Notes from the Parish Council April Meeting
Mr John Covill chaired the meeting with 7 members and 3 members of the public.
ECDC Report: Councillor Alderson reported to the meeting.
At this point in the meeting, Cllr Alderson introduced the new Community Beat Manager for the Ely Police Sector, Wayne Davis and Jonathan Hall, new Community Beat Officer for Burwell.
Guest Speaker from ECDC Standards Committee - Eleanor Hoggart, the Monitoring Officer for ECDC spoke to the meeting about the requirements of the Code of Conduct with reference to Councillors' Register of Interests, Gifts & Hospitality. Members of Reach Parish Council joined the meeting for this item.
Matters Arising - for information only
- Coopers Lane - barrier: This continues to be chased with CCC and their contractor.
- The Beeches - completion of repairs to wall. The rebuilding of this wall is now complete.
- Enhancement Scheme. The lantern is now in place over the Church steps. The installation of the feeder pillar is still awaited. It was noted that the streetlight next to the lantern was continuously on. This will be reported to CCC.
Agenda for Annual Village Assembly: Items for the agenda include - The Village Award, Repairs to The Pound and progress report on the Burwell Tigers Football Club's plans for the Recreation Ground. Wayne Davis, the new Community Beat Manager will be invited to attend the meeting to introduce himself to residents.
Village Maintenance Review: Items needing repair, etc., include the village seats, noticeboard, bus shelter, fencing around village hall and play area. Estimates for the work needed will be obtained for consideration at the May meeting. Following a report that the Village Hall driveway was in a bad state of repair and needed resurfacing, an estimate for the work needed was requested and received from Mead Construction. This was agreed. Once this work has been carried out, the erection of a "Slow" or "Stop" sign at the exit of the driveway from the Village Hall is to be considered.
CCC Report: Councillor Fitch reported to the meeting. Councillor Fitch also confirmed that he would not be standing for County Councillor at next month's elections and that this was the last meeting he would report to.
The meeting recorded a vote of thanks to Cllr Fitch for his hard work and efforts as County Councillor.
Request from School re Swimming Pool Drainage: A request was received from the Head Teacher, Joanna Lakey, to reroute the School's swimming pool drains into the foul drains behind the Village Hall. There were no objections subject to the School meeting all costs and obtaining the agreement of Anglian Water.
Request for Removal of Tree on Allotment: Subject to the approval of the Tree Officer from ECDC, it was agreed that this tree could be removed. It was suggested that perhaps a suitable replacement tree could be planted such as a fruit tree.
Recreation Ground - use by Burwell Tigers F.C. This is ongoing. A full report will be given at the Annual Village Assembly.
Correspondence Received: This was reported to the meeting.
Planning Applications:
- Application received for 73 High Street was withdrawn.
Planning Approvals:
- Dovehouse Cottage, 84 High Street.
Accounts for Payment: These were agreed.
Any Other Business:
Road signs: Andrew Tipple of CCC Highways again confirmed that "Swaffham Prior" sign should be reinstated very soon. "Upware" signs are still on order.
Removal of leaves, etc from Lower End: This work has been carried out.
Open Question Time:
There were no questions.
The next Parish Council meeting will take place on Thursday, 12th May 2005 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.