Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk on the Committee’s Terms of Reference.

The Town Clerk noted that the Verderers listed would need to be changed to reflect the results of the recent election. A Member questioned whether consideration could be given to adjusting the election process for Verderers of Epping Forest. The Chairman noted that he shared the Members’ concerns but explained that changes to the election process required primary legislation as the provisions were mandated in the Epping Forest Act 1878.

RESOLVED: That: -

1. The terms of reference of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee, be approved for submission to the Court of Common Council in April, and that any further changes required in the lead up to the Court’s appointment of Committees be delegated to the Town Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman; and
2. The Committee’s meeting frequency be approved.