Allington Parish Council

Clerk Jane Tier, 40 Firs Road, Firsdown, Salisbury, SP5 1SL

Tel 01980 862953

. Minutes of the Allington Parish Council Monthly Meeting on 2nd August 2016
held at Boscombe Social Club at 7.30pm

Present: Cllr Brunton (Chair), Cllr Hill, Cllr Silvester, Cllr Whitehouse, Cllr Banks and the Clerk Jane Tier

Maggie Whitehouse

George & Sally Hill

Glynnis Barnes

Public Question Time

None

Item
Xx/16
57 / To receive apologies
Cllrs Smith & Noon
58 / Declarations of interest
None
59 / To consider any urgent business raised by the public in public discussion, and any other urgent matters or items of information from councillors, or for referral to the appropriate working party.
None
60 / Approve and sign minutes of 2nd August monthly meeting
Cllr Hill proposed acceptance of the minutes, seconded Cllr Banks, all in favour
61 / Discuss any planning applications
None
62 / Update on Street renaming and postcode changes at Boscombe
Glynnis reported on street naming project whereby delivery drivers have been delivering post to incorrect addresses using the Tidworth road address.
Glynnis will continue to pursue this with the Royal Mail and WC
63 / Area Board Update
Not present
64 / Monthy Cheque signing.
Monthly Bank Balance; £15037.62
Cheques; Adam Fox, £420.00; The Landscape Group, £10.08, Jane Tier, £281.58
Cllr Hill proposed acceptance of the cheques and monthly bank statement, seconded Cllr Silvester, all in favour.
65 / Discuss and vote on expenditure for cctv cameras and their positions in the village. Presentation from Cllr Silvester
Cllr Silvester briefed the PC on the process of obtaining cctv cameras for the village.
The PC discussed potential areas for the cameras and Cllr Brunton proposed to proceed with the purchase of the cameras, seconded Cllr Whitehouse, all in favour
66 / Report by Cllr Banks and vote on action concerning line of sight to A338 from Bourne View entrance
Cllr Banks reported he has investigated who is responsible for the hedges / bushes at Bourne View which are causing a problem for vehicles which are leaving the road.
Cllr Banks to organise a working party to clear the bushes / hedges.
67 / Correspondence
None
68 / AOB
Cllr Brunton thanked Glynnis Barnes for her hard work on the street naming project
Cllr Brunton reported that the WC contractor for tree surgery, Atkins Global, have made a statement there is no action needed on the Sycamore / Ash trees in the Village.
The PC agreed to pursue the situation with the possibility of obtaining part funding from the Amesbury Area Board, residents and the PC.
The estimated quote for the tree felling is £4500.00
Cllr Silvester reported further work is being carried out by BT in laying the fibre trunking for the Broadband.
69 / To confirm the date of the next full council meeting
20th September
70 / To close the meeting

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