Covid-19 and meetings
From 7 May
2021, the law requires all councils to hold formal meetings in
person. However, the Council is also
required to follow government guidance about safety during the
pandemic. For a short period –
probably until 30 June – the Council will enable all people
to continue to participate in meetings via Zoom.
You are
strongly encouraged to participate via Zoom to keep everyone safe -
there is limited capacity in meeting rooms if safety requirements
are to be met. There are restrictions and conditions which apply to
those in the building and the use of the building. You must not attend a meeting at Phoenix House without complying
with the requirements in the new protocol for meetings. You must follow any directions you
are given.
Please read the new meeting
protocol which is available here:
https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/documents/s21893/aaaaHybridMeetingProtocolMay2021.pdf
If you want
to ask a question or speak, email your full name to
Committee@middevon.gov.uk by no
later than 4pm on the day before the
meeting. This will ensure that your name
is on the list to speak and will help us ensure that you are not
missed – as you can imagine, it is easier to see and manage
public speaking when everyone is physically present in the same
room. Notification in this way will ensure the meeting runs
as smoothly as possible.
The Cabinet is responsible for most of the day to
day decisions of the Council which are not delegated to officers.
It is made up of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members
(also known as lead councillors) who have responsibilities for
various service areas. The current cabinet are as
follows:
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Cllr R M Deed
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Leader
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Cllr R B Evans
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Cabinet Member for
Housing and Property Services and
Deputy Leader
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Cllr R Chesterton
Cllr Mrs C P Daw
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Cabinet Member for
Planning and Economic Regeneration
Cabinet Member
for Continuous Improvement
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Cllr D J
Knowles
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Cabinet Member for
Community Well Being
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Cllr B A Moore
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Cabinet Member for
Finance
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Cllr C R Slade
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Cabinet Member for the
Environment and Climate Change
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Cllr Mrs N Woollatt
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Cabinet Member for
Working Environment and Support Services
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The Cabinet develops policies and strategies for
approval by Council, exercises overall control of resources within
the Council's policies and budget and recommends the level of
council tax to the Council. It also considers any matters
specifically referred by the Scrutiny Committee. All "key
decisions" to be discussed or made are published in the Cabinet's
Forward Plan in so far as they can be anticipated.