Issue - meetings

To receive such announcements as the Chairman may wish to make to the Council.

It was with sadness that the Chairman reported the passing of the following former County Councillors:

·         Frank Rust who represented the Aldershot East division from 2013 to 2017

·         Brian Palmer who represented the Romsey division from 1973 to 1977

·         Ray Cobbett who represented the Emsworth and St Faith’s (East) division from 1993 to 1997 

·         Honorary Alderman Philip Merridale CBE who represented the Baddesley division from 1973 to 1989.

The following Members paid tribute to their former colleagues:

Councillors Adam Carew, Roz Chadd, Charles Choudhary, Adrian Collett, Mark Cooper, Roger Huxstep, Andrew Joy, Alexis McEvoy, Roy Perry and Jan Warwick.

The Council observed a 30 second silence as a mark of respect.

It was with pleasure that the Chairman reported that the County Council’s Property Services team has been shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards 2020 for the Oakmoor School at Whitehill and Bordon, as part of a wider regeneration project in the area.  The new school  replaces existing school buildings on the Mill Chase Road site which were in poor condition and coming to the end of their useful life.  Significant funding contributions were received from the Department for Education and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and the County Council also worked closely with the University of Chichester Academy Trust, East Hampshire District Council, and the Whitehill & Bordon Regeneration Company on the delivery of the new school.  The Chairman was particularly pleased to see energy efficiency and consideration of climate change included into the design.

Finally, the Chairman, on behalf of all Members, thanked the Chief Executive and his team for the sterling work they were doing in very difficult circumstances to keep the County Council’s services to the public running so well during the crisis.