BEECH PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk to the Council: Mrs Sheron Gillard
Telephone 01420 568145 E-Mail: Beechpc@gillardhome.plus.com
11 January 2010
Dear Councillor
Your attendance is requested at the Beech Parish Council meeting to be
held in the Village Hall on
Monday, 18 January 2010 at 7.30 pm (preceded by
Public Question Time at 7.15 pm).
Sheron Gillard
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AGENDA
1. Apologies for
Absence.
2. Minutes of the council
meeting held on 14 December 2009
3. Declarations of
Interest
Councillors are reminded of
their responsibility to declare any personal or prejudicial interest which they
may
have in any item of
business on the agenda no later than when that item is reached, and in the case
of a prejudicial
interest (subject to
certain provisions in the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) England
Order 2007)
to leave the
meeting prior to discussion and voting on the item.
4. Public
Participation
An opportunity
for members of the public and any Councillors with
prejudicial interests to a) make
representations,
b) answer questions or c) give evidence to Council relating to items on this Agenda.
5. Report of District Councillor
6. Report of County Councillor
7. Reports from Advisory Panels and Items
for Referral
I) Finance & General Purposes Panel
II) Development
and Planning Advisory Panel:
a) To consider any new applications (includes those listed below and any
received from EHDC since
Agenda
was published requiring comment prior to Council’s next meeting). Available to view at
(None received to date)
b) Previous applications – EHDC Decisions.
i) 37920/005 51 Wellhouse
Road Detached Garage/Store PERMITTED
III) Highways
and Footpaths Advisory Panel report, including:
a) Traffic Calming
i) Speed Survey results and response from
Hampshire Highways and County Councillor
ii) Report of meeting with Medstead
Council regarding possible shared purchase of SLRs or
SIDs.
iii) To agree Council action.
b) HCC East Hampshire Local Highways Meeting on
Weds 2 December – report by Ed Neish and Ian Gibson.
c) Footpath Maintenance – to confirm engagement
of Mr J Legg to carry out grass
cutting/strimming and other works
related to footpath between A339 and start of housing until
further notice.
d) Request for grit bin on Wellhouse
Road.
IV) Community and Environment Advisory
Panel:
8. Parish
Plan
Update.
9. Report from Hampshire ALC and
Representatives
i) To
advise of the death of Bob Park on 24 December. Mr Park had been
the first Clerk to Beech PC and had recently
attended the Council’s 10th anniversary reception. Chairman has sent a letter of condolence to
his family.
ii) Report of District Association meeting held
on 2 December.
iii) Hampshire ALC proposal to leave NALC.
10. Local
Government Public Involvement in Health act 2007
Response from
Michael Mates MP regarding Council’s concerns regarding this legislation.
11. Annual
Parish Meeting – 15 March 2010
To
agree format.
12. Finance
I) Appointment of External Auditor – Mr
Wayne Rickard of the Audit Commission
II) Grant
Request: Hampshire County Youth Band Association
III) Receipts & Payments Summary to 31
December 2009.
IV) High
Interest Bonds – Confirmation of purchase of additional bond.
V) Payments to be Authorised (if approved)
a) Clerk’s Net Salary,
Allowance & Administration Expenditure (January 2010) TBA
b) HCC - Pension Contributions (January 2010) TBA
c) Hampshire
County Youth Band Association (if approved above)
13. Correspondence
14. Meeting Dates
To confirm the date of the next
scheduled Council meeting as Monday, 8 February 2010 at 7.30 pm,
preceded by Public Question Time
at 7.15 pm. (NB. This is 2nd Monday of the month to
avoid school half-term).
15. Close of Meeting.