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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 March 2011. PRESENT: Cllrs: I Dalgarno (Chairman) Mrs C Harris Mrs L Bowskill R Harris N Daniels V Williams H Harper Mrs E Hare (Clerk) and Mrs L Rowe (Assistant Clerk) Also present: Cllr Mrs D Archer, Cllr M Rainbow, Cllr D Page and Cllr A White. 387 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Cllr C Howitt and Cllr D West. 388 MEMBERS’ INTERESTS There were no declarations of: (a) Personal interests (b) Prejudicial interests 389 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There was no public participation. 390 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 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 391 MATTERS ARISING There were no matters arising. 392 BUS SHELTER FUNDING APPLICATION The Chairman reported that the Transport Officer of Bedfordshire Rural Transport Partnership Delegated Fund had written to say the Town Council’s funding application for a new bus shelter had been deferred to the next panel meeting on 11 May. The reason for this is it had transpired there were a number of Section 106 agreements in the Arlesey area that could be utilised to finance a shelter. The Chairman added the Clerk had responded by email to the Transport Officer to explain how the Section 106 monies had already been secured for other projects. AGREED to note the information in the correspondence 393 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE The Chairman said an application for financial assistance had been received from Vitalise who provide breaks for disabled people based on individual need, as well as offering carers the opportunity to have a rest from their vital care role. Last year it cost Vitalise £430 to subsidise the service they provided to Arlesey residents and their request is for a 25% grant of £107.50 that would make a direct and positive contribution to their costs. RESOLVED to recommend to the next Town Council meeting to award a grant of £107.50 to Vitalise 394 CORRESPONDENCE The Chairman reported that the correspondence received from Shanks Waste Management Ltd was to inform the Town Council that the Government Landfill Tax is set to increase on 1 April 2011. This coupled with an increase in disposal and operational costs of processing waste material meant they regrettably have had to review their prices. AGREED to note the information on the review of prices for waste disposal 395 RESOURCE CENTRE An email from Sam Ward, Manager of the Resource Centre regarding a local student looking for work experience in the Resource Centre had been circulated to members of the committee for consideration. RESOLVED the Resource Centre Manager offer the student work experience 396 RESOURCE CENTRE – S106 MONIES The Clerk reported that £9,168.30 had been received in the bank account for the S106 monies due for the Resource Centre project. The manager was in the process of ordering the new shelves for the library books, new blinds, laptop and cash register. AGREED to note this information 397 ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT A schedule for the February/March accounts due for payment was presented to Members for approval.
Staff Town Centre – month 12 163.61 Staff – month 12 4,505.23 Superannuation month 12 972.24 4theNET Internet 20.41 Abacus Ink cartridges - RC 35.98 Glebe Meadows Contributions towards Management costs 501.47 Olive Press Headed paper & compliment slips 198.00 Totalcard Petrol for TC vehicle 88.19 Abacus Anti virus 42.00 Homebase Sofa RC – funded by Aragon 220.09 Abacus Photocopier 37.66 Garden City Marquees Deposit for Fun Day Marquees 120.50 ADT Engineer to attend RC alarm 34.80 Abacus Toners for RC printer 133.20 DEPOSITS REPAID/PETTY CASH J Adams Return of deposit 30.00 Petty Cash Town Council 69.76 Petty Cash Resource Centre 38.25 T Pearson Return of deposit 30.00 M Bird Return of deposit 30.00 RESOLVED that these accounts be paid 398 ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY The Clerk reported on one of the Town Council’s aspirations for gates to be erected at town’s boundaries. A list of businesses in the town is being complied by the office staff. They will be written to and asked if they would like to give their support or sponsor these gates in order that these aspirations can be realised, perhaps to coincide with Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Clerk said she had contacted a company to ask them to send a brochure for town boundary signs. 399 YOUTH SERVICES Cllr Harper gave an update on the partnership event in relation to the future delivery of Youth Services held at Chicksands on Wednesday 9 March 2011. He said there was funding available for four areas. He would be attending meetings of parish/town councils to give presentations to Henlow, Clifton, Stotfold, Shefford and Stondon to ask them for support. A timescale for the Youth and Youth Support Services runs from 2 March to 31 May when contracts will be issued. The Town Council will bid for Arlesey, Shefford and Stotfold. He said it is important for the Youth Centre to remain open. AGREED to note the Cllr Harper’s update on the Youth Services CHAIRMAN Date
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