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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 20 May 2008.
PRESENT: Cllrs: J Caffrey R Harris I Dalgarno Ms C Marshall N Daniels D West H Harper Also present: Mrs L Rowe (Assistant Clerk) Cllr Mrs H Frost 95 ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN Nominated: Cllr I Dalgarno Proposed: Cllr N Daniels Seconded: Cllr J Caffrey It was RESOLVED that Cllr I Dalgarno be elected Chairman of the General Purposes & Finance Committee for the subsequent year. 96 ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN Nominated: Cllr J Caffrey Proposed: Cllr H Harper Seconded: Cllr R Harris It was RESOLVED that Cllr J Caffrey be elected Vice-Chairman of the General Purposes & Finance Committee for the subsequent year. 97 APOLOGIES Apologies for absence were received from Cllr D Beatham, Cllr C Howitt and Cllr Mrs S Sarll 98 MEMBERS’ INTERESTS No declarations of personal or prejudicial interests were received 99 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION None 100 MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 15 April 2008 be confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a true record 101 MATTERS ARISING There were no matters arising from the previous meeting. 102 CORRESPONDENCE The Chairman read out a letter from Arlesey Pre-School requesting that the charge for the bar area be waived when they hire the hall for a Quiz Evening on the 6 June. They were also requesting the use of the microphone for the Quiz Master. AGREED to waive the charge for the bar area for Arlesey Pre-School’s Quiz Evening on the 6 June and let the Quiz Master have the use of the microphone 103 BUGLE The Chairman reported that all members should have received their copy of the Bugle 104 ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT The following accounts due for payment were put forward to members for approval CEMETERYHandyman April 2008 590.47 MJ Ryall Turf 43.94 M Rainbow Cuts 1, 2 & 3 285.00 Shanks Refuse collection – 3 months 94.00 VILLAGE HALLHandyman April 2008 102.44John Jones Litter Pick 100.00 Caretaker month 1 & 2 458.54 Bedford BC Refuse collection 68.43 ALLOTMENTS Handyman April 2008 109.27 MJ Ryall Posts for allotment fence 56.99 GP & FINANCE Handyman April 2008 185.02 Staff Salaries month 1 & 2 6,616.34 PAYE/NIC month 1 & 2 2,186.68 Superannuation month 1 & 2 1,834.12 Mello Resource Centre Manager – April 929.34 ASF Computing End of Year payroll 91.06 4thenet Internet 19.99 Gresswells Equipment for RC 431.81 Abacus Maintenance TC computers 591.41 BATPC Affiliation fee 889.00 XCEL Property New office door 281.58 Abacus Photocopier 77.32 H Harper Civic service 68.03 Herts CC Stationery RC 43.75 Herts CC Stationery TC 70.80 Herts CC Cleaning materials RC 11.69 DCK Beavers End of Year accounts 489.28 M Rainbow Cuts 1 & 2 verges & no-man’s-land 716.00 RESOLVED that these accounts be paid 105 CORRESPONDENCE (a) Correspondence from A R Worboys Ltd concerning grass cutting credit on invoice 4218 dated 30 April 2008 Members considered the letter from A R Worboys that the Chairman read out, he explained why the credit had been requested. He also read out what the grass cutting contract with A R Worboys covered. A councillor expressed his concern about the standard of grass cutting in Hitchin Road. He thought it might be beneficial to review the grass cutting in this area and maybe increase the number of cuts in Hitchin Road next year. AGREED that invoice 4218 from A R Worboys should be paid in full(b) Mid Beds District Council – Noise Action Week 2008 – Advice on recent Legislation regarding noise from Licences PremisesThe Chairman read the letter from Mid Beds District Council about Noise Action Week 2008This was noted106 CEMETERY Enquiry regarding the Town Council Cemetery Regulations on the suitable time to remove floral tributes after birthdays/anniversaries Cllr Harper informed members an enquiry had been received as to what was considered a ‘suitable time’ for floral tributes to remain on the paved area in the Town Council’s Cemetery at birthdays/anniversaries AGREED that 14 days was a ‘suitable time’ CHAIRMAN
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