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Parish Council Meeting

Date: 2005-06-02
Time: 19:00
Venue: Church Meeting Room

AGENDA

  1. Present
  2. Apologies
  3. Declarations of Interest
  4. Rev. G. Angell To Discuss Church Burial Ground
  5. Future tree planting, wild flowers, grass cutting
  6. To consider action plan
  7. Affordable Housing for local people in Mkt. Overton.
  8. To Approve Minutes of 4-5-2005 & the Special Parish Council Meeting of 12-5-2005.
  9. To deal with matters, if any remaining from last meeting.
  10. To receive Correspondence
  11. To authorise payments of accounts/S137 and note balances.
  12. To receive Planning Applications & note decisions
  13. To note future items.
  14. To note date of next meeting.

MINUTES

2005/70 Present

Cllrs. Crowther, Dean, Hudson, Ryder, Rodger, Stewart and Revd. Geoff Angell.

2005/71 Apologies

Cllr. O'Neill, County Councillor Rob Toy and George Shepherd - Tree Warden.

2005/72 Declarations of Interest

None given.

2005/73 Rev. G. Angell To discuss Church Burial Ground.

The Chairman welcomed Revd. Geoff Angell to the meeting to discuss the proposed closure of the church burial ground when it becomes full (possibly within the next ten years). Revd. Angell explained that the church would run out of cash within three years; the running cost was currently £4,000 per annum. He stated that as it was a Parochial Church Council decision, the matter was closed. Members thought that the issue needed to be fully investigated; by forming a working group, consulting the parishioners, investigating the re-usage of burial ground and discussing their findings with the P.C.C. and asking them to reconsider the matter.

2005/74 Future tree planting, wild flowers, grass cutting.

Deferred to the next meeting - awaiting costing, etc.

2005/75 To consider Action Plan

Members agreed to defer to next meeting to allow time to list priorities from the Action Plan. Cllr. Ryder agreed to check quotes submitted for printing Welcome Pack and would report back at the next meeting.

2005/76 Affordable Housing for local people in Mkt. Overton.

The Clerk having circulated information pack/plans for affordable housing in Main Street, Market Overton; members agreed to support the scheme in principle.

Cllr. Rodger did not vote on subject.

2005/77 To Approve Minutes of 4-5-2005 & the Special Parish Council Meeting of 12-5-2005.

The Clerk having circulated the minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Wednesday 4 May 2005 and minutes of Special Parish Council Meeting of Thursday 12 May 2005, Cllr. Stewart proposed and Cllr. Rodger seconded that they be accepted as a true record and this was agreed.

2005/78 To deal with matters, if any remaining from last meeting.

2005/64 - Traffic calming - Highways informed the Clerk that the Cabinet at RCC had cut £1,000,000 from this year's budget, which had adversely affected repairs/improvements; there was no money to finance road markings, minor repairs, etc. The long awaited scheme for a foot-way proposal for Thistleton Road was listed twentieth, out of twenty-nine.

2005/79 To receive Correspondence

There were several items of correspondence to circulate/notices for meetings, including-

2005/80 To authorise payments of accounts/S137 and note balances.

Cllr. Stewart proposed and Cllr. Crowther seconded that the following amounting to £665.00 be authorised for payment-

The Clerk circulated the Monthly Statement of Accounts and members noted the balance.

2005/81 To receive Planning Applications & note decisions

Members noted that the following applications had been given permission-

2005/82 To note future items.

2005/83 To note date of next meeting.

The date of the next meeting was arranged for Monday 4 July 2005 at 7-00 p.m. in the Church Meeting Room.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 8-15 p.m.