MELKSHAM Town Council, for the first time ever, is to hold an Economic Development and Planning Committee meeting followed by the Annual meeting of its Full Council, on Monday 1 June, online using the Zoom video conferencing platform.
Councillors will attend the meeting online, supported by officers. Members of the public and press are also invited to attend. The joining details are on the meeting agendas which can be downloaded from the Council’s website at [https://bit.ly/2M78cNs] and [https://bit.ly/3gtUwKl]. Where appropriate, members of the public may participate in the meetings, in the normal way, when so directed by the chair.
The two meetings will be held, in sequence, on Monday evening, the first beginning promptly at 7pm. The first meeting is that of the Economic Development and Planning Committee and is expected to be of short duration. The second meeting is that of the Annual Meeting of the Full Council will begin on the rising of the first meeting.
In another first, the meetings will be live streamed onto Melksham Town Council’s YouTube channel, so that proceedings can be viewed after the event.
The Town Clerk, Linda Roberts said: “whilst current COVID-19 restrictions mean that we have to change the way we operate, we hope that videoing and live streaming council meetings in this manner will make them more accessible to the people of our town and increase interest in and awareness of local governance.”
