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Minutes of a meeting of the ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, Arlesey Town Council held in the Village Hall, Arlesey on Tuesday 15 March 2011. PRESENT: Cllrs: V Williams (Chairman) H Harper Mrs L Bowskill Mrs C Harris I Dalgarno R Harris N Daniels M Rainbow Mrs H Frost In attendance: 1 member of the public Also present: Cllr Mrs D Archer, Cllr D Page, Cllr A White, Mrs E Hare (Clerk) and Mrs L Rowe (Assistant Clerk). 249 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE An apology for absence was received from Cllr D West. 250 MEMBERS’ INTERESTS There were no declarations of: (a) Personal interests (b) Prejudicial interests 251 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There was no public participation. 252 MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING Prior to the meeting Members received a copy of the minutes of the Environmental Committee meeting held on the 15 February 2011. RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 15 February 2011 be confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a true record. 253 MATTERS ARISING Minute number 248: Street sign at Primrose Lane: The Clerk reported that a new road sign for Primrose Lane has been ordered with the additional information. It will read Primrose Lane leading to Primrose Close and will be located on the left hand side as you enter Primrose Lane. 254 CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA, BMX AND SKATE PARK (a) The Chairman will give a report on the skate park and the children’s play area. The Chairman reported that he had carried out an inspection of the recreation ground. He congratulated the ground staff on the pruning work they had done to the perimeter of the recreation ground in readiness for the installation of the trim trail project. He added the Clerk had informed him the tarmac repair work to the damaged surface of the skate park was carried out this afternoon. AGREED to note the Chairman’s report (b) Report to renew the wooden edge of the safer surfacing The Chairman reported that he had looked at the wooden edging of the wood chip safe surfacing in the children’s recreation area. The edging had completely rotted through and was breaking up. The ground staff had made safe the exposed nails. It was proposed to replace the edge of the safer surfacing. RESOLVED to look for an alternative to replace the wood surround 255 ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENTS A schedule for the February/March accounts due for payment was presented to Members for approval. Staff – month 12 345.79 EON Street lighting electricity – February 252.05 EON Street lighting electricity – January 251.56 CBC Street Lighting annual maintenance 2,833.38 JRB Enterprise Doggie bags 43.91 RESOLVED that these accounts be paid 256 ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY There were no items brought forward for the next meeting. CHAIRMAN Date
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