Decision details

(1)     The Chair welcomed everyone to this meeting of Cabinet;

(2)     The Chair advised that, in accordance with Council policy, this meeting was being audio recorded as well as filmed. The audio recordings would be available to view on Mod.gov and the film recording via the NHDC Youtube channel;

(3)     Members were reminded that this Council had declared a Climate Emergency.  This was a serious decision and meant that, as this was an emergency, all of us, officers and Members had that in mind as we carried out our various roles and tasks for the benefit of our District;

(4)     Members were reminded to make declarations of interest before an item, the detailed reminder about this and speaking rights was set out under Chair’s Announcements on the agenda;

(5)     The Chair referred to statements made by Councillor David Williams, Leader Hertfordshire County Council in respect of Local Government reorganisation;

(6)     The Chair advised that he would take the agenda in the order published up to and including item 12. The Part 2 items would then be considered following which the meeting would return to Part 1 to take Part 1 decisions on Item 13 at the end of the meeting.

In respect of announcement (5) above a short discussion took place.