Part A
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Welcome and Announcements
The Chair will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chair will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent, the recording of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the Panel will 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 Chair 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 1 August 2024 are a correct record.
6
Have Your Say! (Virtual Meetings)
Members of the public may make representations to the meeting. Each representation may be no longer than three minutes (500 words). Members of the public may register their wish to address the meeting by registering online by 12.00 noon on the working day before the meeting date. In addition a written copy of the representation will need to be supplied for use in the event of unforeseen technical difficulties preventing participation at the meeting itself.
The Panel will consider a report setting out and reviewing the progress of
the removal of glyphosate-based herbicides from general use in grounds
maintenance activities carried out by Colchester City Council, Colchester
Borough Homes and Amphora (now CCC Estates.) since April 2020.
The Panel will consider a report which contains information on the Council's emissions from the 2023/24
financial year.
The Panel will consider a report introducing it to the work undertaken in relation to energy management, and providing a summary of the financial and environmental benefits achieved over
the past 18 months.
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 its last meeting on 1 August 2024.
The Panel will consider a report setting out the
research into
the introduction of 20mph speed limits as default for non-arterial roads in
Colchester, and the implications of putting in place any such limits.
The Panel will consider a report setting out its work programme for the current municipal year.
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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).