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CARLTON AND CHELLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL 311 MINUTES of the meeting held Monday 13th October 2008 at Carlton Village Hall – 7.30pm Present: Cllr. D Jenkins (Chairman), Cllrs. T. Coles, L. Dempsey, E. Devine, A. Geerts, J. Tusting, B. Cllr . Jim (V) Brandon (arrived 8.55pm). In attendance: Helen Jago (Emmaus), P. Planterose and 1 parishioner, Alison Burrows (Carlton Post Office). 1. Apologies for absence: Cllrs. R.Davis, L. Benson, P.C.S.O. Allan Taylor, Rob Smith. 2. Disclosure of interest: Cllr Dempsey notified council that she had an interest at point (11) Planning Application No: 08/02692/MAF. 3. Minutes of meeting held 8th September : confirmed as a true record of the meeting. 4. Emmaus report: Currently 25 companions on role. Very busy at the moment and a very positive attitude. Helen had been asked by the Council to give information about the recycling programme at Emmaus. Leaflets and a statistics sheet were circulated to Council and a full account was given outlining the whole process – approximately one third of donated items are sold, one third recycled and one third disposed of (in a variety of ways). At present there is no plan to increase the scale of the recycling, and any future developments would be discussed with the Parish Council. The Chairman thanked Helen very much for attending the meeting. Closed Parish Council meeting at 7.50pm – open to the public. Peter Planterose asked the Council if there were any further development s on the speeding/traffic calming data collected by Beds. C.C. (Highways) – The Chairman advised Peter that despite frequent communications between the P.C. and Highways, more information is still due in and as soon as the P.C. are advised the information will be made available. Alison Burrows thanked the P.C. for their assistance in producing a leaflet identifying the services available from the Post Office and also for the Council’s help with the recent petition to keep the post office in the village. Closed public meeting and reopened Parish Council meeting at 8pm. 5. Police Report: no incidents to report, very quiet in the village at the moment. 16th October there is a Joint Action Group meeting at 1pm in the Harrold Centre – clerk will attend and report back at next meeting. 6. Matters arising from September meeting – refer to apex (i). In addition to this list of actions, note the following:- Alison at the Post Office will produce the information leaflet and Chris the postman will deliver it. Chairman will write to Neil O’Leary (Highways) regarding the speeding issue. Clerk will contact the bus companies and post office regarding speeding vehicles. Clerk will contact Police and request speed checks. Cllr Brandon to arrange another meeting to discuss the War memorial monument proposal. No decision can be made without proper consultation with the parishioners, it was felt that another meeting is essential. 7. County Councillor’s report: None. 8. Borough Councillor’s report: Cllr Brandon now has the list of Executive Directors for the new Unitary Authority.
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9. Highways repairs: some work has been done on The Causeway drains – this is still to be completed. Site meeting to be arranged with Celia Sellers/Cllr. Jenkins, Coles and Clerk to walk around the village to identify the problem areas/clarify E.P.P. work (The Causeway pavements).
10. Neighbourhood Watch: police have suggested that it would be very good to reinstate the NHW scheme in the village. Cllr Coles requested more information about the scheme, clerk will provide this. Report back at next meeting. 11. Finance report: 7 cheques presented for payment – Warners (main cut x 2) £423.00, Warners (playing Field x 2) £129.26, B J Wood (Bus shelter repairs) £94.00, N Bransgrove-Knight (September wages and expenses), W. Crammen (September wages and expenses), The Villager minibus (annual donation) £200.00, The Bridge (donation for new Village Directory) £75.00. Balance in the Current Account - £8,403.04 Capital Deposit Account - £18,084.38 12. Planning applications: 08/02607/FUL – 61 The Moor – single storey rear extension (no objections. 08/02692/MAF – Nuon Renewables, Airfield Farm, Podington – 3 wind turbines. Cllr Dempsey left the room whilst this application was discussed by Council. Whole Council opposed this application on the same grounds as the previous planning application for this location. 13. Correspondence: list had been circulated to Councillors before the meeting. Refer to apex(ii)for actions to be implemented by Council/Clerk. 14. School Governor’s report: none. 15. Playing field report: none. 16. Village Hall report: none. 17. Village matters: drain blocked outside Victoria Farm (Highways). Village community litter pick is on Saturday 22nd November 10 am until 12 noon (clerk to contact Lower School and advise). Reminder to parishioners to cut back shrubs etc overhanging footpaths (clerk to put article in the next edition of ‘The Bridge’. 18. Date of next meeting: Monday 10th November – 7.30pm. There being no further business, the meeting closed at 2210 hrs.
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