December Branch Meeting

Adam Keppel-Green

The next branch meeting will be held on Friday 1st December at Congleton Town Hall.

 AGENDA

WELCOME

The Chairman will welcome everyone and members will introduce themselves

INTRODUCTION TO CONGLETON TOWN COUNCIL

Chief Officer of Congleton Town Council, David McGifford will introduce Congleton Town Council, giving a short talk on the what the council does.

SPEAKER

Jeff Scales, Head of Services (North) for Locality will be giving a presentation on the Community Right to Bid (assets of community value) and Community Right to Challenge.

SECRETARY’S REPORT

To receive a report from the Secretary on Branch membership

TREASURER’S REPORT

To receive a report from the Treasurer on the Branch’s Finances

TRAINING

To consider utilising the surplus from the Branch Conference to provide a training and conference bursary

To consider undertaking a Training Needs Survey

To note SLCC Courses planned in 2018

To appoint members to the Branch Conference sub-group

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

  1. Election of Chairman
  2. Election of Deputy Chairman
  3. Election of Secretary
  4. Election of Treasurer
  5. Election of Training Officer
  6. Election of National Forum Representative
  7. Election of National Forum Reserve Representative

NATIONAL NEWS

An update on the national work of SLCC.

2018 MEETING PROGRAMME

To note the 2018 meeting programme

Date / TIme Location Speaker Topic
January 19th – 10am Frodsham Community Shops and Pubs.
March 14th – 4pm Alsager Cheshire Community Pride Awards
May 25th – 10am Northwich Running a Cemetery
July 19th – 6:30pm Macclesfield Essential Polices – Policy Swap
September 28th – 10am Winsford Village Halls and Community Centres + AGM
November 28th – 10am TBC TBC

OPEN FORUM

This part of the meeting is for members to raise any relevant issues for discussion including:

 

  1. Projects/actions for the branch to undertake
  2. Discussion/advice on an issue or subject
  3. Discussion on things the branch should campaign on

 

Discussion Question: “What incentives could be introduced to encourage councils to seek accreditation under the Local Council Award Scheme?