Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Full Council

Date/Time:

12 Feb 2026 - 10:00 to 16:00

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Council Chamber

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Agenda Contents (102Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Full Council - 12/02/2026 (10405Kb)

Agenda

Standard Items

1 Apologies for Absence

2 Declarations of Interest

3 Minutes:

Confirmation of the minutes of the Extraordinary Council meeting held on 9 December 2025 (118Kb)

Confirmation of the Minutes of the Council meeting held on 9 December 2025 (252Kb)

4 Public Speakers

5 Chairman's Announcements and Communications

6 Petitions

Political Proportionality (61Kb)

8 Executive Statements

Everyone's Essex Annual Plan and Budget 2026/27 - Part 1: Section 151 Officer's Report (244Kb)

Everyone’s Essex Annual Plan and Budget 2026/27 – Part 2: Budget and Plan (217Kb)

Council Issues (51Kb)

item 10 - Appendix 2 Disciplinary of Statutory Officers (103Kb)

Cabinet Issues (22Kb)

item 11a - Appendix 1 Urgent Decisions (29Kb)
Item 11b - Appendix Cabinet - Minutes - 27 January 2026 (113Kb)

Essex Pension Fund - Border to Coast Pension Partnership Shareholder Agreement (79Kb)

External Auditors Annual Report: Financial years ended 31 March 2025 (74Kb)

item 13 - Appendix - External Auditor's Annual Report 2024-25 (597Kb)

14 Oral questions of the Leader, Cabinet Members, Chairman of a committee or the Council's representative on the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel

Meeting Documents

Annual Plan and Budget 2026-27 addendum final (373Kb)
Order Paper 120226 (884Kb)

Members

Attended - Committee Members

Name
1 2 3 Page 1 of 3, items 1 to 25 of 60.
Barry Roy Aspinell - Lib Dem and Independent Group
Tony Ball - Cabinet Member for Education Excellence, Life Long Learning and Employability
Lewis Barber
Mrs Susan Barker
Kevin Paul Bentley - Leader of the Council, Leader of the Conservative Group
Lynette Bowers-Flint
Malcolm Robert Buckley
Graham Butland
Emma Callaghan
Simon Crow
Tom Cunningham - Cabinet Member for Digital and Corporate Services
Mrs Jude Deakin - Lib Dem and Independent Group
Sue Dobson
Mark Durham - Cabinet Member for The Arts, Heritage and Culture
Beverley Egan
Jane Fleming
Martin Foley - Member of Non-Aligned Group
Mike Garnett
Alan Goggin
Raymond John Gooding - Chairman of the Council
Carlo Guglielmi - Vice-Chairman of the Council
Michael Hardware
Dave Harris
Anthony Michael Hedley
Ivan Henderson - Leader of Labour Group

Attended - Other Members

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
Dave Blackwell - Member of Non-Aligned Group	Joined online via Zoom
Mark Cory - Lib Dem and Independent Group
Jeff Henry
Sue Lissimore
June Lumley	Joined online via Zoom
Dr Richard Moore
Chris Pond, OBE MA PhD Hon. - Leader of Non-Aligned Group
Patricia Reid
Mike Steel
Mark Stephenson - Member of Non-Aligned Group
Lesley Wagland OBE
Holly Whitbread
Andy Wiles

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence
Paul Gadd - Member of Non-Aligned Group

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Attendees

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