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ELTON PARISH COUNCIL

 

Draft Notes – Annual Parish Meeting of Elton Parish Council took place in the Highgate Hall on Tuesday 16^th May 2017 at 7.30 p.m.

 

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PRESENT:  Cllrs Cummins, Donoyou, Gentry, Holman, Langlands, Porter, Smith and Strowbridge.

 

BY INVITATION: HDC District Cllr R Mathews, Cambs County Cllr S Bywater, Mr Peston (highways)

 

IN ATTENDANCE:  Mrs W Gray Parish Clerk, 34 members of the public

 

 

1. APOLOGIES: Cllr Rankmore

 

 

2. NOTES OF MEETING 2016: Cllr Cummins proposed that the notes of the meeting

were signed, seconded Cllr Donoyou all in favour.

 

3. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT: The Chairman read out his report to the Councillors and again reiterated his thanks to the support he had received from council members.

 

4. AUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31^ST MARCH 2017:
5. a) To approve the Annual Governance Statement by resolution
6. b) Consider Accounting Statements by members as a whole
7. c) Approve Accounting Statements by resolution
8. d) On approval Accounting Statement to be signed and dated

Cllr Gentry resolved (a),(b),(c) accepted, seconded Cllr Cummins, all in favour.  Document duly signed by Chairman and Parish Clerk and RFO.

 

5. ANY OTHER BUSINESS:

 

 

The meeting closed at approx 7.45 p.m.

 

 

 

Signed: ……………………………….Chairman

 

 

 

Date:    ……………………………….

 

 

Chairman’s Report – Year ending 31^st March 2017

In compiling this year’s Annual Report, may I give thanks to all who served on the Parish Council during the year?

 

I am especially pleased to welcome our new councillor Fiona Langlands who I am sure will be a great asset to our council.

 

May I also thank and acknowledge the contributions made by my other fellow councillors.

 

Again, I must reiterate how fortunate I am to have a very hard-working Vice Chairman in Richard Donoyou who throughout the year has worked tirelessly on behalf of the Parish Council to the benefit of all residents’ work as our Tree Warden is also very much appreciated

 

I believe our greatest challenge last year was the threatened development of Sibson Airfield and the very adverse impact this would have had on the village.  I believe it was the combined efforts of The Parish Council, Elton Society and Elton Estates together with our MP, County and District Councillor that led to the Government abandoning their support for this foolish proposal.  However, we will remain vigilant in resisting any attempt to revive the scheme. I would especially like to thank Tim Cummins for his excellent work in producing literature to counter the developer’s leaflets.

 

May I also thank Mark Gentry for his sterling work with the Community Speed Watch, Richard Smith for his efforts to improve the A605 Junction?  Ray Rankmore for his excellent work on the PC Budget and very professional reports on the village shop.

 

Many thanks as always to Mrs Wendy Gray our excellent Parish Clerk for her very professional assistance and hard work assisting with Parish matters. I will say again that we are most fortunate in having Wendy as our Parish Clerk.

 

 

 

During the year, the Parish Council has again dealt with a full agenda of topics, those of main interest being: –

 

• The many planning applications that came before the Council.

 

• Finance – The precept for the year ending 31^st March 2017 was £13,000. However, there will be an increase to £18,000 for the current financial year to cover essential works on renewing and renovating our street lighting.

 

• Unfortunately, there is a threat to our village shop and the Parish Council are doing their best to assist in any way possible to keep this community asset open

 

• Street Lighting under the control of the PC will require major refurbishment and replacing in part. This is being done through a mix of using the reserves and increasing the precept.

 

• We continue to liaise with Elton Estates and Elton Society over matters affecting the village

 

I would like to close by thanking Mr David Strowbridge for his efforts on neighbourhood watch and PCSO Emily Bryant our village police officer.

 

Thank you for your attendance.  I will be pleased to answer any questions from the floor.

 

Mark Holman

Chairman Elton Parish Council

9^th May 2017

 

ELTON PARISH COUNCIL

 

Draft Notes – Annual Parish Meeting of Elton Parish Council took place in the Highgate Hall on Tuesday 17^th May 2016 at 7.30 p.m.

 

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PRESENT:  Cllrs Cummins, Donoyou, Gentry, Holman, Owen and Smith

 

BY INVITATION:  County Cllr M McGuire

 

IN ATTENDANCE:  Mrs W Gray Parish Clerk – no members of the public were present

 

 

1. APOLOGIES: Cllrs Porter, Rankmore, Strowbridge, District Cllr R Mathews

 

 

2. NOTES OF MEETING 2015: Cllr Holman proposed that the notes of the meeting

were signed all in favour.

 

3. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT: The Chairman read out his report to the Councillors and again reiterated his thanks to the support he had received from council members.

 

4. AUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31^ST MARCH 2016:
5. a) To approve the Annual Governance Statement by resolution
6. b) Consider Accounting Statements by members as a whole
7. c) Approve Accounting Statements by resolution
8. d) On approval Accounting Statement to be signed and dated

Cllr Donoyou resolved (a),(b),(c) accepted, seconded Cllr Smith all in favour.  Document duly signed by Chairman and Parish Clerk and RFO.

 

5. ANY OTHER BUSINESS:

 

 

The meeting closed at approx 8.05 p.m.

 

 

 

Signed: ……………………………….Chairman

 

 

 

Date:    ……………………………….

 

 

Chairman’s Report – Year ending 31^st March 2016

 

In compiling this year’s Annual Report, may I give thanks to all who served on the Parish Council during the year.

 

I am especially pleased to welcome our two new councillors Amanda Owen and Mark Gentry both of whom have made very positive contributions to our meetings.

 

May I also thank and acknowledge the contributions made by my other fellow councillors.

 

I am most fortunate in having such a hardworking and gifted Vice Chairman in Richard Donoyou.  Richard’s contribution to our meetings and particularly in the field of planning, verges and footpaths have been outstanding. May I also thank him for his tireless efforts as our Tree Warden.

 

Tim Cummins for his continued efforts and interest and work on our Street Lighting and other Council expenditure.

 

Ray Rankmore who continued to provide a very experienced and professional hand with our financial matters.

 

Mike Porter for his vigilance on our footpaths and especially his good humour.

 

Mrs Shirley Strowbridge who has continued to bring to our attention many matters of concern in the village.  I am delighted that Shirley is no longer our sole lady councillor and hopefully we will continue to address the imbalance over the years to come.

 

Mr Richard Smith again for his hard work on the A605 junction and also for his great efforts on the Spinney.  The rewards will come in the years to come but the seeds (or rather saplings) have been sown. Richard has also kept abreast of the progress of the various planning applications that have come before us.

 

Many thanks to Mrs Wendy Gray our excellent Parish Clerk for her very professional assistance and hard work assisting with Parish matters. I will say again that we are most fortunate in having Wendy as our Parish Clerk.

 

During the year, the Parish Council has again dealt with a full agenda of topics, those of main interest being:-

 

• Planning –  9 planning applications came before the Council.

 

• Finance – The precept for the year ending 31^st March 2016 was £13,000 and will remain the same for the forthcoming year 2016/2017.

 

• As mentioned above the project to turn the Spinney from a garden rubbish collection area into a small wooded open space lined with a hedgerow has taken shape.  More work will have to be done but a positive start has been made.

 

• Over the year a number of meetings have been held with Elton Estates to discuss matters of mutual concern.  I look forward to these continuing.

 

• I believe the PC has established a very good working relationship with the Elton Society and hope this will continue throughout the year.  The Society have untaken a number of events such as May Day celebrations and Litter pick which do a lot to enhance enjoyment of village life.

 

I would like to close by thanking Mr David Strowbridge for his efforts on neighbourhood watch and PCSO Barry Chamberlain our now retired village police officer.  We look forward to working with his successor Emily Bryant.

 

I would also like to extend a very big thank you and the Parish Council’s gratitude be extended to Cllr M MacGuire in respect of helping resolve issues with Stocks Green.

 

Thank you for your attendance.  We will be pleased to answer any questions from the floor.

 

 

Mark Holman – Chairman

Elton Parish Council

 

 

ELTON PARISH COUNCIL

The Annual General Meeting of Elton Parish Council took place in the Highgate Hall on Tuesday 14th May 2013 at 7.30 p.m.

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PRESENT: Cllrs Donoyou, Doughty, Hidderley, Kirk, Porter, Shrive and Todd

BY INVITATION: Mrs L Porter was in attendance, PCSO Barry Chamberlain

IN ATTENDANCE: Mrs W Gray Parish Clerk

1. APOLOGIES: Cllrs Burgess and Truman

2. NOTES OF MEETING 2012 – Cllr Hidderley proposed that the notes of the meeting were signed; this was seconded by Cllr Doughty and carried unanimously.

3. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT: The Chairman circulated his report to the Councillors and again reiterated his thanks to support he had received from council members.

4. AUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2013 – The accounts have been completed by the Parish Clerk and the Internal Auditor. The Parish Clerk read through the accounts and confirmed that these were now available for public viewing. It was agreed that a Councillor/Councillors would be in attendance with the Parish Clerk if any members of the public wished to view.

5. ANY OTHER BUSINESS – None

The meeting closed at approx 7.45 p.m.

 

Signed: ……………………………….Chairman