Councillor Rick Everitt
Email: cllr-Rick.Everitt@thanet.gov.uk
Council: Thanet
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
63 meetings · Page 1 of 13
Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party - Wednesday, 3rd December, 2025 4.00 pm
Extraordinary, Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
79 decisions · Page 5 of 16
Changing the Council Tax Support Scheme for working- age customers – permission to consult
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 24th July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 24, 2025
Thanet District Council has the discretion to design its own Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme for working-age customers. The scheme is agreed on an annual basis as part of the Tax Base decision-making process. The current scheme is no longer fit for purpose in light of the government’s ‘Move to Universal Credit’ programme, and therefore the current scheme needs updating and modernising. To make changes to the CTS scheme, for the coming year, it is necessary to complete meaningful consultation with the public. This report outlines the proposed changes to the scheme and recommends that permission is granted to start the necessary consultation process.
Recommendations Approved
Proposed use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Fuel
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 24th July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 24, 2025
The proposal is to change the primary fuel type for the council vehicles from standard diesel to HVO fuel and approve the potential increase of spend on fuel.
Recommendations Approved
Anti-social Behaviour and Alcohol PSPO
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 24th July, 2025 7.00 pm - July 24, 2025
There is an ongoing issue of antisocial behaviour in the Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate areas. The causes are complex. The Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) is recognised by partner agencies as an effective tool for dealing with such behaviour. Council officers gathered and analysed the evidence base for the restrictions proposed in the draft PSPO considered by Cabinet. Cabinet was also asked to conscientiously consider the results of a comprehensive consultation with residents, voluntary groups and statutory consultees including the local chief officer of police; the police and crime commissioner; owners or occupiers of land within the affected area. Having carefully considered the evidence base and the results of consultation Cabinet reviewed each of the proposed restrictions.
Recommendations Approved
Pathfinder Programme - funding reallocations
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 26th June, 2025 7.00 pm - June 26, 2025
The requirement to reallocate funding within the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot programme from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, following the formal decision to close the Pathfinder Port Infrastructure project, within the Green Port Intervention. The funding reallocation was for the Green Campus, Clock House, Harbour Placemaking, Broad Street, Fishing Facilities and to Contingency. As the Accountable Body for the projects within the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot, the council is the ultimate decision maker.
Recommendations Approved
Port of Ramsgate - Future Delivery Project
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 26th June, 2025 7.00 pm - June 26, 2025
A report was presented to Cabinet to update on the Port of Ramsgate Future Delivery Project which focuses upon the long term sustainability of the Port of Ramsgate. This includes the concession operator procurement process which started in August 2024 and was formally abandoned in January 2025. The report recommended that previously approved plans to implement a concession port operator model, supported by a grant from Pathfinder funding, be formally ended. The report set out that this proposal did not change the overarching objectives for the port, which include ending the revenue deficit position and delivering a sustainable solution for the port in the long term. The report also recommended that further options be developed to deliver a sustainable long term solution for the port, with those options being brought back to Cabinet in the autumn of 2025. The report also described the rationale for reallocating £7.6m of Ramsgate Pathfinder funding away from the Port Future Delivery Project due to the deadline for spending that funding. That recommendation is the subject of a separate report to Cabinet.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 63
Average per Month: 2.7
Decisions Recorded: 79