The Council is asked to note any announcements made by the Chief Executive.
Minutes:
The Chief Executive made me following announcement:-
“Thank you, Chairman. The recently passed District Councillor, Councillor Ian Dimmock of Alresford and Elmstead, who served for 8 years on the Council during 1999 – 2007. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Development Control Committee between 2001 and 2003 and then the Regulatory Committee between 2003 and 2007.
Councillor Delyth Miles of Walton served on the Council for 12 years between 2011 and 2023. Delyth held several Vice Chairman and Chairman roles of Committees including Community Leadership and Partnerships, Corporate Management, Education Skills and Council. Until recently, Councillor Miles was also a Member of the Frinton and Walton Town Council before resigning from there a few weeks before her passing. I know many of us knew her very well, I would just like to say she served very closely with me on the Naze Management Board from the inception of the Naze building. She worked tirelessly with her local community as to what was going to be best for getting out of the Naze centre. She was then in support of the Naze centre once it was in place. I will always remember Delyth and many many of you around this room will remember Delyth and her time with this Council.”
Councillor M E Stephenson had some words to say about Councillor Delyth Miles:-
“Thank you, Chairman. I just wanted to say a couple of words around Councillor Delyth Miles. Some of it has already been taken by the Chief Executive and they were fine words, but for me, Delyth was a passionate Ward Councillor who worked tirelessly with her Ward and her community. She was a bit of a mentor for me and like some of you, I was very fond of her. The one thing I will always remember and that we can all probably agree on, that Delyth loved to chat. She will be missed, and my thoughts go to her family and friends.”
Councillor Scott had some words to say about Councillor Ian Dimmock:-
“When I got elected in 2002, Ian Dimmock was the Councillor for Alresford, Thorrington and Frating as it was back then, and I became eventually his Ward partner and we worked together for 13 months onwards as Ward Councillors and then boundaries changed again. I knew Ian Dimmock as a Alresfordian, as well as Councillor Ann Wiggins. He was a hardworking Ward Councillor; he served his residents well in the 3 communities. He was involved in many things in Alresford, the village hall and other interested groups there. He always put things first, he always went to assist people and he’ll be sadly, sadly missed. His memorial service was a couple of weeks ago and the church was packed out with fellow Alresfordians and political people from the conservative party, obviously not my party but we did work together really well and Sir Bernard Jenkins there and had some really good comments and memorial moment of Council.”
The Chief Executive also announced:-
“Thank you, Chairman. Also, in announcements as is customer practice, I wish to confirm the outcome of two sets of Elections that have been held since the last meeting of the Council. They were the Election of Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, held on the 2nd of May 2024, Roger Hurst was re-elected as the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner and the United Kingdom Parliamentary General Election, which was held on the 4th of July 2024 for the Clacton Constituency, Nigel Farage was elected and for the Harwich and North Essex, Sir Bernard Jenkins was re-elected. They will serve as the two MPs for our district. Thank you.”