Agenda
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Contact: Donna Ford - Clerk Email: D.Ford1@somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk Marcus Prouse - Specialist - Email: m.prouse@somersetwestandtaunton.gov.uk
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Apologies
To receive any apologies for absence.
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Minutes of the previous meeting of the Taunton Shadow Town Council
To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee held on 31st January 2023.
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Declarations of Interest
To receive and note any declarations of disclosable pecuniary or prejudicial or personal interests in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting.
(The personal interests of Councillors of Somerset County Council, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes.)
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Public Participation
The Chair to advise the Committee of any items on which members of the public have requested to speak and advise those members of the public present of the details of the Council’s public participation scheme.
For those members of the public who have submitted any questions or statements, please note, a three minute time limit applies to each speaker and you will be asked to speak before Councillors debate the issue.
We are now live webcasting most of our committee meetings and you are welcome to view and listen to the discussion. The link to each webcast will be available on the meeting webpage, but you can also access them on the Somerset West and Taunton webcasting website.
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Taunton Local Community Network Update (Verbal Update)
The Executive Lead for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and Prosperity alongside Officers will present a verbal update on this item at the meeting.
It is recommended that the Shadow Town Council: · Note the update on the Taunton Local Community Network progress and provide any comments.
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Judicial Review Update (Verbal Update)
Legal Workstream Lead and Deputy County Solicitor Tom Woodhams to give an update on the Judicial Review Action.
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Officers will present a verbal update on this item at the meeting.
It is recommended that the Shadow Town Council: · Note the update on the forthcoming May Election and provide any comments.
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Taunton Parish/Town Council Policies and Procedures
This report sets out a range of policies and procedures which are the minimum required to be in place to enable the new Taunton Town/Parish Council to properly operate from its vesting as a body on 1st April 2023, as identified in the Governance Workstream under the Taunton Town Council Programme Board.
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Implementation Plan Progress Update TO FOLLOW
Officers will present an update on this item at the meeting with attached slides.
It is recommended that the Shadow Town Council: · Note the update on the Implementation Plan progress and provide any comments.
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Access to Information - Exclusion of the Press and Public
During discussion of the following item (Agenda Item 12) it may be necessary to pass the following resolution to exclude the press and public having reflected on Article 13 13.02(e) (a presumption in favour of openness) of the Constitution. This decision may be required because consideration of this matter in public may disclose information falling within one of the descriptions of exempt information in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.
The Shadow Council will need to decide whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption, outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
Recommend that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the next item of business (Agenda Item 12) on the ground that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 respectively of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
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HR Workstream Update (verbal update)
Officers will present a verbal update on this item at the meeting.
It is recommended that the Shadow Town Council: · Note the update on the HR Workstream progress and provide any comments.
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Taunton Shadow Town Council Forward Plan
To review the Forward Plan. Additional documents: |