Page number: 002/2007

Purpose of meeting: Town Council Meeting.

Date: Tuesday 16th January 2007
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Attendees: The Town Mayor – J. Finch (JF).
Cllrs P. Clark. (PC), J. Bass (JB), S. Elford (SE) D. Pierce (DP), A. Shaw (AS), B. Lush (BL), L. Crockford (LC).

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Inspector Innes and Sgt Jones attended the meeting and thanked the Council for inviting them, they updated the Council on the new staffing levels that will come into effect shortly, unfortunately there will only be two PCSO’s (Police Community Safety Officers) in Camelford instead of the proposed three, Terry Groves will be the liaison in the villages and Sam Smith will work in the town, she will be in the town from Monday with her mentor, Jeff Squires, she returns for three weeks training then comes back to town full time. The PCSO’s will take on the duties of the traffic warden for the time being.

1) APOLOGIES: to receive and approve apologies for absence.
Cllrs Grills & Ireland (Illness) Cllr Williams (Holiday)

2) RECEIVE DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST:
Prejudicial Agenda Item Reason
J. Bass 12a Close family friend

Personal Agenda Item Reason
L Crockford 8b Works in the judicial system
L Crockford 12a Know people making the application
S Elford 12a Friends of the family

3) MINUTES – to receive and approve the minutes of the Town Council held on the 4th |January 2007. 9a. Cllr Lush asked that ‘The Mayor asked the clerk to prepare a reasonable document for the next meeting’ be included. Subject to the inclusion DP proposed, AS seconded, the minutes were approved with seven in favour and one abstention.

4) ITEMS CARRIED FORWARD FROM LAST MEETING.
a. Traffic monitoring. Nothing to report. c/f
b. Footway & Street lights No Reply regarding the Valley Truckle area. Clerk to contact CCC every day until the lights are repaired on Roughtor Road. c/f
c. Seat in Victoria Road. Looking for someone to make the bespoke seat. c/f

5) ANSWERS TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 7TH DECEMBER 2006 MEETING.
None.

6) TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS FROM COUNCILLORS OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
None
7) ITEMS REQUIRING A DECISION.
a. Contract for grass cutting and footpath paring. The clerk reported that personal circumstances had prevented him from bringing this to the Council in time to prepare a tender document, Mr P Solomon is prepared to continue for another year at the same price as in previous years. AS proposed we accept the offer, SE seconded and it was agreed with seven in favour and BL abstained. This item to be included on the 1st meeting in September agenda.
b. CALC AGM on the 10th February. DP proposed, BL seconded that the £10 per delegate be paid, Councillors who would like to attend contact the clerk as soon as possible. This was agreed with eight in favour, and AS abstained.

Page number: 003/2007

c. Date and speaker for the Annual Parish Meeting. Council agreed that the best would be the 30th April and the speaker to be David Whalley, Leader of the County Council. If the 30th not available try one week earlier.

8) ITEMS FOR INFORMATION.
a. Local Ward issues.
b. Report of Court proceedings and letter from the council’s solicitor.
The Clerk asked the Council if he could ask questions, this were no objections.
The Clerk asked Cllr Lush about his statement to the Court, what day did he attend the office? He did not know. Could he remember what was said? He asked to see the statement which was refused. The Clerk asked him if he had informed the Mayor. He replied no! The clerk asked him if he had reported it to anyone. He replied no! The clerk asked if he had reported it at the meeting to ratify his position as Clerk, he replied he didn’t think it was important. The clerk replied that it wasn’t important enough to report to anyone yet nine months after the event he saw fit to make a statement, the clerk said Cllr Lush’s statement was a tissue of lies. Cllr Lush asked for it to be minuted that he felt bullied and threatened by the clerk, the clerk stated that if he had made Cllr Lush feel threatened he apologised. The Mayor asked Cllr Lush if he wanted to make a complaint, he said “he did not want to play silly games”.

9) FINANCE
a) Cheques for payment
Chq No. Payee Value VAT Total Frequency Allocation
a 103191 St John Ambulance (Parade) 60.00 10.50 70.50 Annually Admin
b 103192 Glasdon. (Rubbish Bin) 62.34 10.90 73.24 As required Town maint
c 103193 B Jordan (expenses) 24.34 .86 25.20 Admin
d 103194 NCDC (Website) 345.00 60.38 405.38 annually Admin
e 103195 R Sleep 72.31 12.66 84.97 Xmas Lights/Enfield
f 103196 AD Signs 320.00 56.00 376.00 Car Park
g 103197 BT 76.12 13.32 89.44

960.11
164.62
1124.73

AS proposed the cheques be paid, DP seconded and it was agreed unanimously.

10) RESOLUTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COUNCILLORS.
None.

11) CORRESPONDENCE
None
12) PLANNING APPLICATIONS
a. 2006/02465. Full Planning. Change of use of ground floor from retail shop to food take away. 32, Fore Street, Camelford. Mrs S Kenner, Mr G Sleep & Mr T Sleep. JB left the meeting. AS proposed no objections but had reservations about access/parking, opening hours and rubbish, DP seconded. JB returned
b. 2006/02501. Full Planning. Erection of a garage. 11, Trefrew Road, Camelford. Mr T Tague. AS proposed no objection, DP seconded and it was agreed unanimously.

12.1 PLANNING APPROVAL NOTICES
None
12.2 PLANNING REFUSAL NOTICES.
None.
13) COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Page number: 004/2007

14) REPORTS.
a. Camelford Town Forum. Meeting Wednesday 17th
b. CDCDT Met last week, looking into acquiring land, maybe some in Delabole or Camelford, more details later. AS will be attending a seminar in Torquay and will report back.
c. Youth Club Extension going ahead.
d. HERS nothing further to report.
e. Mayors report attached. JF proposed that we write to the County Councillor expressing concerns over the bid for unitary authority, and to ask if she has read the document and does she understand what the implications are for North Cornwall? AS seconded and it was unanimously agreed.
f. Other reports
CALC. BL reported on the last meeting held on the 10th Feb, there is a planning conference on the 24th January, there will be a decision on the 14th March regarding the opening hours of Bowithick tip and they are going to consult with local parishes regard the best days to open. The B3314 will be closed for one month from the 19th Feb. The next meeting is on the 25th April and the speaker will be Jim Meakin. A30 dualing at Cardinham, the timing of this work has been altered, instead of 2008 it will now be 2016, there is a meeting on Cardinham Hall on the 26th January, it was agreed that BL and possibly AS attend on the Council behalf, clerk to contact councillors who are not in attendance.
Parks for People. It was agreed that the amenities committee take on the responsibility of the parks for people bid with the proviso that other councillors would be co-opted. Need to get a project champion.
Sports Committee meeting on Friday.
BL apologised and left.

15) NEWSLETTERS & CIRCULARS.
The January edition of the newsletter was discussed and amendments made.

LC apologised and left
16) ITEMS FOR THE 4th JANUARY MEETING.
None.

17) EXEMPT INFORMATION.
TO CONSIDER PASSING THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION IN RESPECT OF THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW.
“That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve likely disclosure of information prejudicial to the public interest as defined in the Local Government Act 1972”.
AS proposed, DP seconded, five in favour, PC against who left the meeting stating that he did not want to stay for a secret meeting.

Town maintenance/car park person. The clerk updated councillors on recent events.

B. Jordan Town Clerk.

Signed Chairperson/Mayor………………………………………...