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Full Council

Full Council

SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Riggs Hall
The Library
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
SY1 2AS

To All Members of the Council

Dear Councillors

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of the Shrewsbury Town Council scheduled to take place at Shrewsbury Town Football Club on Monday 8 November 2021 at 6pm, in order to transact the following business

Helen Ball
Town Clerk

Meeting Agenda Items

  • 1WELCOME FROM THE MAYOR

  • 2ROLL CALL

  • 3APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

  • 4DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT

  • 5MINUTES OF COUNCIL

    To approve the Minutes of the Town Council Meeting held on 13 September 2021

    Attachments:

  • 6MATTERS ARISING

  • 7ANNOUNCEMENTS

    (i) To receive any announcements from the Mayor & Deputy Mayor’s recent engagements

    (ii) To receive any announcements from the Mayor and Town Clerk

    Attachments:

  • 8PUBLIC QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

    To receive any questions from Members of the Public, notice of which has been given in accordance with the Town Council’s Standing Orders.

  • 9QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS

    To receive any questions from Members, notice of which has been given in accordance with the Town Council’s Standing Orders.

    Councillor Davies –  The West Midlands Ambulance Services have recently made a call urging owners of defibrillators to register devices on a new national database call “The Circuit” which is ran by British Heart Foundation so more lives can be saved.  Please confirm the number of defibrillators which are the responsibility of Shrewsbury Town Council and will they be registered on “The Circuit” database?

  • 10MOTIONS

    Rob Wilson

     

    This Council notes the alarming decline in number of hedgehogs and threat of extinction and pledges, where appropriate, to:

    • Adopt, through the Recreation & Leisure Committee, landscape management policies and practices on land it owns and manages that are supportive to hedgehogs and their habitat.
    • Encourage other agencies/councils operating in Shrewsbury to do likewise.
    • Conduct a public awareness campaign to encourage the public to adopt supportive practices.
    • Lobby for hedgehogs to be included in the development of local and national biodiversity related planning policy.

    Bernie Bentick

    This Council requires Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group/Integrated Care System to:

     

    (i)           keep Shrewsbury Town Council updated on the proposed Shrewsbury Cavell Health and Wellbeing Hub and their plans for altering Primary Care Services and closing GP surgeries in Shrewsbury;

    (ii)          conduct and present an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) and Quality Impact Assessment (QIA) on their Health Hub proposals to The Council;

    (iii)         make a presentation to The Council at its December 2021 Meeting which fully describes the proposals and other options considered, the methodology, stages and timing of planned Consultations and the results of the recent listening exercise in September;

    (iv)         notify this Council of any further Consultations on Primary Care in Shrewsbury before decisions are taken.

    Attachments:

  • 11FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

    To receive and adopt the Minutes of the informal Finance & General Purposes Committee Meeting held on:

    4 October 2021 (Informal notes)

    Attachments:

  • 12RECREATION & LEISURE COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

    To receive and adopt the Minutes of the informal Recreation & Leisure Committee Meeting held on:

    22 September 2021 (Informal Notes)

    Attachments:

  • 13PLANNING COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

    To receive and adopt the Minutes of the informal Planning Committee Meeting held on:

    (i)   28 September 2021 (Informal Notes)

    (ii)  19 October 2021 (Informal Notes)

    Attachments:

  • 14CLIMATE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

    To receive and adopt the Minutes of the informal Climate Emergency Committee Meeting held on:

    7 October (Informal Notes)

    Attachments:

  • 15WORKING GROUPS – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

    To receive and adopt the Minutes of the recent Working Group Meetings held on:

    (i)    City of Sanctuary Working Group – 14 September 2021 chaired by Councillor Kate Halliday

    (ii)   Youth Working Group – 15 September 2021 chaired by Councillor Pam Moseley

    (iii)  Civics Working Group – 16 September 2021 chaired by The Mayor

    (iv)  Active Travel Working Group – 21 October 2021 chaired by Councillor Rob Wilson

    Attachments:

  • 16JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE – (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

    To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Joint Consultative Committee meeting held on:

    6 October 2021

    Attachments:

  • 17EXECUTIVE DECISIONS

    To receive and adopt the list of Executive Decisions made between 7 September 2021 – 1 November 2021 in accordance with Minute 74/20 of Finance & General Purposes Committee of the 12 April 2021

    Attachments:

  • 18CODE OF CONDUCT

    To adopt the new Code of Conduct as presented by the Local Government Association and adopted by Shropshire Council without amendment

    Attachments:

  • 19EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

    To consider exclusion of the Press & Public on the grounds that the consideration of the following items may involve the likely disclosure of confidential information (s1(2) Public Bodies (Admission of Meetings) Act 1960).

  • 20APPEALS COMMITTEE - (MINUTES ENCLOSED)

     

    To receive and adopt the Minutes of the Appeals Committee Meetings held on:

    (i)   8 September 2021

    (ii)  21 September 2021