Part A
1
Welcome and Announcements
The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors to the meeting and remind those participating to mute their microphones when not talking. The Chairman will invite all Councillors and Officers participating in the meeting to introduce themselves.
2
Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
3
Urgent Items
The Chairman will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.
4
Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.
5
Minutes of Previous Meeting
The Councillors will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2023 are a correct record.
6
Have Your Say! (Hybrid Council Meetings)
Members of the
public may make representations to Panel meetings on any item on the agenda or
any other matter relating to the business of the Panel. This can be made either
in person at the meeting or by joining the meeting remotely and addressing the
Panel via Zoom. Each representation may be no more than three minutes.
Members of the public wishing to address Council remotely may register their
wish to address the meeting by e-mailing democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk
by 12.00 noon on the working day before the meeting. In addition, a written
copy of the representation should be supplied for use in the event of technical
difficulties preventing participation at the meeting itself.
There is no
requirement to pre-register for those attending in person.
The Panel will consider a report outlining some of the key actions which have been completed by Essex County Council that have been fed back to the Essex Climate Action Commission, and outlining where Colchester City Council has been involved with these actions.
The Panel will consider a report providing detailed information
regarding the delivery and successes of various domestic energy efficiency grants
that are available to low-income households and residents with qualifying health conditions.
The Panel will consider a report outlining the results
of the Council Climate Action Scorecards and the ways in which the Council is
already addressing some of the identified gaps in the assessment.
The Panel will consider a report detailing key progress and updates from actions in the Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP) and other relevant updates since the last meeting on 21 September 2023.
The Panel will consider a report setting out its work programme for the current municipal year.
12
Exclusion of the Public (not Scrutiny or Executive)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example confidential personal, financial or legal advice), in Part B of this agenda (printed on yellow paper) can be decided. (Exempt information is defined in Section 100I and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972).