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Recent meetings
Licensing Sub-Committee A
Licensing Sub-Committee A - Thursday, 13th August, 2026 10.00 am
August 13, 2026
Special Meeting, Planning Committee
Special Meeting, Planning Committee - Wednesday, 12th August, 2026 4.00 pm
August 12, 2026
Special, Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Special, Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 30th July, 2026 6.30 pm
July 30, 2026
Audit & Governance Committee
Audit & Governance Committee - Monday, 20th July, 2026 6.30 pm
July 20, 2026
Licensing Sub-Committee B
Licensing Sub-Committee B - Friday, 17th July, 2026 10.00 am
July 17, 2026
Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 14th July, 2026 7.00 pm
July 14, 2026
Decisions
| Decision maker | Cabinet Member for Technology, Learning and Customer Services |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Cabinet Member approval is sought for the award of a contract for the replacement of the Council’s telephony and contact centre platforms. |
| Outcome | |
| Date | August 18, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet Member for Technology, Learning and Customer Services |
|---|---|
| Purpose | To award a 3-year contract (with the option to extend for a further 12 months) with a supplier to complete the current refresh cycle for the procurement of laptops. |
| Outcome | |
| Date | August 18, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet Member for Planning, Property and Governance |
|---|---|
| Purpose | To endorse the updated Essex Coast Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (RAMS). The strategy sets out the mitigation requirements relating to impacts from increased recre... |
| Outcome | |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision at stake is whether to endorse the updated Essex Coast Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy (RAMS) to protect important nature conservation sites from the impacts of increased recreation due to housing growth and tourist development. |
| Date | August 04, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet |
|---|---|
| Purpose | To agree the next phases of Council’s retrofit programme and resettlement acquisitions programme |
| Outcome | |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision involves securing funding to retrofit council homes for energy efficiency and acquire new homes for temporary accommodation. |
| Date | July 13, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet |
|---|---|
| Purpose | The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires Directors of Public Health to prepare an annual report on the health of the local population. |
| Outcome | |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision involves noting the Annual Public Health Report 2025-26 in order to address key health issues in the local population of Southend city. |
| Date | July 13, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet Member for Technology, Learning and Customer Services |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Southend City Council currently has a contract with Civica PLC to provide a corporate Electronic Document & Records Management System (EDRMS). The current contract term began on the 20th Octob... |
| Outcome | |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision involves extending the support and maintenance contract for Civica PLC EDRMS software for twelve months. |
| Date | July 09, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet Member for Social Care and Healthier Communities |
|---|---|
| Purpose | To approve the award of a four-year contract for the maintenance, inspection and repair of lifting equipment used within the Occupational Therapy and Community Equipment Service. The decisi... |
| Outcome | |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision at stake is the award of a four-year contract for the maintenance, inspection, and repair of lifting equipment used within the Occupational Therapy and Community Equipment Service in Southend-on-Sea. |
| Date | July 06, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet Member for Social Care and Healthier Communities |
|---|---|
| Purpose | To seek approval for a special urgency decision to directly award contracts to current suppliers of the existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contract for Section 12 (s12) Doctors to undert... |
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision at stake is the direct award of contracts to current suppliers for Section 12 Doctors to undertake assessments under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) for a further 12 months due to legal and operational uncertainty. |
| Date | July 01, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet Member for Technology, Learning and Customer Services |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Approve the following expenditure: • Children’s Shared Care implementation £15,600 • Children’s Shared Care annual license £18,000 per annum 26/27 and 27/28 total value £36,000 Note: Childre... |
| Outcome | |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision involves approving variations to an existing contract with System C for additional modules related to Children's Social Care, Adults' Social Care, ContrOCC Insights Reporting, Provider Portal, and Online Financial Assessment and Financial Protection. |
| Date | June 17, 2026 |
| Decision maker | Cabinet |
|---|---|
| Purpose | The Council currently has a contract in place for the provision at a corporate level for all hybrid and transactional mail. The current contract expires on 31st August 2026 but has an option to ... |
| Outcome | |
| ⚠️ Unverified AI summary | The decision at stake is whether to extend the existing transactional print and hybrid mail contract for a period of 24 months. |
| Date | June 15, 2026 |
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