MEMBERS’ INFORMATION BULLETIN FEBRUARY 2020

This edition includes…

 Monthly investment analysis review – January 2020  Planning information relating to appeals received and decisions in ward areas for the period 22 January to 21 February 2020  Water resources update  Waste and recycling overview 2020  Leisure Centre update  Three Rivers Press Releases  Council meetings in March 2020  Chairman’s engagements for February 2020 MEMBERS’ INFORMATION BULLETIN

February 2020

CONTENTS

Committee Items Page No

POLICY AND RESOURCES

1. Monthly investment analysis review – January 2020 1

INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2. Planning information relating to appeals received and decisions in 11 ward areas for the period 22 January to 21 February 2020

3. Water resources update 12

LEISURE, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY

4. Waste and Recycling overview 2020 15

5. Leisure Centre update 38

MISCELLANEOUS

6. Three Rivers Press Releases 40

7. Council meetings in March 2020 41

8. Chairman’s engagements for February 2020 42 Council

Monthly Investment Analysis Review

January 2020

1 Three Rivers District Council Monthly Economic Summary General Economy The Flash Manufacturing PMI figure for January rose to 49.8, above market expectations of 48.9 and the highest level since last April. This signalled a broad stabilisation of manufacturing conditions following the decisive general election result, which has reduced uncertainty surrounding Brexit. In tandem, the Flash Services PMI figure for January also showed an increase to 52.9, above market forecasts of 51.0 and the sharpest expansion in services since September 2018. Overall, the Flash Composite PMI figure for January 2020 showed a rise to 52.4, beating market expectations of 50.6. This reading pointed to the first expansion in the private sector in 5 months and the steepest in nearly 1½ years, as services activities grew at the fastest pace in 16 months and manufacturing output rose to an 8 month high amid reduced political uncertainty following the general election. The overall increase came despite the Construction PMI element falling to 44.4 in December 2019 from 45.3 in the previous month. This was well below market expectations of 45.9, but unlike the manufacturing and services’ reports the data was collected in the time period prior to the general election, amid the political uncertainty. GDP data showed that the UK economy expanded on average by 0.1% in the three months to November 2019, slowing from an upwardly revised 0.2% growth in the previous period but beating market forecasts of a 0.1% contraction. Year-on-year GDP growth fell to 0.6% in November, down from 1.0% y/y in October. The UK posted a trade surplus of £4.03 billion in November 2019 compared to a revised £1.34 billion deficit in the previous month. Exports rose 1.1% to an all-time high, whilst imports plunged 7.8% to a near two-year low. The UK’s unemployment rate remained at 3.8% in the three months to November, as the number of people employed rose by 208,000 to 32.9m. Average earnings excluding bonuses growth slowed slightly to 3.4% y/y in the three months to November, down from 3.5% y/y in the previous period. Average earnings including bonuses rose by an annual 3.2% rate in the three months to November, the same rate as in the previous period. Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) slowed to 1.3% y/y in December, the lowest level since November 2016, below both market expectations of 1.5% and the Bank of England’s medium-term 2% target. The core CPI rate (which strips out the more volatile components), fell to 1.4% in December, down from 1.7% in the previous month. December’s retail sales fell by 0.6% m/m following a revised 0.8% fall in November, and compared to market expectations of a 0.5% m/m rise. This marked the 5th consecutive month of no growth in retail sales, the longest run since 1996. Year-on-year retail sales growth increased by 0.9% in December, up from the 0.8% gain recorded in the previous period but significantly lower than market expectations of 2.6% y/y. Additional evidence of the economy’s improvement following the general election was provided by the rise in mortgage approvals during December to 67,241, which were well ahead of the upwardly revised 65,514 approvals recorded in November and the market’s expectation of 65,700. However, the Confederation of British Industry's monthly retail sales survey remained unchanged at 0 last month, indicating no growth in retail sales during January. The GfK Consumer Confidence index, meanwhile, rose 2 points to -9 in January, from the previous month’s reading of -11. Against the backdrop, the Bank of England voted by a 7-2 majority to hold interest rates at 0.75% during their January

2 index, meanwhile, rose 2 points to -9 in January, from the previous month’s reading of -11. Against the backdrop, the Bank of England voted by a 7-2 majority to hold interest rates at 0.75% during their January Meeting.

In the US, non-farm payrolls rose by 145,000 in December, following a downwardly revised increase of 256,000 in November, and below market expectations of 164,000. The decline may be partially due to a later-than-normal Thanksgiving Day in 2019, which could have shifted the hiring of seasonal workers. US average hourly earnings for all employees registered a 0.1% m/m gain in December, following an upwardly revised 0.3% m/m rise in November. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.5% in December remaining at its lowest level since 1969 and in line with market expectations. The US CPI increased to 2.3% y/y in December from 2.1% in November, in line with consensus forecasts. This was the highest rate since October 2018, boosted by a sharp rebound in energy costs. The core inflation rate, which excludes volatile items such as food and energy, was unchanged at 2.3 percent, also in line with market forecasts. According to the advance estimate, the US economy grew at an annualised 2.1% rate in Q4, matching both Q3’s growth rate and the market’s expectations. Consumer spending slowed sharply while net trade made the biggest contribution to growth since Q2 2009 amid a fall in imports. By contrast, negative contributions came from private inventory investment and non-residential fixed investment. According to the flash estimate, the Eurozone economy grew by just 0.1%q/q in Q4 of 2019, easing from an upwardly revised 0.3% expansion in the previous period and missing market expectations of a 0.2% gain. Year-on-year growth slowed to 1% in Q4, down from 1.2% growth in Q3, missing market expectations of a 1.1% rise. This was the weakest pace of expansion since the fourth quarter of 2013. Eurozone inflation reached 1.3%y/y in December, up from 1%y/y in November and the highest level since June 2019. The core inflation rate (which excludes volatile items and which the ECB looks at when setting policy) was 1.3%y/y, matching market forecasts. Housing Buoyed by a 1.7% monthly gain, Halifax reported that house prices rose by 4.1% y/y in December, which was well above November’s 2.1% y/y gain. Nationwide, meanwhile, reported that house prices rose 1.4% y/y in December, up from 0.8% y/y in November. Currency Sterling exhibited some volatility against both the US Dollar and Euro last month, due to factors such as the UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU and the MPC’s decision to hold interest rates. As a result, the pound went from lows of $1.298 and €1.165 to highs of $1.322 and €1.191 during the month, finishing at $1.314 and €1.186. Forecast Both LAS and Capital Economics have made slight revisions to their interest rate forecast with the former scaling back the next rate hike to June 2021, in line with Capital Economics. This however, is largely dependent on how sucessfully the trade negotiations progress.

Bank Rate Now Mar-20 Jun-20 Sep-20 Dec-20 Mar-21 Jun-21 Sep-21 Dec-21 Mar-22 Jun-22 Sep-22 Dec-22 Mar-23 Link Asset Services 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% Capital Economics 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% - - - - -

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Current Investment List Current Investment List

Historic Lowest Long Borrower Principal (£) Interest Rate Start Date Maturity Date Risk of Term Rating Default 1 Lloyds Bank Plc (RFB) 8,100,000 0.65% Call A+ 0.000% 1 Cheltenham Borough Council 2,000,000 0.70% 21/10/2019 17/02/2020 AA 0.001% 1 Flintshire County Council 2,000,000 0.75% 19/12/2019 19/02/2020 AA 0.001% 0 Borrower - Funds Principal (£) Interest Rate Start Date Maturity Date 1 Thrive Homes 8,000,000 4.69% 10/10/2018 11/10/2021 1 Total Investments £20,100,000 2.27% 0 Total Investments - excluding Funds £12,100,000 0.67% 0.000% 0 Total Investments - Funds Only £8,000,000 4.69%

4 Three Rivers District Council Portfolio Composition by Link Asset Services' Suggested Lending Criteria

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Yellow Yellow Calls Pink1 Pink1 Calls Pink2 Pink2 Calls 0% Purple Purple Calls Blue Blue Calls Orange Orange Calls Under 1 Month 1-3 Months 3-6 Months 6-9 Months 9-12 Months 12 Months + Red Red Calls Green Green Calls No Colour NC Calls Y Pi1 Pi2 P B O R GN/C Portfolios weighted average risk number = 3.01 1 1.25 1.5 2 3 4 5 6 7 Up to 5yrs Up to 5yrs Up to 5yrs Up to 2yrs Up to 1yr Up to 1yr Up to 6mths Up to 100days No Colour WARoR = Weighted Average Rate of Return WAM = Weighted Average Time to Maturity % of Colour Amount of % of Call Excluding Calls/MMFs/USDBFs % of Portfolio Amount in Calls Colour in Calls in Portfolio WARoR WAM WAM at Execution WAM WAM at Execution Yellow 33.06% £4,000,000 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.73% 18 91 18 91 Pink1 0.00% £0 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 0 0 Pink2 0.00% £0 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 0 0 Purple 0.00% £0 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 0 0 Blue 0.00% £0 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 0 0 Orange 66.94% £8,100,000 100.00% £8,100,000 66.94% 0.65% 0 0 0 0 Red 0.00% £0 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 0 0 Green 0.00% £0 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 0 0 No Colour 0.00% £0 0.00% £0 0.00% 0.00% 0 0 0 0 100.00% £12,100,000 66.94% £8,100,000 66.94% 0.67% 6 30 18 91

5 Three Rivers District Council Investment Risk and Rating Exposure

Investment Risk Vs. Rating Categories Rating Exposure 2.30%

1.80% AA £4,000,000 33% 1.30%

0.80% A+ £8,100,000 67%

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<1 year 1 to 2 yrs 2 to 3 yrs 3 to 4 yrs 4 to 5 yrs -0.20% Historic Risk of Default AA A BBB Council This is a proxy for the average % risk for each investment based on over 30 years of data provided by Fitch, Moody's and S&P. It simply provides a calculation of the possibility of average default against the Historic Risk of Default historical default rates, adjusted for the time period within each year according to the maturity of the investment. Rating/Years <1 year 1 to 2 yrs 2 to 3 yrs 3 to 4 yrs 4 to 5 yrs Chart Relative Risk AA 0.02% 0.04% 0.10% 0.18% 0.24% This is the authority's risk weightings compared to the average % risk of A 0.05% 0.15% 0.28% 0.42% 0.59% default for “AA”, “A” and “BBB” rated investments. BBB 0.16% 0.44% 0.77% 1.15% 1.55% Rating Exposures Council 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% This pie chart provides a clear view of your investment exposures to particular ratings.

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Monthly Credit Rating Changes FITCH

Update Date Institution Country Rating Action Number The Long Term Rating was removed from Negative Watch and placed on Stable Outlook. 03/01/2020 1716 Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Germany At the same time, the Viability Rating was upgraded to 'bb+' from 'f'. 27/01/2020 1719 Finland Sovereign Rating Finland The Outlook on the Sovereign Rating was changed to Stable from Positive.

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Monthly Credit Rating Changes MOODY'S

Update Date Institution Country Rating Action Number The Long Term Rating was upgraded to 'A3' from 'Baa2'. At the same time, the Long 10/01/2020 1717 Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Germany Term Rating was removed from Positive Watch and placed on Stable Outlook. The Long Term Rating was upgraded to 'A1' from 'A2'. At the same time, the Outlook 30/01/2020 1720 Barclays Bank PLC (NRFB) United Kingdom on the Long Term Rating was changed to Stable from Positive.

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Monthly Credit Rating Changes S&P

Update Date Institution Country Rating Action Number United 20/01/2020 1718 Clydesdale Bank Plc The Outlook on the Long Term Rating was changed to Positive from Stable. Kingdom

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10 Planning information – Members’ Information Bulletin 22 January – 21 February 2020

The Planning reports for the above dates can be viewed here:

o Appeals received o Decisions in ward areas

There are no reports this month in relation to appeals determined, withdrawn and pending, and enforcement appeals received, determined and pending.

11 Water resources update

5 February 2019

Heavy winter rainfall helps groundwater recovery

The heavy rainfall throughout autumn and winter has helped groundwater levels to recover in our central region.

At the start of October 2019, our groundwater levels were ‘low’ following three years of below average rainfall.

However, since then overall rainfall has been significantly above average and we predict groundwater levels will continue to rise until the Spring if the rainfall continues.

This means we are not in a water supply drought and we will not need to introduce water restrictions (also known as a hosepipe ban) this Spring. Our Drought Group will remain in place to monitor the situation closely and continue work to enhance the resilience of our network.

Our Central region includes , West and North Essex and parts of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and North London.

Drought Awareness – Your Views

We would like to thank everyone who took part in our ‘Drought Awareness – Your Views’ campaign on how restrictions on water use could affect you, your constituents or the group you represent. Common themes occurring across the responses include that customers want us to use water sustainably, whilst helping to protect the environment and ensuring a reliable supply of water. We will publish our full statement of response to the consultation later in February, and again we would like to thank you for your time to give us your views.

Helping our globally rare chalk streams

We are conscious that the consequences of an environmental drought can in some cases be felt much sooner than an impact on public water supply. We want to work with Environmental NGOs, regulators and catchment groups over the next two months to develop a new system in recognising and communicating instances of environmental drought. Our Director of Corporate Affairs, Jake Rigg will write to these groups this week to get the conversation going. If you would like to get involved too, please email [email protected]

12 How you can help too – join our campaign!

Water is not part of the climate change debate.

It is treated like an add-on when it is critical to life. We need this to change now.

Saving water is important, which is why we are asking people to get behind our #WhyNotWater campaign to demand the right to water efficient housing and the introduction of a mandatory water efficiency labelling scheme on goods – bringing water on par with energy and empowering people to save water.

To find out more and sign the petition, please visit www.whynotwater.co.uk and for tips and free water saving devices, visit www.affinitywater.co.uk/savewater

Rainfall and Groundwater levels

Beat the chill

With winter now here, we are asking people to ensure their homes are ready to prevent freezing and bursting pipes this winter.

Simple steps to ensure homes are prepared before any big freeze hits could prevent potentially thousands of pounds of property damage and also go a long way into helping conserve precious sources of water.

13 Any homes and businesses left empty are particularly at risk and should be protected against possible freezing and bursts.

The simple actions below will make a big difference once temperatures start dropping:

. Insulate outside taps and exposed water pipes in lofts and outside

. Insulate cold water tanks

. Check that external and internal stop taps are working so supplies can be turned off in an emergency

. If it’s very cold outside leave central heating on a low setting overnight

. If leaving homes and business unattended for a long period, turn off the water supply at the stop tap. Consider leaving the heating on a low setting

. Fix dripping taps – even a small trickle can lead to a frozen pipe.

For more information and videos about coping with cold weather and for FREE pipe lagging and tap guards, please visit: www.affinitywater.co.uk/coldweather

We are sending you this information as a key stakeholder in the area we serve. If you would prefer not to receive this monthly water resources update, please respond to this email address with ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject line.

Yours faithfully,

Graham Turk Director of Production and Supply Affinity Water

14 Waste and recycling overview

Jennie Probert recently presented at the Kent Resource Partnership’s Members Board as they wanted to hear about the good work going on in Three Rivers and about the joined-up promotions with the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership.

15 Three Rivers District Council An overview – waste and recycling

Kent Resource Partnership – Members Board 27th February 2020

Jennie Probert MCIWM Environmental Strategy Manager - Three Rivers District Council Vice Chair - WasteAware, Hertfordshire Waste Partnership Vice Chair – Hertfordshire Fly Tipping Group

16 Three Rivers (the Colne, the Gade and the Chess)

 South West Hertfordshire.

 Border three Hertfordshire and two Buckinghamshire District /Boroughs as well as two London Boroughs.

 37,450 households.

 In-house (since 2002); refuse, recycling, street cleansing and grounds maintenance.

 Highest recycling rate in Hertfordshire; 63% (2018/19).

 3rd highest in the country (2018/19).

 83% satisfaction with refuse collection, 85% satisfaction with recycling collection. Of the residents signed up to garden waste 83% are satisfied with 62% stating it is good value for money.

 ~75% take up of garden waste service 17 Service Evolution

Pre 2002 – black sack collection (weekly), paper and plastic box (fortnightly)

2002 – 140 litre refuse wheeled bin (weekly) and addition of a glass box (fortnightly)

2005 – 240 litre brown bin for food, cardboard and garden waste (fortnightly)

2011 –frequency change; brown bin (weekly), refuse (fortnightly), recycling boxes (fortnightly)

2014 June – wheeled bins for fully comingled recycling introduced (weekly), including cardboard (removed from garden waste)

October – food pod introduced (weekly), brown bin for garden waste only (fortnightly)

2016 – charge for garden waste commenced (July)

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Service Change Year Total per fortnight (litres) <2002 Unlimited Refuse wheeled 2002 445 L bins and glass box Brown bins (‘green 2005 685 L waste’) Frequency changes 2011 785 L Comingled June 2014 1100 L recycling Separate food and October frequency change 906 L for garden waste 2014

Chargeable garden 2016 906 L waste 360 L recycling option 1146 L 19 Current service

Weekly recycling Fortnightly Fortnightly (360 litre option) garden waste residual (chargeable) (140 litres)

Weekly food

Closed lid, no excess refuse policy and only empty TRDC bins 20 Statistics

Recycling rate 70

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Percentage 30 Dry recycling % Composting % 20

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 Second lowest residual waste per household in Hertfordshire

 Highest recycling per household in Hertfordshire.

Total Per household Herts average Year - 2018/19 (tonnes) (kgs) (tonnes)

Dry recycling 9,865 262 205 Composting 10,619 282 216 Residual waste 12,046 320 475 Total 32,530 864 985

Overall 63.00% 51.70% recycling rate

22 TEEP report (2018)

 The quality of TRDC’s material compares favourably to source-separated material. Average contamination is 4%.

 This analysis demonstrates quite clearly that in choosing to implement a fully co-mingled service for dry recycling, TRDC has chosen the system which, on all available evidence, will capture the greatest volume of dry recyclate and give the highest rate for diversion as well as for dry recycling.

 …..the evidence shows that the chosen system is likely to recycle an additional 97kg per household of dry recycling: and with ca. 37,450 households this equates to an additional 3,615 tonnes diverted from landfill each year, a significant environmental benefit.

 It should be clear from the analysis that the chosen system is more environmentally practicable: it recycles significantly more than a system which collects material streams separately by an estimated 3,633 tonnes per annum.

 ….the co-mingled system has been chosen because it is seen as more technically practicable, environmental and economic than collecting the four materials separately. 23 Reduction initiatives

 Large (240 litre) residual bin review

 Promotion of home composting

 Promotion of real nappies (scheme under review)

 All refuse bins stickered …

24 Flats

 Each block considered on a case by case basis; some 240s, some 660s or 1100s. Excess refuse is not taken.

 Work with managing agents, housing associations, private landlords with relevant literature available.

 Most blocks have recycling (various bin sizes) and some blocks have food waste, however accept this isn’t always possible. Trade waste & recycling

 Same range of mixed dry recycling as household collections.

 33% of trade waste recycled in 2018/19.

25 Operational involvement

 Based at the depot – no ‘them and us’ feel.

 Use Collective (Bartec) – two way communication.

 Crew report issues and see action being taken so are more likely to report further issues.

 Recognise the excellent work of the operational staff on a regular basis.

 A number of operational staff have undertaken ‘Step up to Management’ and now work in the office/cover holidays.

26 Enforcement

 Three Enforcement Officers dealing with a range of issues – abandoned vehicles, graffiti, fly tipping, flats contamination.

 Communal contaminated recycling bins are not emptied – crew report – enforcement team inspect – if evidence is found action is taken – engage with housing providers to assist in education and they pay for clearance.

 One of many stakeholders in the #SCRAPflytipping campaign in Hertfordshire. Actively helping to spread the campaign nationally.

27 Partnership working Hertfordshire Waste Partnership

Members Office of the Police Crime Commissioner

Hertfordshire Constabulary

The National Farmers’ Union Lead Officers Waste Fly Tipping Group Management Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

The Environment Agency

WasteAware M25 Connect

28 Partnership working Consortiums and contracts

 Textiles – 9 out of 11 authorities. Attracts higher income due to being a relatively large contract. Re-tendered in April 2019.

 MRF – longest of the HWP contracts (7 plus 3 years), 35-40,000 tonnes of mixed DMR.

 Organic waste – HCC lead on procurement of these contracts for a number of district/boroughs which provides critical mass tonnages, encouraging investment.

 Abandoned vehicles – for the removal of AVs across the County.

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 Kerbside textiles trial commenced in April 2019.

 Challenges from the Resources and Waste Strategy.

 What affect will ERP have? What conditions for funding will there be?

 Markets – separate paper?

 Budgetary issues from the ‘China effect’?

 Level of charging for garden waste?

 What else can we do to reduce residual waste?

 Herts-wide Waste Compositional Analysis 2020

 Reinvigoration of communications – new officer started autumn 2019

33 The future

 Herts Strategy Conference – January 2020

34 Climate emergency and reducing carbon

 Climate Emergency Motion July 2019

 New Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy 2020.

 Hertfordshire Sustainability Forum

 Local Environmental Forum

35 Key themes for Three Rivers

 Energy and Low Carbon

 Natural Environment & Biodiversity

 Water and Flooding

 Waste and Recycling

 Sustainable Travel

 Sustainable Procurement

 Education, Communication and Community 36 www.threerivers.gov.uk @ThreeRiversDC [email protected] @ProbertJennie @SCRAPflytipping www.linkedin.com/in/jennieprobert/

37 The Centre – South Leisure Centre

The works to Leisure Centre are coming along well and the above photos show the developing changing rooms and one of the new dance studios. As the rooms are starting to take shape we have been able to see that there is the scope to include a brand new spin studio, along with the two new dance/aerobic studios. The spin studio did not form part of the original design but will be another great edition for Three Rivers residents.

38 Work has also started on designing the external signage. The new signs to the front elevation of the building are proposed to be lit and will require planning permission. The below pictures provide a visual representation on how the external front signage will look.

If there are any questions relating to the South Oxhey Leisure Centre build or any other Three Rivers Leisure Venues, please contact Kelly Barnard at [email protected]

39 Three Rivers District Council Press Releases

Please click here to see the latest press releases to be published on the Council’s website

40 Calendar of Meetings March 2020 Abbots Langley Local Area Forum Cancelled Tuesday 3 Parmiter’s School, High Elms Lane, Garston, WD25 0UU Environmental Forum Wednesday 4

Policy and Resources Committee Monday 9

Leisure, Environment and Community Committee Wednesday 11

Rickmansworth Local Area Forum Thursday 12

Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development Committee Tuesday 17

Local Strategic Partnership Board (10am) Wednesday 18 Chorleywood and Sarratt Local Area Forum Wednesday 18 Sarratt Village Hall, The Green, Sarratt WD3 6AS Planning Committee Thursday 19

Audit Committee Tuesday 24 Meetings start at 7.30pm and are held at Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth unless otherwise stated.

Copies of the agenda are available for inspection on the meetings page of the council website five days prior to each meeting.

The Council welcomes contributions from Members of the public to its discussion on agenda items at Committee meetings. Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Committee.

Details of the procedure and the list of those registering the wish to speak are available 30 minutes before the start of the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part 1 business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council's meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance. This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act and the laws of libel and defamation.

41 CHAIR / VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL ENGAGEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2020

Saturday 1 February 6pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks and Consort attended the Mayor of Welwyn Hatfield’s Charity Banquet and Ball at .

Monday 3 February 6.30pm Vice-Chairman Cllr Keith Martin attended the Chairman of Borough Council’s Holocaust Memorial Day event at Watford Town Hall.

Monday 3 February 7pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks and Consort attended the West Hyde Youth Project at West Hyde Community Centre.

Wednesday 5 February 11am Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks visited the Reach Out Café at The Cloisters in Rickmansworth.

Thursday 6 February 2pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks and Consort attended the Holocaust Learning UK 19th Annual Ceremony at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue in Northwood.

Saturday 8 February 7.30pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks and Consort attended KIPPS - The New Half a Sixpence at the Markova Theatre, Tring Park School preceded by dinner, hosted by the Mayor of Dacorum.

Sunday 9 February 3pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks and Consort attended the Mayor of Hillingdon’s Civic Service at St Edmund's Church in Northwood Hills.

Saturday 22 February 2.30pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks and Guest attended the Rickmansworth Players’ production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Pump House Theatre & Arts Centre in Watford.

Friday 28 February 2pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks attended the Pensioners’ Forum at Three Rivers House in Rickmansworth.

Friday 28th February 5pm Chair Cllr Paula Hiscocks attended the re-opening of the Rickmansworth Conservative Club in Bury Lane.

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