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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 21 June 2011. PRESENT: Cllrs: H Harper (Chairman) R Harris Mrs D Archer C Howitt I Dalgarno D Page N Daniels D West Also present: Mrs L Rowe (Assistant Clerk) and Cllr M Rainbow 1 ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN Nominated: Cllr Mrs L Bowskill Proposed: Cllr I Dalgarno Seconded: Cllr R Harris Cllr Mrs Bowskill was nominated in her absence but had agreed to be Chairman of the General Purpose and Finance Committee for the coming year. It was RESOLVED that Cllr Mrs L Bowskill be elected Chairman of the General Purposes & Finance Committee for the subsequent year. 2 ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN FOR THIS MEETING Cllr Mrs L Bowskill had sent in her apologies for absence for this meeting a proposal was needed for someone to chair the meeting. It was proposed and seconded that Cllr H Harper be elected as the Chairman for the meeting. 3 ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN Nominated: Cllr Mrs C Harris Proposed: Cllr R Harris Seconded: Cllr I Dalgarno Cllr Mrs Harris was nominated in her absence but had agreed to be Vice-Chairman of the General Purpose and Finance Committee for the coming year. It was RESOLVED that Cllr Mrs C Harris be elected Vice-Chairman of the General Purposes & Finance Committee for the subsequent year. 4 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Mrs L Bowskill and Cllr Mrs C Harris 5 MEMBERS’ INTERESTS No declarations of personal or prejudicial interests were received 6 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION There was no public participation 7 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 19 April 2011 The Chairman of the committee at the meeting held on 19th April 2011, Cllr Dalgarno read out to Members some more detail to minute number 409 he had added for consideration. RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 19 April 2011 be confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a true record with the addition to minute number 409 8 MATTERS ARISING There were no matters arising from the previous meeting 9 CORRESPONDENCE The Chairman read the correspondence received from Louise Ashmore regarding vacancies on the CBT Board. If any members would like to be considered as a town council representative on the CBT Board they should contact the office. AGREED to note the vacancies on the CBT Board 10 APPLICATION FOR STREET TRADING Members considered an application received to trade at Arlesey railway station. Some members were concerned about the rubbish that may be generated by the trader and the applicant had not answered question 5 on the application form – “Description of articles to be sold”. They also thought that consideration should be given to the effect it could have on the residential area. Members agreed that these issues should be raised in the response to the Licensing Co-ordinator. RESOLVED to respond to the Licensing Co-ordinator on the street trading application raising the issues of the rubbish that could be generated by the trader, the effect on the residential area and asking for a description of articles to be sold. 11 ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT The following May/June accounts due for payment were presented to Members for approval Staff month 3 Town Centre 176.63 Staff month 3 4,708.78 PAYE/NIC month 3 1,089.63 Superannuation month 3 972.24 4thenet Internet 20.41 IDP Deposit for trampolines Fun Day 78.00 Abacus Setting up new laptop RC 54.00 BATPC Affiliation fee 2011/2012 977.00 FG Library Products Goalpost signs RC S106 576.00 AR Worboys Stotfold Rd/underpass cut 16 April 2011 210.00 Frontline Brake shoes & cylinders for vehicle 240.00 Total Petrol for vehicle 96.96 Harrisons Replace faulty hard drives CCTV 240.70 D Bower Organist at civic Service 30.00 Herts Cleaning Cleaning RC rug & carpet 250.00 CBC Summer reading challenge materials RC 95.55 Demco Kinder boxes RC S106 515.38 Total Petrol for equipment 2.21 DL Jones Internal audit 2010-2011 150.00 H Harper Hose for RC vacuum cleaner 15.00 H Harper Flowers for War Memorial 29.47 H Harper Keys for new caretaker 41.00 Abacus Annual hosting RC 53.28 M Rainbow Cuts 4 & 5 town verges 800.00 BT TC phone 191.89 BT TC fax 46.57 AR Worboys Stotfold Rd/Hitchin Rd 18 & 20 May 2011 336.00 DEPOSITS REPAID
A Semmens Hire of Village Hall 30.00 N Fisher Hire of Village Hall 50.00 Arlesey Pre-School Hire of Village Hall 100.00 J Armstrong Hire of Village Hall 50.00 PETTY CASH Town Council 79.28 RESOLVED that these accounts be paid 12 ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY The Town Council’s vehicle’s average miles per gallon Local garages hourly charges CHAIRMAN Date
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