Agenda

Schedule 12 of the Local Government Act 1972 requires a record be kept of the Members present and that this record form part of the minutes of the meeting. Members who cannot attend a meeting should tender apologies to the Town Clerk.

(i) Under the Localism Act 2011 (sections 26-37 and Schedule 4) and in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct, Members are required to declare any interests which are not currently entered in the Member’s Register of Interests or if he/she has not notified the Monitoring Officer of it.

(ii) Should any Member have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in an item on the agenda, the Member may not participate in consideration of that item unless a Dispensation has first been requested (in writing) and granted by the Council (see Dispensation Procedure).

To receive questions and statements from members of the public in respect of any item of business included in the agenda, as provided for in Standing Order No.s 3(f) and 3(h).

(a)        committTo receive and approve as a correct record the minutes of the Committee meeting held on 14 December 2020 (attached) in accordance with Standing Order 12.

(b)        To receive information updates on matters arising from the previous meeting (if appropriate).

(a)        To receive and consider the Committee Work Plan for 2020-2021 (attached).

(b)        To receive and consider a draft Committee Work Plan for 2021-2022 (attached).

To receive a report on our allotments, looking at our waiting lists and to consider the recommendation/s contained therein (to follow).

To receive and consider an update report of the wider play area improvement and safer surfacing replacement programmes (attached).

To receive a nine-month budget monitoring report for the period April-December 2020 (attached).

To receive the minutes of meetings held on 17 December 2020 and to consider the recommendation/s contained therein (attached).

To receive a report regarding back dated non domestic rate bills payments for Pages Park Pavilion from Central Bedfordshire Council and to consider the recommendation/s contained therein (attached).

(a)       To receive a verbal update in respect of the Covid-19 pandemic and implications for Town Council owned play areas, parks, sports facilities, and pavilions.

 (b)    To receive a request from Gordon Fletcher and Cyd Smith Co-Chairs of the Leighton Linslade and District Sports Council (attached).

To consider fees and charges from 1 April 2021 (attached).

To consider fees and charges from 1 April 2021(to follow).

To receive and consider making a request to Central Bedfordshire Council, regarding the shared responsibility for clearing a section of the River Ouzel (to follow).

To receive the minutes of the last meeting of the Ouzel Valley Park Steering Group and a verbal update from its Chair (attached).

The Committee may consider it appropriate to consider the following resolution should they consider that any discussion would be prejudicial to the public interests: that, under the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, the public be excluded on the grounds of the confidential nature of the business about to be transacted which involves the likely disclosure of exempt information. The public and press to withdraw from the meeting during consideration of detailed discussion regarding: Parson’s Close Recreation Ground, Town Council Vehicles

To receive a report regarding the Town Council objective to refurbish the play area at Parson’s Close Recreation Ground to create an inclusive adventure play space and to consider the recommendation/s contained therein (to follow).

To consider the recommendation made by the Policy and Finance Committee on 18 January 2021 in respect of town council vehicles (to follow).