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MINUTES of a Meeting held at the Village Hall, Woldingham on 24 November 2005 at 7.30 p.m. Present: Michael Batterbury; Sally Marks; Jill Meekings (Chairman); Bobby Johnson (Vice Chairman); Maggie Bantick; Colin Packington; Rodney Fuller 1. Apologies: Cllrs Moylan and Jeffery, and Cllr Richard Butcher 2. Minutes: The Minutes of the meeting held on the 27 October 2005 had been circulated and were signed by the Chairman as a correct record subject to the following amendment: Under Apologies: Cllr Batterbury was attending TDC Meeting on behalf of the Parish Council. 3. Declarations of Interest: Cllr S Marks - elected member of Surrey County Council 4. Matters arising: No matters arising. 5. Planning Matters: a. A copy of Appendix A had been circulated to all members before the meeting and the Council voted to ratify the recommendations of the Planning Group. Appeals: Current: a. Park Mews: Cllr Bantick showed the meeting the report which had been prepared by the Planning Assistant. The Chairman advised that she would contact Sarah Cooper of the Surrey Mirror. b. Roseacre: Cllr Bantick confirmed that she had contacted the Planning Assistant. b. Infringements: Cllr Packington read through the Infringement report which had been circulated to all Councillors before the meeting. Various infringements were discussed. Heathdown: No progress had been made so Cllr Packington to contact Mr Lawrence. 3 Ulstan Close: It was agreed that Cllr Packington would write to TDC to ask for clarification on overlooking of neighbours properties. c. Local Development Framework: nothing to report. 6. Finance: a. Payments: The payments as Appendix B were signed and approved. b. Precept: After a precept meeting was held at the Chairman’s house and the precept spreadsheet had been e-mailed to all Councillors to consideration. A vote was taken and carried that the precept for 2006/07 would be £34,750. c. High Duty LCD Torch: Cllr Marks advised that she had been asked whether the Parish Council would consider purchasing a High Duty Torch for the PCSO at a cost of £150. It was agreed and carried that the PC would fund half of the cost with the other half being met by the Woldingham Security Fund but the torch would remain the property of the security group for use by the PCSO. 7. Highways & Rights of Way: a. Highways Monitoring and Reporting: Cllr Fuller advised that he had received 1 report. b. Service Road: The Chairman advised that we have two outstanding invoices. A pack had been received from our Solicitor which has been forwarded to one of the outstanding debtors. The sign for the Service Road has been ordered and is awaiting delivery. c. Footpaths & Bridleways: Nothing to report. 8. Reports: a. Flightpath 31/10 - In Cllr Moylan’s absence there was nothing to report. Various members of the Parish Council had been sent a comprehensive document on Biggin Hill Airport which had been produced by Flightpath. b. Precept Meeting 1/11 - discussed above. c. Security Meeting 23/11 - Cllr Marks attended and gave a brief report: Neighbourhood Watch is working well. PCSO Clive Harris-Ross has new business cards which have his picture on it for identification. Clive contact details are: Tel: 01883 316233, Voicemail: 01483 482111 + 10595, e-mail: harris-ross@surrey.pnn.police.uk. Cllr Marks advised that she has undertaken to purchase a Village Diary and she will approach Park & Bailey to see whether they would be willing to hold it. Once a new ‘home’ has been agreed a notice will go up on the notice board and on the website. Cllr Marks mentioned that the ‘Nottingham Knockers’ were back and people were advised to say “thank you for calling it is not my policy to purchase anything on my doorstep”. Cllr Marks read out the incident report: February - November 2004 - 170 incidents - February - November 2005 - 120 incidents. The speed watch is going well.
9. Miscellaneous Matters: a. Airports: nothing to report. b. Village Design: The Chairman advised that this project is now completed. A discussion took place on the remaining monies left in the account and Cllr Johnson will report back to the Parish Council once she has attended the Village Design meeting. The Chairman confirmed that a letter had been sent to Peter Stratton with regard to the Millennium Funds but to-date no reply had been received and it was agreed that the ’Pump Fund’ would be added to the agenda. c. Newsletter: The Chairman advised that the newsletter had been well received and the next issue will be in April. d. Recycling: Cllr Batterbury advised that he had received a document on the Surrey Waste Plan and will answer the questionnaire on behalf of the Parish Council. e. Post Office: Nothing to report on the reopening of the shop. The Chairman advised that so far we had received 57 replies (so far) to the questionnaire sent out with the newsletter. 48 people had said ‘yes’ and promised money support, 6 people had said ‘yes’ but no money support and 3 people had said ‘no‘. The Chairman stressed that the Parish Council will not be running the shop but is exploring the idea of a Community Run Shop on behalf of the Village. Cllr Batterbury asked for the Clerk to contact the Community Village Shop in Wonersh, Guildford which he had visited recently and also the Clerk was asked to contact the Community Village Shop in Limpsfield for details. f. Litterpick: The next litter pick will take place on April 29 2006. g. Road Group: In Cllr Jeffery’s absence there was nothing to report. h. Security: covered above. i. Woodlea Parking: nothing to report. j. Trafalgar Day: The Chairman thanked Cllr Packington and the Clerk for producing the Trafalgar Weekend Celebrations accounts which had been circulated to all Councillors before the meeting. Cllr Packington advised the meeting that he is still negotiating a reduced payment on the fireworks. k. PC Clinic: The Chairman advised that no date had been set and asked if anyone knew of any Village event coming up. l. “Twinning”: nothing to report in Cllr Jeffery’s absence. 10. Meetings to attend: No meetings to attend. 11. Correspondence: The Correspondence folder for the month was circulated to all Councillors during the meeting. 12. Any Other Business: a. Diary: All Councillors completed diary dates for December and January. b. Cllr Johnson raised the election process of electing a new councillor. Cllr Bantick advised that she would be stepping down by 31 March 2006 and it was agreed that an article would be placed in the magazine. c. Cllr Marks advised that the Police were interested in using the old WI’s notice board and Cllr Johnson advised that she would make enquiries to see who has the keys. d. The Chairman advised that she will not be at the January meeting and Cllr Johnson will be chairing. Meeting finished at 9.36 1 member of public present Next meeting Thursday 26 January 2006 Issued raised by members of public: Robin Ford re Village shop APPENDIX A Recommendations of Planning Group 14.11.05 to be ratified: Decisions by TDC under delegated powers: Appeals APPENDIX B WOLDINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL November 2005 Gold Account Balance as at 24 November 2005 £30,855.98 Savings Account Transfer from Deposit Account 27/10 £3,000.00 Monies Paid in During Month Security fund re half payment of Speed gun and Jackets £393.66 Craigmyle Glebe - balance of invoice £49.99 Expenses Paid During the Month Karen Newman re newsletter stamps/copying £218.08 Sally Marks expenses re Trafalgar Celebrations £175.59 Simon Aggiss expenses re Trafalgar Celebrations £126.74 Woldingham Millennium Fund - repayment of Loan £1,000.00 Expenses to be paid: Karen Newman Wages & Expenses £472.21 Village Hall Rent £12.15 Viking Direct (Stationery) £13.13 Jill Meekings Expenses £24.00 Planning Assistant expenses re Park Mews £256.00 Maggie Bantick expenses re Park Mews £10.18 Village Hall Rent re Trafalgar Celebrations £193.75 Coulsdon & Purley Round Table £10.00 Expenses for the month £2,511.83 Balance £3,811.83 Village Design Account Monies Paid in during month WA contribution to VDS £200.00 Mr Hudson - copy of VDS document £3.00 Mr Newell - copy of VDS document £3.00 Expenses Jeff Jeffery re photocopying £38.50 Woldingham Parish Council - repayment of loan £500.00 Sue Edwards stationery expenses £428.09 Balance £1,243.50 Trafalgar Celebrations Accounts (to be finalised once the cost of the fireworks has been confirmed - at the moment the amount of £1,600 has been included in the expenses) Income £5,689.80 Expenses £6,445.45 Anticipated Assessed Loss £755.65 | ||
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