Notes from the Parish Council May Meeting
Mr John Covill chaired the meeting with 9 Parish Councillors and 2 members of the public.
ECDC Report: Councillor Alderson reported to the meeting.
CCC Report: Councillor Hazel Williams introduced herself to the meeting as our new County Councillor.
Matters Arising -for information only
- Coopers Lane - barrier: This continues to be chased with CCC and their contractor.
- Enhancement Scheme. Cambridge Landscape Architects confirmed with the Clerk at the beginning of May that they were actively chasing John Henry's to install the feeder pillar needed for the lantern. Ringways will then come and remove the old lamp post.
Village Maintenance Review:
Three estimates were received for maintenance work to village furniture such as seats, fencing, noticeboards, etc. Following consideration, Simon King's estimate was accepted. During this pricing process, it was brought to the Parish Council's attention that the bus stop roof was in a bad state of repair and needed completely replacing rather than just general tidying. It was agreed that this should be looked at further and separate estimates obtained for this extra work.
The resurfacing of the Village Car Park driveway had been completed by Mead Construction.
Request for Removal of Tree on Allotment: The Tree Officer from ECDC had visited the allotments and confirmed that she had no objection to the tree being removed.
Recreation Ground - Use by Burwell Tigers F.C: BTFC confirmed that plans were nearing completion and that copies would be available for the Annual Village Assembly along with a full package for planning submission. The legal costs were proving to be very high and out of proportion to the size of the project. Further advice is to be sought on this.
Approval of Accounts for 2005/05 & Appointment of Internal Auditor: The accounts were approved subject to Audit.
Peter Cunningham told the Clerk that he was unable to continue as the Parish Council's Internal Auditor. This was acknowledged by the meeting and the members asked that their appreciation of his help in recent years be recorded. The Clerk will contact local Accountant firms to see if they would be interested in carrying out the Internal Audit for the Parish Council. Carried over to June meeting.
Correspondence Received: This was reported to the meeting.
Planning Application:
- 15 Mill Hill - loft conversion and extension. There were no objections to this application.
Accounts for Payment: These were agreed.
Any Other Business:
Inspection report for play area was received. This was discussed and carried over until next meeting. The arrival of travellers on Whiteway Drove was reported.
Open Question Time: There were no questions.
The next Parish Council meeting will take place on Thursday, 9th June 2005 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.