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Recent Death
The Chairman informed members that former Councillor Michael Tomkins had died on Friday, the 3 March 2017.
The Chairman noted that he had been both a member of Epping Forest District Council and of Chigwell Parish Council but was elected to Essex County Council in 1997 to represent the Division of Chigwell and Loughton Broadway.
Members were informed that he had served on various committees including the Development and Regulation Committee, the Select Committee for Audit and Public Accounts, numerous Policy and Development Groups as well as in 2001 being appointed to be the Deputy to the Cabinet Member for Libraries and Leisure.
Members stood in remembrance.
Awards
Awards for Essex Highways
The Chairman invited Councillor Johnson, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, to present an award conferred upon the Council’s Asset Management Team in Essex Highways Service, working with Ringway Jacobs, who, it was determined have a structured and best practice approach to managing the life-cycle of Essex’ highways assets. This award is internationally recognised as a mark of quality. He gave thanks to those who had worked hard to achieve it.
The Cabinet Member presented a certificate of accreditation to BSI ISO 55001 Asset Management.
The Chairman invited Councillor Johnson, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, to present an award achieved by the Safer Essex Roads Partnership brings together the three Greater Essex Local Authorities, Essex Police, Essex Fire and Rescue Service, Highways England, the Essex and Hertfordshire Air Ambulance Trust, the Essex National Health Trust and the Safer Roads Foundation. The object of the partnership was to reduce the deaths and serious injuries on Essex Roads to zero. The Cabinet Member paid tribute to the hard work of all those involved in the campaign to promote safer driving with young drivers in Essex.
The Cabinet Member informed members that the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) core team had won the Silver Award in the ‘New Scheme’ Category and the Gold Award for the ‘Young Driver Campaign’ and presented a trophy.
Essex Pension Fund
The Chairman invited Councillor Barker, the Vice Chairman of the Essex Pension Fund for the municipal year 2016-17, to present an award won at the 2017 Pension Age Awards in late February 2017 by the Essex Pension Fund in the category for Pension Administration. This was an outstanding achievement in the face of stiff competition from other authorities. She presented the award and placed on record the outstanding commitment and effort of the outgoing Chairman, Councillor Bass, members of the Essex Pension Fund Strategic Board and the Investment Steering Committee and officers who had contributed to this achievement.
Register of Interests
The Chairman, at the request of the Essex County Council Monitoring Officer, reminded all members that it was a legal requirement to register or re-register their interests within 28 days of election, ie by 1 June 2017.