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Chesham Town Council Bill Richards Town Clerk Tel: 01494 774842 Fax: 01494 582908 www.chesham.gov.uk Email: [email protected] 5th September 2014 Dear Councillor, You are SUMMONED to attend a meeting of the CHESHAM TOWN COUNCIL to be held in the Council Chamber, The Town Hall, Chesham, on MONDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2014 AT 8.00pm (i.e. immediately following the close of the Development Control Committee meeting which is due to commence at 7.30pm) AGENDA 1. Apologies for absence. 2. To confirm Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council held on 23rd June 2014. 3. Declarations of Interest. 4. Public Question Time: A period of up to 15 minutes or less, as the case may be, will be allowed for members of the public present, who are electors or residents in the parish of Chesham, to ask questions primarily in respect of items on the agenda of this Town Council meeting but also in the interests of wider public discussion. 5. To receive the Mayoral engagements and any other announcements as the Town Mayor may wish to lay before the Council. 6. Verbal update from Buckinghamshire County Council Members for Chesham in regard to issues pertinent to the town. 7. To receive and consider the Minutes of the under mentioned Committees. Development Control of the 14th July, 4th August and 18th August 2014. Policy and Resources of the 14th July 2014. 8. Town Partner Scheme Update. 9. To receive and consider Payments No: 2. 10. Information Item. 11. Exclusion of the Public and the Press. 12. Contractual issues pertaining to the Town Guide. Yours sincerely Bill Richards – Town Clerk Circulation: To All Members of the Council Publication date: 5th September 2014. Chesham Town Council, Town Hall, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1DS Twinned with Friedrichsdorf Germany; Houilles France; Archena Spain Chesham Town Council Bill Richards Town Clerk Tel: 01494 774842 th The Mayoral Engagements - 23rd June – 15 September 2014. Fax: 01494 582908 www.chesham.gov.uk June 2014 Email: [email protected] Monday 23rd Armed Forces Day – Chiltern District Council Human Appeal – Elgiva Theatre Tuesday 24th Buckinghamshire County Council’s Amersham Depot Open Evening. Wednesday 25th Movers and Shakers AGM, Chesham Youth Centre Chiltern Hills Academy Evening of Excellence, The Elgiva Grand Opening of Auberge Du Chocolat – Chess Business Park, Moor Road Thursday 26th Chesham In Bloom town centre Litter Pick Tuesday 27th Meeting with reference to Devolved Services – Green Park, Aston Clinton Saturday 28th Hospice of St. Francis Midnight Walk Sunday 29th Junior Triathlon Prize giving - Chesham Leisure Centre RAF Halton Area Band concert for Help for Heroes, Amersham July 2014 Tuesday 1st Pride of Bucks Awards Ceremony, Stoke Park Friday 4th Chesham In Bloom town centre Litter Pick Saturday 5th Brushwood School, Garden Party Chesham Horticultural Society Flower & Veg Show- Trinity Baptist Church Sunday 6th Chesham All Girls Band Duck Race, The Moor Community Praise in the Park, Lowndes Park Monday 7th Christmas in Chesham meeting Action for Youth AGM – Aylesbury WW1 meeting – Chesham Town Hall Wednesday 9th Flood Action Group, Multi Agency Meeting- Chesham Football Club Chesham Town Council, Town Hall, Chesham, Bucks HP5 1DS Twinned with Friedrichsdorf Germany; Houilles France; Archena Spain Chesham Town Council continued . Friday 11th Speech Day – Chesham Preparatory School Centenary Celebration Oculus Room – The Gateway, Gatehouse Aylesbury Litter Pick with Chesham in Bloom - Chesham High Street Saturday 12th Remembering Srebrenica- Chesham Town Hall Iftar Party – Chesham Mosque Sunday 13th Civic Service, High Street, Newport Pagnell Tuesday 15th Meeting with Paradigm officers in Dellfield Wednesday 16th M& Co Fashion Show – High Street, Chesham School Crossing Patrol Meeting – Elmtree School Thursday 17th Final Farewell Party for Year 2 – Elmtree School Chesham In Bloom – Chesham Town Hall Friday 18th Planning Meeting for WW1 Weekend – Trinity Baptist Church Litter Pick with Chesham In Bloom – Broadway, Chesham Monday 21st Litter Pick with Chesham In Bloom Tuesday 22nd Chesham In Bloom - meeting judges and lunch at 1pm Friday 25th Global Infusion Group, Chesham – Presentation of Queens award for enterprise in international trade Saturday 26th Opening of Budget Car Centre – Springfield Road, Chesham Tuesday 29th Photo Shoot for Town Bell – Clock Tower – for Buckinghamshire Examiner. Chesham Action Partnership meeting – Chesham Town Hall Wednesday 30th Backpackers – Thomas Harding School Opening of Indian Grill Restaurant – Wycombe Lane August 2014 Friday 1st Opening of 35th Arts Festival- Church Street, Amersham Saturday 2nd Chesham Remembers The Broadway- Wreath Laying Lowndes Park – Tree Planting & Picnic RAF Halton Area Band – Lowndes Park WW1 Exhibition – Chesham Cemetery - 2 - Chesham Town Council continued . Sunday 3rd Chesham Remembers Multi-faith Service, Market Square. Service of Reflection & Prayer, St. Mary’s WW1 Exhibition – Chesham Museum Monday 4th Chesham Remembers Candle-lit procession, High Street Green Flag Photo Shoot – Lowndes Park Tuesday 5th Eid Party – Newtown Children’s Centre WW1 Thank You Celebration – Chesham Museum Wednesday 6th Stop the Drop – Chesham Town Hall. Ley Hill Golf Club – Opening of new Biomass Green Energy Boiler Thursday 7th Meeting Kev Dalton – Cesari Airlines – Devere Hotel Latimer Place Friday 8th Open Day For Newly Refurbished Children’s Centre – Waterside Saturday 9th Allotment Annual Open Day – Cameron Road Sunday 10th B & M Care – Annual Themed Party – Chesham Bois Manor Tuesday 12th Chesham Town Twinning Association Meeting Thursday 14th Asheridge Vale & Lowndes Community Association Annual Information & Fun Day, Beechcroft Road Opening Ceremony for Big Bite, Broad Street Saturday 16th Hospice of St Francis Meeting London Transport Museum Heritage Vehicle Outing, Metropolitan Steam Train at Chesham Station Sunday 17th Filming TV Show – Guest in the Town, London (Sky TV 857) Tuesday 19th Opening of Chesham Leys Nursing & Dementia Care Home (Freemantle Trust), Cameron Road Thursday 21st Visit to Chesham Mosque with High Sherriff of Buckinghamshire and Councillor Mimi Harker OBE Friday 22nd Chesham Environmental Group meeting Sunday 24th Visit to Chesham Mosque with Rt. Hon. Cheryl Gillan MP Wednesday 27th Christmas in Chesham Planning meeting - 3 - Chesham Town Council continued . Friday 29th Visit to Ahead Summer School at Chiltern Hills Academy Sunday 31st Chesham Town Twinning Association Cream Tea, Bovingdon Chartridge Cricket Club Final match: Chesham Rising Stars –v- Reading September 2014 Sunday 7th 150th Anniversary Celebration at Christ Church, Waterside Mayoral Charity 8-a-side cricket tournament, Chesham Cricket Club Wednesday 10th National Arboretum visit with COPAG Friday 12th High Sherriff event - 4 - Report of the Officers to a meeting of the Council on Monday 15th September 2014 AGENDA ITEM NO: 8 - SUPPORT FOR TOWN PARTNERS AND TOWN PARTNER SCHEME UPDATE Reporting Officer: Kathryn Graves (01494 583798) Summary 1. To receive an update on the Town Partner Scheme and the level of support offered to the different partners. Background Information 2. The Finance Working Group approved the concept of developing a formal partnership scheme at its meeting of the 12th June 2013. 3. At the Council meeting of the 16th September 2013, the Council approved the establishment of the Town Partner Scheme to recognise the organisations that support the work of the Council in the achievement of its strategic objectives (Min no. 30). Financial Implications 4. Administrative work is absorbed within the every-day running of the Council office. Strategic Objectives 5. Enhanced partnership working will help the Council towards achieving all of its strategic objectives. Equality Act Implications 6. Access to the Town Partner Scheme is solely based on the groups concerned working in accordance with at least one of the Council’s strategic objectives. The scheme is therefore open to groups representing people with protected characteristics. Detailed Consideration 7. To date, 19 organisations are now official Town Partners and they are featured on the Town Partners section of the Town Council web site at http://www.chesham.gov.uk/Partners.aspx. 8. A contact list has been created and distributed to all partners to facilitate communication between members of the scheme. 9. A Town Partner logo has been created free of charge by Tom Horigan of Horigan Marketing and Business Development and has been made available for use by the partners. The logo can be viewed on the Town Council web site. 10. At the Council meeting of the 24th February 2014, it was resolved that ‘A review of the resources provided in support of the partners should be undertaken in six months and no further introduction of additional features to the scheme be considered until that time’ (Min no 80). All Town Partners are offered to following facilities: Use of the Town Partner logo The option to submit written reports to Council meetings The option to feature the work of their organisation in a Town Council Report in the free yourChesham monthly magazine A profile on the Town Partner section of the Council web site Beyond this, the level of Council support offered to the partners differs considerably depending on the length of association that the groups have with the Council, or how they were established. The current level of support for each of the partners is detailed in the attached summary. Your officers would seek a view from the Council as to whether the current variable