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MEETING OF HALEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL WILL TAKE PLACE ON:

Thursday 27th January 2022 at 7.00 p.m. at The Arncliffe Centre, Arncliffe Road, Halewood

GERRY ALLEN, TOWN MANAGER                             DATED: 21st January 2022

Agenda: Town Council Meeting – 27 January 2022

A reminder to residents that questions for Public Forum must be logged with the Town Manager by 7.00pm on Tuesday 25th January via: gerry.allen@knowsley.gov.uk or by calling 0151 429-1929.

Residents are able to attend this meeting in-person. However, due to the ongoing impact of coronavirus, meeting attendees are encouraged to consider the following guidelines for the meeting:

• If you or anyone in your household have any symptoms (i.e. high temperature, continuous cough, or changes to sense of smell or taste), please do not attend the meeting, and get tested.
• Please sanitise your hands on arrival at the meeting.
• Whilst a face covering is no longer mandatory, this is an indoor gathering in Winter and we would ask that you wear a mask as you access the centre, and for any movement you may have through the building.
• Please note that fire doors may be open through the meeting for the purposes of ventilation, and dress accordingly.

Please note that the Public and Press are invited to attend the above meeting under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 s.1, as extended by the Local Government Act 1972 s.s 100 & 102.

Halewood Town Council is recruiting new Casual Staff. In roles ideal for people living in or close to Halewood, we’re seeking enthusiastic new colleagues to help provide a great service at our function rooms at both the Arncliffe Centre and Hollies Hall.

The position and hours of work will be dictated by the demand for function hire at both centres. It will be primarily weekend and evening work. The Town Council is a National Living Wage employer.

Experience is preferred but not essential, we ask that you are hardworking and committed to providing friendly and polite service to the parties we accommodate.

Please register any interest in the post with our Operations Manager Dave Murphy via email:

dave.murphy@knowsley.gov.uk

Or alternatively contact him on 07871643771 for an informal chat about the role.

It is with great sadness that we recognise the death of former Mayor Of Halewood, ex-Councillor Tommy Lyons after he passed away on December 24^th.

Tommy was a longstanding and prominent Halewood Town Councillor through the 1970’s and 1980’s, and also represented the township as a Knowsley Borough Councillor.

Tommy was a hard-working and popular servant to our township long after his ‘working life’ stopped. He will be sorely missed in Halewood, and the thoughts of everyone at the Town Council are with his family at this difficult time.

Halewood Town Council is pleased to be supporting the vaccine roll-out with the NHS once again. A drop-in session at Hollies Hall on Saturday 18^th December will be the first of many we hope, and our Councillors have agreed that the setting can be prioritised for use by the NHS through to the early part of 2022. This may cause some disruption to planned activities and bookings, but Councillors are keen to ensure the Town Council joins the national effort with the booster campaign. Locally, the New Hutte Centre in Halewood will also be offering drop-in vaccination clinics, with the first session coming this Sunday 19^th December.

Mayor of Halewood, Cllr Ken Dalton, speaking for Halewood Town Council, commented: “Councillors, The Town Manager and staff  are united in the plan to ready Hollies Hall for use as a local venue for the Covid-19 Booster programme. I encourage all of our residents, if not already jabbed or in receipt of their booster vaccination, to sign-up for an appointment or attend one of the drop-in clinics. The Covid-19 vaccination offers you the best protection from the virus and reduces your chances of getting seriously sick”.

The drop-in vaccination session at Hollies Hall opens at 10.00am and runs through to 4.00pm. If you need more advice, information on clinics near you or if you are struggling to get to a clinic, Healthwatch Knowsley are on hand to support. To find out more call 0151 449 3954 (Mon-Fri 9.00am to 5.00pm) and a member of the team will talk you through your options.

MEETING OF HALEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL WILL TAKE PLACE ON:

Thursday 9th December 2021 at 7.00 p.m. at The Arncliffe Centre, Arncliffe Road, Halewood

GERRY ALLEN, TOWN MANAGER                             DATED: 3rd December 2021

Agenda: Town Council Meeting Agenda for 9 Dec 2021

A reminder to residents that questions for Public Forum must be logged with the Town Manager by 7.00pm on Tuesday 7th December via: gerry.allen@knowsley.gov.uk or 0151 429-1929.

Residents are able to attend this meeting in-person. However, due to the ongoing impact of coronavirus, meeting attendees are encouraged to consider the following guidelines for the meeting:

• If you or anyone in your household have any symptoms (i.e. high temperature, continuous cough, or changes to sense of smell or taste), please do not attend the meeting, and get tested.
• Please sanitise your hands on arrival at the meeting.
• Whilst a face covering is no longer mandatory, this is an indoor gathering in Winter and we would ask that you wear a mask as you access the centre, and for any movement you may have through the building.
• Please note that fire doors will be open through the meeting for the purposes of ventilation, and dress accordingly.

Please note that the Public and Press are invited to attend the above meeting under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 s.1, as extended by the Local Government Act 1972 s.s 100 & 102.

DEAR RESIDENT,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT VACANCIES REMAIN IN THE OFFICE OF TOWN COUNCILLOR FOR HALEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL. THERE ARE 2 VACANCIES, 1 IN HALEWOOD NORTH WARD, AND 1 FOR HALEWOOD SOUTH WARD.

IF YOU WISH TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS A COUNCILLOR, PLEASE CONTACT THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR AN APPLICATION FORM WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED BY 5.00 p.m. ON FRIDAY 7^th JANUARY 2022. APPLICATION FORMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA THE LINK HERE: Co option application form November 2021

ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR ELIGIBILITY, AND   INTERVIEWS FOR APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CO-OPT ELIGIBLE PERSONS ONTO THE COUNCIL.

Gerry Allen

GERRY ALLEN – TOWN MANAGER

MEETING OF HALEWOOD TOWN COUNCIL WILL TAKE PLACE ON:

Thursday 18th November 2021 at 6.30 p.m. at Hollies Hall, Hollies Road, Halewood

GERRY ALLEN, TOWN MANAGER                             DATED: 12th November 2021

Agenda: Town Council Meeting Agenda for 18 Nov 2021

Please note that the Public and Press are invited to attend the above meeting under the Public bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 s.1, as extended by the Local Government Act 1972 s.s 100 & 102.

Please contact the Town Manager at gerry.allen@knowsley.gov.uk or 443-2063 by 6.30pm on Tuesday 16^th November to book one of the public places available to attend this meeting. Due to Health & Safety Protocols and anticipated interested in the meeting, we are permitted a maximum of 60 (sixty) members of the public in attendance. Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.

Following feedback from several residents, the next Halewood Town Council meeting on Thursday 18th November will now take place at Hollies Hall, on Hollies Road. This meeting will host a Transport update from Cllr Liam Robinson, who is the Metro Mayor’s lead for Transport and Air Quality. We thank residents for the feedback, and have taken onboard some of their positive suggestions.

We are aware of the public interest surrounding this meeting. By hosting it at Hollies Hall we can therefore ensure up to 60 members of the public can be in attendance (as opposed to the 40 who could be accommodated at The Arncliffe Centre) . In addition, we appreciate Hollies Hall will be a more accessible venue for many residents given challenges with local transport.

Due to the previously noted public interest, residents must request a place in advance of the meeting. To do so, please contact us in the following ways:

Email: gerry.allen@knowsley.gov.uk

Telephone: 443-2063

Places will be allocated on a ‘first come, first serve basis’ to the first 60 people requesting a place. There will be no admittance to persons who have not registered a place in advance of the meeting.

In advance of the session, questions are invited from members of the public, but must be logged with the Town Manager by 6.30pm on Tuesday 16 November. Residents are reminded that this is not a Public Meeting, this is a normal Town Council meeting with residents in attendance and permitted to ask questions via the Chair. The formal meeting notice and agenda for the meeting will be posted this Friday, 12th November.

Gerry Allen

Town Manager

This Sunday, 14th November, Halewood will be commemorating Remembrance Sunday. With the easing of Covid restrictions, and there is some return to normality this year. Thus, a short walk to the Cenotaph at St. Nicholas Church will leave Hollies Hall at 10.15am on Sunday morning.

Residents interested in joining the march are invited to gather at Hollies Hall from 9.30am where light refreshments will be provided. The march will be led by Deputy Mayor of Halewood Town Council, Cllr Barbara Dunn. Cllr Dunn will also lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on behalf of the Town Council.

To attend the church service, residents are asked to contact St. Nicholas Church as a restriction on numbers attending remains in place.

Halewood Town Council is delighted to welcome Cllr Liam Robinson to its next meeting on Thursday 18^th November. Cllr Robinson is Steve Rotherham’s (the Metro Mayor) lead for Transport and Air Quality.

Given the understandable public interest in this issue, the meeting will commence at 6.30pm with up to one hour dedicated to Cllr Robinson’s presentation and questions from Town Councillors. In advance of this session, questions are invited from members of the public, but must be logged with the Town Manager by 6.30pm on Tuesday 16 November. Residents are reminded that this is not a Public Meeting, this is a normal Town Council meeting with residents in attendance and permitted to ask questions via the meeting Chair.

In addition, and because we anticipate the public interest in this meeting, a limit of 40 members of the public will be admitted to the meeting to comply with building health and safety regulations. To request a place, please contact us in the following ways:

Email: gerry.allen@knowsley.gov.uk

Telephone: 443-2063

Places will be allocated on a ‘first come, first serve basis’ to the first 40 people requesting a place. There will be no admittance to persons who have not registered a place in advance of the meeting.

Gerry Allen

Town Manager