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Minutes of a meeting of the GENERAL PURPOSE/FINANCE COMMITTEE, Arlesey Town Council held in the Village Hall, Arlesey on Tuesday 15 September 2009. PRESENT: Cllrs: I Dalgarno (Chairman) H Harper D Beatham D West N Daniels Also present: Mrs E Hare (Clerk) Cllr D Page Cllr V Williams 219 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Mrs L Bowskill, Cllr J Caffrey Cllr R Harris, Cllr C Howitt and Cllr Ms C Marshall 220 MEMBERS’ INTERESTS No declarations of personal or prejudicial interests were received. 221 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There was no public participation 222 MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING Prior to the meeting Members received a copy of the minutes of the General Purpose/Finance Committee meeting held on 21 July 2009. RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 21 July 2009 be confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a true record 223 MATTERS ARISING There were no matters arising from the previous meeting 224 GROUND STAFF It was proposed to arrange the next date for the working party meeting when we have received a reply from Central Bedfordshire Council concerning the services being handed over to the Town Council RESOLVED to wait for the reply from Central Bedfordshire Council before setting the date of the next working party meeting 225 URBAN GRASS CUTTING - 2009 The Chairman reported that the correspondence from Central Bedfordshire Council gave details of the 2009 grass cutting contribution to the Town Council of £2,378.53 AGREED to note this information 226 CORRESPONDENCE The Chairman reported that the letter received from Shanks Waste Solutions informed the Town Council that it was not always possible to control additional external costs that impact the waste industry. Therefore, whilst every effort has been made to contain costs they were unable to avoid additional operating costs and it had become necessary to pass on some of these costs to the waste producer. Therefore, it was regrettable that there will be a price increase from the 1 October 2009 for waste collection. AGREED to note this information 227 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION (a) A completed application form for financial assistance was received from Victim Support for consideration. RESOLVED not to award a grant to Victim Support on this occasion (b) A completed application form for financial assistance was received from Arlesey Conservation for Nature for consideration. RESOLVED to recommend to the Town Council to give a grant of £400 as this service is of benefit to some Arlesey residents This grant is in accordance with Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 228 ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT The following accounts due for payment were presented to Members for approval Handyman August 2009 190.57 Staff salaries month 6 3,546.90 PAYE/NIC month 6 1,105.08 Superannuation month 6 944.58 Mello R C Manager August 2009 741.84 4thenet Internet 19.56 Abacus Photocopier 18.40 Raptor Foundation Owl display Fun Day 50.00 BRCC Annual membership 30.00 SLCC Practitioners Guide 22.00 Herts CC Stationery & equipment RC 35.30 Herts CC Stationery TC 46.14 MJ Ryalls Bolts fence new notice board 1.66 RBS Software Accounts software support 423.20 RBS Software Cemetery software support 182.85 M Rainbow Cuts 10 & 11 verges 768.00 Mid Beds Link-a-Ride Grant awarded 200.00 MB Citizens Advice Grant awarded 50.00 Keech Cottage Donation from Fun Day 678.10 DEPOSITS REPAID The following payments are for return of deposits for the hire of the village hall Michael Kirkman Returned deposit -Hire of Village Hall 30.00 Mr Johal Returned deposit -Hire of Village Hall 50.00 Mrs Todd Returned deposit -Hire of Village Hall 30.00 Lifeline Screening Returned deposit -Hire of Village Hall 30.00 RESOLVED that these accounts be paid CHAIRMAN |
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