ANNUAL PARISH ASSEMBLY

TUESDAY 20 APRIL 2010 at 7PM,

LOUNGE, GALTRES CENTRE

 

AGENDA

 

1.      Apologies

2.      Minutes of the meeting held on 21 April 2009

3.      Matters Arising from the minutes

4.      Report from charities/grant recipients e.g. COZIE and United Charities

5.      Local Policing – talk by Inspector Tim Osborne

6.      Chairman’s Annual Report

7.      Resolution(s) from the public

None received

8.      Questions from the floor

 

13 April 2010

Councillor W. B. Taylor

Chairman

 

 

EASINGWOLD TOWN COUNCIL

Meeting to be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 20 April 2010

in the Council Chamber at the Galtres Centre

A G E N D A

1

APOLOGIES AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

1.1 To note apologies and consider approval of reasons given

1.2 To receive declarations of interest and the reason(s) for the interest relating to items on the agenda, which will be recorded

2

PUBLIC FORUM
To resolve to adjourn the meeting for up to 15 minutes to take questions through the Chairman from members of the public.

3

MINUTES

To consider minutes of meetings dated 16 March 2010 (already circulated) and approve for signature.

4

MATTERS ARISING AND CLERK’S PROGRESS REPORT

To note progress on action points from previous minutes (information items only)

5

CORRESPONDENCE (see attached list)

a.       To note

       b.   For decision

6

MEMORIAL PARK ENHANCEMENTS

6.1 To consider CCTV and lighting improvements (Cllr Shepherd to lead)

6.2 To consider signage requirements

Other matters will be reported under the Committee Reports agenda item.

7

DAWNAY (Scouts)

7.1 Draft Lease for Easingwold TC Land at the Dawnay

To consider the draft lease from First Easingwold (Forest of Galtres) Scout Group (if received)

7.2 Dawnay Track Road

To consider the request made by Mr Tubb in his letter dated 13 March 2010

8

DRAFT LICENSE FOR TRADERS ON THE MARKET PLACE

8.1 To receive correspondence from The George Hotel; to receive feedback from Cllr Gallon re informal meeting with landlords on 8/4/10 and decide the way forward

8.2 To note that Barbe Q have signed both agreements and paid £10 fee to Clerk; others are still awaited.

9

DAWNAY ALLOTMENTS

To receive an update from Cllr Readman on the current position regarding allotments 17 & 18 and decide the way forward

10

EASINGWOLD TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE OFFICE BUILDING

To consider requesting the transfer of the lease back from Hambleton District Council providing officers of ETIP support the request (Cllr Ellis to lead)

11

NINEVAH – REMEDIAL DRAINAGE WORKS

To receive an update from Cllr Madden and decide the way forward

12

REVIEW OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT SERVICES & HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT SERVICES IN HAMBLETON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

13

STANDING ORDERS

To receive recommendations from the F&GP Committee and consider the adoption of the new Standing Orders

14

TREE CONTRACTOR

To consider appointing different contractors if necessary

15

EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND MINOR ITEMS

To note and approve any emergency repairs and/or minor items actioned by the Clerk since the last meeting

16

COMMITTEE REPORTS

16.1 Finance & General Purposes Committee Report
16.2 Recreation Committee Report

16.3 Any other committee reports

17

FINANCE MATTERS

17.1 To note income from previous month and the Income & Expenditure Report for March 2010

17.2 To approve accounts for payment

17.3 To note the receipt of the final instalment of the Playbuilder grant and the £1,000 grant from HDC towards the Memorial Park

17.4 To note the receipt of Heads of Terms for the current office accommodation at the Police House; the rent is increasing to £1,000 per annum which is higher than the budgeted figure of £384. The term is for one year which expires on 8th April 2011

17.5 To note the receipt from NYCC of the Urban Grass Cutting allowance of £4,904.50 which covers six cuts in the FY 2010/11.

17.6 To note the Annual Return for FY 2009/10 has been received from Mazars for action by the Clerk. The Annual Return will be submitted to council for approval at the appropriate time.

17.7 To note that the research requested reference F&GP February 6.3 as follows has been carried out:

Ø      The remaining £70,000 in BMM +3 months should be moved on its anniversary (31.3.10) to a longer term account with a better return of interest. Delegated authority was given to the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Clerk to research available cash investments and make a recommendation to full council

The recommendation is to leave the funds where they are as to gain a higher return involves tying the funds up for a longer term or increasing the risk. The current rate of interest on BMM +3 months is 0.3% gross p.a.

17.8 To note the Internal Controls Review was carried out by Cllr Taylor on 6/4/10.

18

TOWN REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

To notify Clerk of requirements and actions to be taken

19

URGENT ITEMS AND ITEMS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA

To consider items which need urgent repair/replacement under delegated powers and other less urgent items for inclusion on the agenda for the next meeting

 

20

PLANNING MATTERS

20.1To note responses already returned under delegated powers and consider Town Council response to planning applications received (see list attached) 

This item will be taken at 8.30pm.

 

20.2 To note decisions on planning applications considered by Hambleton District Council and total of applications for new dwellings approved.

21

To consider exclusion of members of the press and public under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 for items 22-23, due to the confidential nature of the business

22

BURIAL GROUND

22.1 To consider the outcome of planning application 10/00202/FUL if known

22.2 To consider the correspondence from Carter Jonas dated 8 April 2010

23

FUTURE PREMISES FOR EASINGWOLD TOWN COUNCIL

23.1 To receive the report on possible sites in Easingwold from the Working Party and decide the way forward

23.2 To consider any other options put forward at the meeting

 

 

13 April 2010

Claire Armitage

Town Clerk 

Police House, Church Hill, Easingwold, York, YO61 3JX

Tel:         01347 822422

E-mail:  clerk@easingwold.gov.uk