MenuMinutes of a meeting of Amble Town Council held on Thursday 12th April 2012 in the Council Office, The Quayside, Harbour Road, Amble.
1. PRESENT: Councillors Bilboe, Palin, Weir, Rev’d Nicholson, Mrs Dargue and, Miss Morrison together with the Clerk, Miss Brown.
Members of Public; Mr Fletcher
2. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: Cllr Arckless – Attending another meeting, Cllr Mrs Lewis –Holiday and Cllr Hinson – Holiday
3. ACCEPTANCE OF DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: Cllrs Bilboe, Miss Morrison,Rev’d Nicholson and Weir declared their personal interests in agenda item 11.5 having become members of the Committee for the group.
4. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME: (maximum 15 minutes) At this stage of the meeting no members of the public were in attendance.
5. MINUTES: TOWN COUNCIL
5.1: Minutes of Town Council Meeting held Thursday 8th March 2012 were proposed for acceptance by Cllr Bilboe, seconded by Cllr Miss Morrison and agreed.
5.2: Minutes of Town Council Meeting held Thursday 15th March 2012 were proposed for acceptance by Cllr Weir, seconded by Cllr Palin and agreed.
6. CLERK’S REPORT:
6.1: Email to NCC re: re marking/signing Queen Street and requesting it be made a priority for Civic Parking enforcement from 1st April 9/03/12
6.2: Email to NCC Officer Lee Farrier requesting update/meeting re: Coquet Enterprise Park 09/03/12
6.3: Union Subscription forms returned to Union office 09/03/12
6.4: NCC Maintenance of Bus Shelters and litter bin forms completed and returned 11/03/12
6.5: Enquiry to NCC re: ownership of land at Turner Street 11/03/12
Email to Amble School requesting info on coverage of litter collection on curriculum 11/03/12
6.6: Letter to property owner in Gloster Park requesting intentions to repair fence 12/03/12
6.7: Letter sent to in response to Flight Lieutenant Gerry Sayer query 13/03/12
Information forwarded to British Legion, Amble Social History Group and Coal and Coast Project 13/03/12
6.8: Footpath from Percy Drive to Coquet Enterprise Park via Southmead reported to NCC for boggy conditions 13/03/12
6.9: Meeting with NCC Green Spaces Officer re: Wildflowers on Grassland 13/03/12 notes circulated
6.10: Letter of support sent to Amble Business Club re: town team bid 15/03/12
6.11: Letter of support sent to Amble Development Trust re: Welfare Pavilion Refurbishment 15/03/12
6.12: Request to NCC to inspect Shop front/fascia at vacant premises on Queen Street for safety reasons 15/03/12
6.13: Seat in front of planters at Dilston Terrace taken by NCC for repair after vandalism, should be replaced week commencing 19th March 15/03/12
6.14: Noticeboard ordered for Town Council office 09/03/12
6.15: Replacement seat ordered for the bottom of the Wynd and 2 replacement Town seats ordered with ‘Amble Town Council’ plaques; Harlech Black 15/03/12
Recovery team still chasing up insurance from driver re: September accident at bottom of Wynd.
6.16: Amble Parish meeting set for 23rd April, 6.00pm in Fourways 2. Clerk requested reports from various community groups/organisations.
6.17: Neighbourhood Planning Training event attended by Cllrs Hinson, Mrs Dargue, Mrs Lewis and the Clerk.
6.18: Homes for Northumberland Big Tidy up taking place on 10th April.
6.19: Enquiry from Caravan Park re: untidy land at Radcliffe Club. Photographs sent to NCC who would establish whether an untidy land notice would be issued.
6.20: Percy Drive Allotments title information and 1936 conveyance received from NCC.
6.21: Complaint received from a resident at Brinkburn regarding children ball games on road ruining plants in gardens
6.22: Request to NCC for clarification on planning use class for retail unit at the Boys Club
6.23: The Clerk informed that following speaking with the Coquet Enterprise Estate Manager from NCC, it was confirmed that planning permission was being sought to demolish the Former Northumberland Foods Factory.
Cllr Bilboe proposed the purchase of 2 new seats as detailed in 6.15, this was seconded by Cllr Mrs Dargue and agreed.
The Clerk would request details of County Council Policy for ‘No ball games’ signage and ask the resident who made the complaint whether any attempt had been made to speak to the neighbours/parents of the children about the issue.
7. AGENDA ITEMS FROM CLERK’S REPORT:
7.1: Consideration of Wildflower areas – Cllr Bilboe suggested waiting on further information from NCC regarding the wildflower mix.
8. CHAIRMAN’S COMMUNICATIONS and REPORT: None.
9. REPORTS FROM COUNTY COUNCILLORS:
9.1 County Councillor Arckless was not in attendance.
9.2 County Councillor Watson was not in attendance.
10. REPORTS FROM REPRESENTATIVES ON OUTSIDE BODIES & REPORTS OF MEETINGS ATTENDED BY MEMBERS AS PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS:
10.1: Cllr Weir had attended meetings of NALC, Amble Youth Project, Pride in Amble and Amble Action Group for which reports were available.
Amble resident Mr Fletcher entered the meeting during Cllr Weirs reports. Cllr Bilboe allowed Mr Fletcher to ask any questions as he had missed the section allocated for the public questions.
Mr Fletcher raised concerns about a property on Gloster Park which required a fence to be re constructed and the general neglect of the property in general. Cllr Bilboe ensured the Council were aware of this issue and were attempting to contact the owner to carry out repairs.
Mr Fletcher left the meeting at 7.20pm
11. AGENDA ITEMS:
11.1: Consideration of community litter pick/tidy up day – Cllr Rev’d Nicholson proposed Tuesday 29th May at 6pm suggesting the Clerk clarify that black bags and equipment would be supplied. This was seconded by Cllr Mrs Dargue and agreed. The tidy up would congregate in the Town Square but would be spread out to the wider Town including the Harbour area.
11.2: Consideration of allocation of funds for Pride in Amble/Amble in Bloom – This item was deferred due to 4 out of the 6 present Councillors declaring an interest resulting in the matter being inquorate.
11.3: Consideration of rents – Cllr Bilboe proposed a 5% increase to rents, this was seconded by Cllr Weir and agreed.
11.4: Clarification of details for Virtual Flower Awards – The ‘Virtual Flower Awards’ would go ahead with the 3 categories for entries being ‘Close up of Flowers’, ‘My Garden/landscape’ and ‘Flora with Fauna’. Entries should come from electors with details of the location of the plants which will not be made public, entries should also have a caption. Entries will be uploaded to the Council website for viewing after the deadline for receipt and voting would be done by the public in time for crystal awards to be presented at the Annual Garden Awards ceremony which would take place on 20th July on the proposal of Cllr Mrs Dargue, seconded by Cllr Bilboe and agreed.
11.5: Formation of working party to consider the locations of litter bins and Town Seats
12. REPORT FROM THE CEMETERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:
12.1: The Minutes of the Meeting held Thursday 15th March 2012 were accepted on the proposal of Cllr Weir, seconded by Cllr Palin and agreed.
13. REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE:
13.1: The Minutes of the Meeting held Thursday 29th March 2012 were accepted on the proposal of Cllr Weir, seconded by Cllr Bilboe and agreed.
14. REPORT FROM THE ALLOTMENT AND PLAYGROUNDS COMMITTEE:
The next meeting was due to be held on Saturday 21st April 2012
15. REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMITTEE:
15.1: The planning report for the month on April 2012 –
16. COMMUNICATIONS:
16.1: Nurturing Northumberland’s Environment – NCC letter requesting proposed sited for Wildflower planting, Cllr Bilboe referred to agenda item 7.1 where this was deferred pending further information.
16.2: Amble 2020 – any comments – Cllr Dargue proposed a meeting to take place on the rising of the Cemeteries Committee to collate Council comments. This was seconded by Cllr Bilboe and agreed.
16.3: SELRAP (Skipton-East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership) – Request for letter of support for the reopening of the Colne to Skipton missing rail link which would decrease rail journeys from Nelson to Acklington from 6 to 4 hours. Cllr Palin proposed the support of re-opening, this was seconded by Cllr Bilboe and agreed.
17. INFORMATION ITEMS AND ITEMS FOR CIRCULATION:
17.1: Regeneration Funding Bulletins 9, 10, 11,12
17.2: James Cox – New Parish Council representative on AONB
17.3: Bus Newsletter March 2012
17.4: Northumberland Coast AONB – Coastal Views March 2012 edition
17.5: NALC E- news March 2012
17.6: CAN News Spring 2012
(All items will be placed on information table for interested Members)
Information items are not to be taken away from the Meeting but photocopies can be made, if required.
18. DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING:
18:1 The date & time of the next Meeting will be on Thursday 10th May 2012 at approx. 6.30pm. following the Annual Meeting of the Town Council which would commence at 6.00pm in the Town Council Meeting Room, The Quayside, Amble following the Annual Meeting of Amble Town Council.
Under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public will be excluded from the Meeting during consideration of the following items on the Agenda due to sensitive nature.
Proposed by Cllr Bilboe, seconded by Cllr Weir and agreed.
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
P01. Report from Town Council meeting held 8th March 2012 was proposed for acceptance by Cllr Bilboe, seconded by Cllr Weir and agreed.
The meeting closed at 8.15pm