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BOTTISHAM PARISH COUNCIL 07/06
MINUTES OF BOTTISHAM PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Held on Monday 3rd July 2006 in the Round Room at Bottisham Village College commencing at 7.30pm
PRESENT: Chair: Cllr Tilley. Cllr’s Bailey, Banks, Boal, Bryant, Clark, Morris, O’Dell. District Cllr’s McLean and Leake also attended for part of the meeting.
56. APOLOGIES: Received from Cllr’s Astill, Buchanan, San Vicente and County Cllr Shuter.
57. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: The minutes dated 5th June 2006 were agreed and signed. It was confirmed by the clerk that Local Flavour Ltd as minuted under 52(a) Planning was the River Farm Smokery.
58. MATTERS ARISING: Cllr Clark queried entry to the Tunbridge Lane development and asked if any further response had been received from Highways. Cllr Clark has declared an interest in this matter but is concerned that trees will be needlessly removed which are behind the site line, some with tree preservation orders on. He feels aggrieved that East Cambs District Council seem to have disregarded Parish Council comments. Cllr Tilley informed the meeting that the Editor of the Cresset has spoken with him stating that parishioners were getting agitated about the new development. He proposed that a short paragraph be included in the next Cresset report on this matter. Cllr Tilley also proposed that we write to Highways expressing our disappointment and concerns about the splay and other related matters. ACTION – Clerk to speak to Cllr Buchanan re. Cresset. Clerk to liaise with Cllr Clark and write to Highways.
a) Heathway & Travellers Camp Cllr Tilley was pleased to report that significant progress had been made. He had met with Paul Butcher from the County Council Highways at the travellers camp. Adam Paul, a local farmer has supplied the earth and put a barrier around the area and East Cambs have been clearing the rubbish. The District Cllr’s would update the meeting on progress made on the Heathway.
59. REPORTS OF COUNTY AND DISTRICT COUNCILLORS: The District Cllr’s circulated a report. D/Cllr Leake confirmed that a second recycling container for plastic would be available at the Primary School and the Can Bank removed.
The Tunbridge Lane development was again discussed and D/Cllr Leake agreed that the issues involving Highways should have been dealt with at a much earlier stage.
D/Cllr McLean reported on the clean-up of the Heathway. A co-ordinated team of 8 spent a day clearing the rubbish. Photos were circulated and Cllr’s could see a major improvement. Cllr Tilley expressed thanks to the District Councillors and County Councillor and hoped that this would encourage the County Council to look at the entrance gate to the area and see how improvements could be made.
60. CORRESPONDENCE: Correspondence as listed to 27th June 2006 was noted.
Extra Correspondence received from 28th June – 3rd July
CCC – St Andrews Street/Hobson Street consultation 26 June – 19 August – passed to Cllr O ‘Dell ECDC – Treework application for 132 High Street English Heritage – Proposed extension to Broad Street car park, Ely NALC – Local Council Review Januarys – Barr Trust
61. COMMITTEE REPORTS: a) PLANNING Cllr Tilley reported on a Local Development Framework meeting that he and Cllr Buchanan had attended at the end of May. There were 6 alterations to the greenbelt around the village which were mainly formalizing developments which had already taken place. One area of concern was that planning consent had been given to the business park on Tunbridge Lane and that no mention had been made that this would be taken out of the greenbelt when the application went through. Cllr Bryant felt we should write to clarify if the 2 farmhouses and accompanying land next to the business park had also been taken out of the greenbelt. ACTION – Clerk to write to Planning Dept
b) ENVIRONMENT & CEMETERY Cllr O’Dell will be looking at the budget figures over the next few weeks. It was agreed that a gentle reminder should again be placed in the Cresset asking people not to remove dead wreaths from graves as this was the family’s responsibility. Cllr Tilley asked that Cllr O’Dell look into the rules of burial.
Cllr Boal queried the annual review that Cllr O’Dell was doing and asked him to produce a list of current projects and progress made. ACTION - Cllr O’Dell to liaise with clerk and build up a Project List
Item 62 (a) under Notified Business was discussed. Cllr Boal proposed that Environment and Cemetery be separated into 2 committees. He was critical of the way the Environment & Cemetery Committee worked recognizing that the workload was so high that it made it difficult to succeed. As so many items came under this committee he thought it important for cllr’s to specialize in certain areas. This was originally how Environment & Cemetery was run, coming together as one committee approximately 5 years ago. Cllr Clark, as Chair of the Finance Committee confirmed that Environment & Cemetery encompassed the majority of the budget and it seemed logical to split it. There was some discussion on whether this would be a stand alone committee or a sub-committee.
C) FINANCE Cllr Clark explained the income and expenditure attachment and how this would enable Environment & Cemetery to set their budget for the future. The bank reconciliation for 2005/06 was verified at the meeting. Cllr Clark ran through the external audit confirming that we have complied with all points and this was then signed by the Chairman. ACTION – clerk to send audit to Moores Stephens
62. NOTIFIED BUSINESS: a) Proposal to separate Environment & Cemetery into 2 committees – Cllr Boal If this committee was split Cllr Tilley suggested 3 people serve on the Cemetery Committee and they meet twice a year. Cllr Morris volunteered for this role alongside Cllr Tilley. Cllr O’Dell was not prepared to chair this committee as he felt it would be too much work. Opinion was that there were not enough people to operate 2 committees in this way.
b) Distribution of Councillors to Committees Cllr Tilley felt it important for people to get experience of being on different committees but did not want to change people for the sake of change. He asked if any Cllr’s wanted to move or take on another committee. Cllr Boal had resigned from the Environment & Cemetery Committee but would be happy to serve in a more active role. At the next Environment & Cemetery Meeting on July 19th roles of Cllr’s will be looked at and there will be an opportunity for changes as well as the re-election of a Chairperson.
c) Proposal to sponsor an Annual Best Kept Garden Competition It was agreed by all that this would be a worthwhile project that Parish Council could contribute to. Cllr Clark questioned how much we were looking at sponsoring and if this would be a perpetual event. Cllr Boal asked that we stipulate front gardens only as this brought some benefit to the village. The clerk was asked to invite a representative from the Gardening club to the meeting in September to discuss the matter further. ACTION – Clerk to write to Gardening Club
63. ACCOUNTS:
These were verified and signed at the meeting by Cllr’s Clark and Tilley.
Mrs C Fullwood – Salary 503.40 L Petley – Litter Picking 80.00 E Loh – Litter Picking 40.00 Mr T Bugg – 4th cut & 4th churchyard 517.00 Mr T Bugg – 5th cut & 5th churchyard 517.00 Mr T Bugg – 2nd old cemetery & hedge 132.00 Mr T Bugg – Blades for mower 40.00 Prospects Trust – Path clearance 88.00 Dr Mockridge – IT Support 120.00
64. DATE OF NEXT MEETING: The meeting closed at 9.40pm. There is no meeting in August and the next meeting will therefore be on Monday 4th September 2006, 7.30pm in the Round Room at Bottisham Village College. |
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