CHACOMBE PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Monday, 4th April 2005 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.
Present: Cllrs. Jones, Harper, Coates, Jenkins, Woolley, White, Reid, Wyatt, Offers and Clerk.
Apologies:
Public Time.
Minutes of previous meeting on 7th March were amended under correspondence: planning applications should have been dated February not March. Minutes then adopted and signed.
Matters arising
1.1 Extension of 30mph speed limit. Highways had confirmed that Thorpe Road is to be extended 70m to the village nameplate, Banbury Road to be extended 139m, again to the village nameplate and Middleton Road to161m south east of Thornhill junction, just beyond the village nameplate. The limit had been extended to beyond the residential area in Middleton Cheney because there had been several speed related injury accidents within a three year period in the vicinity of the garden centre and the Warkworth Road/ Mansion Hill junction. There had only been one injury related accident in Middleton Road and this was 150m from the crossroads. There would be no extension along the Wardington Road and the 30mph/derestriction signs will be placed close to the junction with Banbury Road.
1.2 Annual Parish Meeting
Tuesday, 26th April at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Invites had been sent to County Councillor Malcolm Mildren, District Councillors, Mary-Anne Sergison-Brooke and Rosie Herring. Village groups were still to be invited to send a representative or a written report.
Finance
Internal control and accounts to be completed for year ending 31st March 2005.
Expenditure Income
101157 Jeffs Coaches (Feb) £80 HMCE £327.13
101158 NALC Membership £130.50
101159 BT £54.52
101160 Chacombe Chimes £780.00
101161 Clerkıs salary £750
Authorise: VOY Competition £15.00, ACRE Membership £31.00, ABB £126.22, David Grainger £146.88, Jeffs Coaches (March) £120, D Cochrane £180.03 and Clerkıs expenses £20.09 (CPRE Direct Debit £25 to be paid on 21st April)
Post Office Ltd Rural Re-start and Investment Schemes copies forwarded to Penny Wilkes and Richard Phillips
CPRE Countryside Voice and Houses and Gardens Guide
³Fieldwork² March 2005
Renewal of membership
DEFRA Making sense of Broadband CD
Clerks & Councils Direct March 2005
NALC NCC Consultation on Mobile Library Service Review. Consultation deadline
18th April
Order form for Local Council Review.
CPRE Milton Keynes & South Midlands Sub Regional Strategy
Plantscape
CPRE ³Outlook², CPRE Northamptonshire News and invitations to Summer Ball on 15th July and Summer Event on 19th June at Thenford House
NCC/Atkins ³The Street Doctor² remedies faults on our highways!
The Gentle Touch Recruitment of carers
Banbury & District Community Bus Project
Caring Matters Spring 2005
DEFRA Quality Parishes and Parish Planning
NCC/Atkins re: Highway Service information including ³The Street Doctor², Repıs
Review March 2005 etc
Alzheimerıs Newsletter March 2005
Government Office for the East Midlands Publication of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands RSS8
HLB AVAudit Annual return etc and date for Audit is 15th July 2005
CCLA Investment Management Ltd COIF Charity Funds Annual Report
NCC i) S Northamptonshire Area Committee Minutes from 20th January and agenda for 15th March
ii) ³IN Northamptonshire² publication March 2005
iii) S Northamptonshire Area Committee. Progress of the Countyıs Traveller Unit. Agenda item no: 7 for meeting on 15th March
iv) Northamptonshire Minerals and Waste Development Framework: Preparing the Statement of Community Involvement
v) Community Scrutiny Committee Minutes from 10th March and agenda for 7th April
SNC i) Draft Housing Strategy 2005 2010. Consultation deadline 29th April
Invitation to attend the Housing Strategy Consultation and Partnership day at Silverstone Circuit on 25th April.
ii) Parish and Town Councilıs Planning Forum Agenda for 16th March
iii) Notice of Election of County Councillor for Middleton Cheney Electoral Division
iv) Electoral Register Monthly update
v) Planning applications week ending: 9/03/05, 16/03/05, 23/03/05 and 30/03/05 e-mailed
Brochures: Kompani playgrounds, Sovereign play equipment and Glasdon litter bins etc
Agenda
3.1 Litter-bin at bus-stop: The Ring/Banbury Road
Cllr. White proposed that the Parish Council order a litter bin (Wybone catalogue, page 25) as per the small ones in the Playing Field at a cost of £105.28 + £12.05 for steel strapping (Exl. VAT). Cllr Coates seconded and the Clerk was asked to order.
3.2 Operation Springclean
The Council has undertaken this activity for many years and councillors again agreed to clear the approach roads of litter.
Thorpe Road Cllrs. Wyatt and Jenkins
Banbury Road Cllr. Harper
Middleton Road Cllrs. Coates and Offers
Although this activity was no longer sponsored, the Clerk still had a supply of rubber gloves and black sacks if required.
3.3 Clerkıs contract and salary
A copy of the new contract of employment and information regarding the process by which to assess the Clerkıs salary had been circulated. However, it was apparent that some information was missing; therefore no decision could be reached regarding this item. The Clerk agreed to draft a proposal for discussion at the next meeting.
3.4 Code of Conduct ³A Code for the Future²
No comments to date but councillors had until 19th June 2005 to respond individually if necessary.
3.5 NACRE Membership
Cllr. Woolley proposed that the Council paid the £31.00 subscription to NACRE. This was seconded by Cllr. Wyatt.
3.6 SNC Planning Applications:
S/2005/0325/P Demolition of single storey extension. Two storey front extension with pitched roof at Mamore, Thorpe Road.
The Council had no objections.
S/2005/0343/P Changes to boundary wall and new gates to form new vehicular access at Pear Tree House, Banbury Road.
The Council had no objections.
AOB
1. There were a series of marker posts along the A361 and Banbury Road with the initials CPDC. It is believed that these signs are to direct suppliers to the Chacombe Park construction site.
Meeting closed at 8.30 pm
The next meeting, the AGM, will be held on 9th May 2005 at 7.15pm.
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