Nash
Parish Council
Present:
Cllr A Taylor
(Chairman), Cllr G F Culverhouse, Cllr B Dewhurst, Cllr Sir John Southby Bt,
Cllr C G Tomkins, Cllr
Apologies:
Cllr D Gillow
In Attendance: Mrs M S Hedges (Clerk)
The Minutes of the meeting on 19
November 2009 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
(i)
Pub Clubs (Minute 45(i)): To note that the Clerk has not received any offers
to act as local co-ordinator for a Nash Pub Club.
(ii)
Letter from Mr and Mrs Harwood (Minute 45(ii)): To
note that the Clerk has no further information to report.
(iii)
(i)
Payments authorised/approved:
The following payments were authorised/approved:
EON:
Electricity supply Nov 09
£27.80
EON:
Electricity Supply Dec 09
£27.80
EON
UK Energy Services:
Street Lighting maintenance
for Quarter to 31/12/09
£41.25
I
T Watts:
Cut hedge on west side of Recreation
Ground
£45.00
Society
of Local Council Clerks:
Membership 2010
£61.00
CPRE:
Annual subscription 2010
£29.00
(ii)
Balance on the Accounts
£
Current
Account
497.06
General
Reserve
4,408.53
Recreation
Ground Reserve
2,652.12
Total
7,557.71
(iii)Requests for Donations: The Council noted that The Chairman of the Coombe Hill
Monument Committee had written to ask if Nash Parish Council would make a
contribution to the Coombe Hill Monument Appeal.
This monument, on the summit of Coombe Hill near Wendover,
had been erected by public subscription in 1904 in memory of the 158 men
of Buckinghamshire, who gave their lives in the South African War, 1899-1902.
The estimated cost of the work was £76,000.
(iv)Annual Donations: The Council noted that it was customary for it to consider its grants to Village Societies/Organisations at its January meetings. The grants were not paid unless the Council had seen financial statements of the organizations that have been independently examined. The Council agreed that the following grants should be made:
Village
Hall Committee £250
(less £42.50 as the Hall ‘s share of the
ISP service)
All
Saints PCC, re Churchyard
£50
Nash Youth Club £75
The Nash Youth Club grant for 2008/09 has still to be paid because no accounts have been forthcoming.
(v) Hire of the Village Hall: The Council noted that the Village Hall Committee had asked the Clerk to sign a formal hire agreement for the Hire of the Hall, under the Hall’s standard conditions of hire.
a)
09/02229/ATC:
Church Farm, 4 Stratford Road; Fell 1 Silver Birch
NPC made no objection
b)
09/02398/APP:
36 Holywell Cottages; First floor side and rear extension
NPC made no objection
c)
09/02438/APP: Brakes
Farm, Thornborough Road; Erection
of agricultural building
a)
09/02229/ATC:
Church Farm 4 Stratford Road Fell 1 Silver Birch
Cllr Culverhouse reported that the Government’s response on the SE Plan was expected some-time in the spring. On the proposal by Greenway, the NBPPC would be meeting in early February.
(i)
Safety
Surfaces in the Play Area (Minute 57(i)): Cllr
Southby report that he had received two estimates for the work on the play
surfaces: one from £1664 (ex VAT) from Associated Surfaces & Materials Ltd
and a second from Playground Facilities
(i)
Local
Area Forum: 4 December 2008: The Council discussed Cllr
Gillow’s report on what Cllr Gillow regarded as a useful meeting.
(i)
Electoral
Register:
The Council noted the latest electoral register.
(ii)
AVDC
Arts Development Plan:
The Council noted that, in a letter dated 6 January 2008, the Council had been
invited to comment, by 30 January on this development plan.
The Clerk was asked to respond on behalf of the Council if she thought it
appropriate to do so.
(iii)
Refuse
Freighter:
The Council noted that the Refuse Freighter will be in Nash from 7.30am to 11am
on Thursday 22 January 2009. The
Clerk would open the Recreation Ground gate.
The Council noted that next meeting was on Thursday 19 March 2009 and that the dates of meetings for 2009/10 were set out in Minute 62 of the last meeting.
There being
no further business the meeting closed at 9.20 p.m.
MH
22.01.2009