CORSCOMBE, HALSTOCK AND DISTRICT PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 11 May 2015 at 7.30pm at Halstock Community Hall.

Present: Henry Lovegrove, Jenny Dalton, Roger Hallett, Melanie Harper, Stuart Turner, Don England, Bardy Griffiths, Michael Nethaway, Diana Staines, Peter MacLean, Mary Tucker, all of whom having been elected and signed their Declaration of Acceptance of Office sat as councillors.

Also present: District councillors Tony Alford and Peter Barrowcliff; Freda Hennessy, clerk; and three members of the public.

1. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. Cllr Lovegrove was elected unopposed.

2. ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN. Cllr. Staines was elected unopposed.

3. APOLOGIES. None.

4. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 2014. Already approved.

5. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2014-5. Attached.

6. REPORTS FROM REPRESENTATIVES. These were received.

7. REPRESENTATIVES 2015-2016.

Corscombe Village Hall – Cllr Hallett

Halstock Community Hall – Cllr Staines

Rights of Way – Mrs D Childs and Mrs M Pring (to be confirmed)

Rural transport, WATAG – Clr Dalton, clerk

BAVLAP – clerk

DAPTC Western Area – Cllr Lovegrove, clerk

Homewatch and police liaison – Corscombe Cllr Lovegrove

- Halstock Cllr Nethaway

Corscombe playground – Cllr Lovegrove

Trustees for the Hawkins Charity Trust (Corscombe) were approved as Cllr Lovegrove and Mrs S Else. There is one vacancy.

Planning group Corscombe leader – Cllr Turner.

Planning group Halstock and Chelboroughs leader – Cllr England.

8. POWER OF COMPETENCE. The Council, having the required number of elected members and a CiLCA qualified clerk, it was resolved that the council continue to hold the Power of competence.

9. FINANCE.

9.1 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2015. These were received. The population figure (s137 paragraph) was corrected to 936.

It was agreed that some of the reserve should be earmarked as follows;

£1000 playground improvements

£1000 winter road maintenance

<£2000 legal fees, transfer of playground ownership

leaving a general reserve balance of £5,812.

The meeting was closed at 8.50pm.