Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting.
Held in the Village Hall on Thursday, 16th May 2007
Present:
Mr S N Jackson, Mr D Aldridge, Mr M Casterton, Mr R Allen, Mr B Wright,
Mr McClymont,
DC Mrs M Dobson, plus three members of the public.
•1. Apologies:
County Councillor Mr V Dobson
2. Declarations of Interest.
No Declaration of Interest given.
3. Minutes of the previous meeting.
The minutes of the meeting held 18 May 2006 were passed as a true record, subject to amendments.
It was resolved that the Annual Parish Meeting for future years should commence at 7.00 pm.
•4. Matters arising
There were no matters arising from the Minutes.
•5. Chairman's Report
The Chairman gave his report on the previous 12 months. Copy kept for file.
6. Langford Matters
Mr Wright reported that complaints had been received from parishioners regarding the speed of traffic through the village on the A1133, ignoring the 40 mph speed limit. All these concerns had been passed to CC V Dobson; DC M Dobson confirmed that these issues will be looked into, as there were also results expected from a noise nuisance study being carried on High Street, Collingham by the DC.
7. Brewer's Charity Trust Nominations:
Mr P Foden, Trustee on the Brewers' Trust, conveyed to the meeting the procedure followed by the Trust to amend its' Articles and referred to subsequent confirmation received from the Charity Commission that the Charity had acted correctly.
The Chairman referred to the action taken by the Parish Council, and pointed out that the Parish Council had acted upon a Notice informing the public of a proposed change to the Articles, but a point was made of not objecting to what was proposed, but to the way it had been presented, without particular notice to the Parish Council..
Following a discussion, it was resolved that this matter be given further discussion, and be deferred to the next meeting in June.
A copy of the new Articles, with amendments, was passed to Clerk for file.
(Confirmation from Minutes of 21 July 2005 of the appointment of Mr A Hill and Mr P Foden as appointed trustees for a period of 4 years, with effect from 21.07.05)
It was agreed that an article be placed in the Focal Point about the changes to the Articles of the Thomas Brewer's Charity.
8. Presentation of Brewer's Trust Account 2006/7
The accounts for 2006/7 were presented by Mr Peter Foden, who explained the new layout of the accounts to the meeting. Copy kept for file.
9. Presentation of Winthorpe Parish Property Trust Account and Parish Council accounts for 2006/7
A copy of the accounts for 2006/7 was presented to the meeting by the Clerk and accepted with amendments to Parish Council accounts. Copy kept for file
10. Any Other Business
There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.18 pm.
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