Rick Everitt - Councillor for Thanet (Newington Ward)

Councillor Rick Everitt

The Labour Party Newington Ward Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategy, Corporate Services and Climate Change

Email: cllr-Rick.Everitt@thanet.gov.uk

Council: Thanet

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet (Chair) Council (Committee Member) General Purposes Committee (Committee Member) Climate Change Cabinet Advisory Group (Chair) Constitutional Review Working Party (Committee Member) Overview & Scrutiny Panel Boundary and Electoral Arrangements Working Party (Reserve) East Kent Services Committee (Committee Member) Planning Committee

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

67 meetings · Page 1 of 14

General Purposes Committee Committee Member

General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 27th January, 2026 2.00 pm

January 27, 2026, 2:00 pm
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 7.00 pm

January 22, 2026, 7:00 pm
Council Committee Member

Extraordinary, Council - Thursday, 8th January, 2026 7.00 pm

January 08, 2026
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Thursday, 18th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 18, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Thursday, 11th December, 2025 7.00 pm

December 11, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

95 decisions · Page 6 of 19

Walpole Coast Protection - Coping Replacement

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 25th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 25, 2025

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Recommendations Approved

Bus Shelter Contract

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 25th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 25, 2025

...to allow the procurement and award of contracts for both the provision and installation of new bus shelters within the Thanet District, and for the subsequent advertisement, cleaning, and maintenance of those shelters.

Recommendations Approved

Corporate Performance - approach and indicators

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 25th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 25, 2025

A new Performance Management Framework which sets out how the council intends to manage organisation performance has been considered. As part of this, refreshed corporate performance indicators are proposed to track the council’s progress with the Corporate plan 2024-28.

Recommendations Approved

AI Policy

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 25th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 25, 2025

To bring forward an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for the organisation.   The policy has been created to outline the council’s AI governance, responsibilities, risk management and operational processes. It applies to all council officers, Councillors, contractors and subcontractors.    The policy has been subject to 30 day consultation with staff and the council’s recognised trade unions.   Following consideration at the General Purposes Committee, the policy has now been reviewed by the Cabinet.

Recommendations Approved

Cremator & Mercury Abatement Service & Maintenance Contract

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 25th September, 2025 7.00 pm - September 25, 2025

...to ensure the continued operation and regulatory compliance of the Thanet Crematorium, they approved the use of the YPO framework to award a ten-year, £835,590 (+VAT) service and maintenance contract to Facultatieve Technologies Limited for the cremator and mercury abatement systems.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 67

Average per Month: 2.8

Decisions Recorded: 95