transfer freehold ownership of Scotts Grotto to the Charitable Incorporate Organisation on 1 September 2018 for a nominal sum of £1, subject to the following conditions being met:

·        Charitable Incorporate Organisation being incorporated;

·        Trustees appointed;

·        Business plan produced;

 

(C)     subject to (B) above, freehold ownership of Scott’s Grotto is transferred with current covenants regarding building, drainage, utility rights and fence maintenance as well as an additional restriction that the Grotto and land cannot be disposed of in future without the Council’s prior consent; and

 

(D)    a hybrid model of financing be adopted, entailing:

·        a one off lump sum of £23,000 revenue from the New Homes Bonus priority spend reserve be provided on 1 September 2018 to the Charitable Incorporated Organisation; and

·        a further £18,275 revenue from the New Homes Bonus priority spend reserve be allocated for match funding improvements to the Grotto over a 5 year period.

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Proposed Shared Use of Chantry Resident Permit Parking Zone pdf icon PDF 53 KB

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Decision:

That (A) the outcome of a recent Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) consultation be noted;

 

(B)     Officers be instructed to implement business permit parking on the terms outlined in the report submitted and in the associated TRO; and

 

(C)     the new scheme be reviewed approximately six months after its implementation.

11.

Article 4 Directions pdf icon PDF 92 KB

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Decision:

That (A) the outcome of the monitoring period for the pilot Article 4 Direction for Bishop’s Stortford Conservation Area be noted, and

 

(B)     the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Development Management and Council Support and local ward Members as appropriate, be authorised to make further Article 4 Directions, as have been successfully piloted in Bishop’s Stortford, for all of the District’s conservation areas in line with the 4-phase programme detailed within the report submitted.

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Aspenden Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan pdf icon PDF 50 KB

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Aston Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan pdf icon PDF 48 KB

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Cottered Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan pdf icon PDF 50 KB

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16.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To move that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion of item 17 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act of the following description:

 

“Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any person (including the authority holding that information)”

17.

Allocation of Capital Budget for Fire Suppression Unit at Buntingford Depot