| Council Meeting December 2009 |
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WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2009 AT 7.00PM MINUTES 116/09 Present Cllr’s. Brady, Campbell, Lingard, McLachlan & Taylor (Vice-Chair) 117/09 Absence Cllr’s. Coates. A Jerome, P. Jerome, Scull. Widdup. In the absence of Cllr Widdup, Cllr Taylor was Chairman of the meeting. M Holland (Parish Council Clerk), 3 Members of the Public, 1 member of the Police Force. 119/09 Apologies for absence Resolved: that apologies from Cllr’s. Coates, A. Jerome, P. Jerome, Scull & Widdup had been received. No Disclosures of Interest in any of the tabled items to be considered at the meeting were notified by any Members of the Parish Council. Resolved: that in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960 and the Local Government Act 1972 (s100/100a ss2/Schedule12A), no Agenda items were to be held in closed session. 122/09 Police Matters (P.C. in attendance until 7.10 p.m.) Copies of the NPT- Addingham Newsletter, which details statistics of local crimes, were circulated to Members. Addingham remains a very low crime rate area. Speedwatch Campaigns continue to be conducted regularly. Cllr. Mclachlan gave details of theft of building supplies from a site in Addingham. The Police Officer would check crime- report details. 123/09 Previous Minutes held on 18th November 2009 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. Matters arising from previous Minutes (012/09) Resident Permit Parking on Bolton Road- Per (043/09) above, continue to lobby Ward Members. Continued (087/09)- Sale of land- per advice received from YLCA- Members need to consider benefit of sale against retained ownership. Proceeds have to be spent on a capital project or invested in a bank account until applied to a capital project. Agenda Item for January, members to discuss, reach decision and Minute. A suggestion has been put forward by Major Works to install Bollards to deter parking in the first space (triangular shape and not an official car parking space) which will help with access issues. 125/09 Highways Maintenance Prior to the Parish Council taking a decision, as to whether to fund the maintenance, Ward Councillors had to be made aware of the problem. A request should be made to the Environmental Department to comment on the lack of maintenance and the impact on flooding in the surrounding areas. Clerk to liaise with Environmental Dept, to establish impact on flooding in surrounding areas including Moor Lane. 126/09 Allotments And it was further Resolved: As Planning permission would only have to be sought for the proposed hard standing area, the new allotment site would be created without the hard standing area. The site would be created in such a way as to allow the addition of a hard standing area in the future should the need arise because of parking and obstruction issues on Silsden Road. Members would review the need for a hard standing area once the new allotments were established and in use. Copies of Traffic Report to be sent to residents of Moor Lane and Park Crescent. Clerk to write to Highways requesting a solution be put forward by Highways to re-design of Park Crescent/ Church Street/Main Street Junction. Request for School to include a request for Parents for considerate parking in The Acres and Aynholme Drive area in their Newsletter. Cllr Lingard added Beacon Street, near to North Street as an area where problem parking and obstruction existed. Cllr. Lingard disclosed a Personal Interest in this addition as a resident of Beacon Street. Members further Resolved: To fund the refilling of the grit bins, cost of £35.00 per re-fill, to a maximum of three times per year 130/09 Power of Well Being Act The Power of Well Being Act confers powers on Parish Councils, which meet certain criteria, to incur expenditure which exceeds the S137 limit; expenditure which falls outside the powers of the Parish Council but which is deemed to be for the benefit of some or all of the residents. Resolved: Clerk to work toward qualification which would satisfy one of the listed criteria. 132/09 Matters reported by the Clerk to Bradford MDC. List circulated. A summary of notable correspondence was presented and discussed, and the following decisions made in Consequence: Resolved: Clerk informed Members of Ilkley Business Forum, which was open to all LS29 Business’s. Clerk to confirm, with Highways, that notices placed by roadside advertising local events were illegal and to establish Bradford MDC policy on removal. Members were notified of repairs to Xmas lights. Members were notified of funding bid from “Bovril Fund”, by Friends of Ilkley Moor and given details of website for voting purposes. Project ref. YHOT 00069. Permission granted to remove dead tree at Silsden Road Recreation Ground. 134/09 Finance Resolved: required. Date of next meeting starting at 7.00 p.m. in The Old School. Note: These minutes are subject to approval as a correct record at the January 2010 Parish Council Meeting |
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