Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Penrice Community Council held
on Wednesday 16th May 2012 at Horton Village Hall at 7.30pm


Members Present:                    Councillor  G Roberts

Councillor M Williams

Councillor A Glass

Councillor M Barnett

Councillor J Ellis

 

                                                                                                                                                                               Action

14/12                            Apologies for Absence.

 

Cllrs J Bowen.

 

15/12                            Declarations of Interest

 

None

 

16/12                            To confirm the minutes of the Meeting held  18th April 2012

 

Cllr A Glass proposed that the minutes were a true and accurate record of events, seconded Cllr G Roberts, carried unanimously.

 

 

 

17/12                            Matters Arising from the Minutes.

 

Item 145/12     sub item 137/12

The Beacon to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee - The Chairman had not heard back from the farmer for permission to use his land for the proposed beacon.  It was suggested that this would have to be dropped due to the time constraints.

 

Item 145     sub item 139/12

The sign at Oxwich was still in progress.  The RNLI wished to add to the text.

 

Item 145    sub item 139/12

Cllr M Barnett had e mailed Cllr R Lewis, but had not received a reply.  Steve Parry  CCS Rights of Way team had been contacted by the Clerk. Mr Parry suggested that the path is made a recognized / designated footpath and then could be maintained as a recognized path.

 

Cllr M Barnett to contact Steve Parry for a meeting.                                                                                            MB

 

Item 138/12

The Greenways sign is still in the location on the gate and needs to be removed.

 

Item 149/12  Planning

Cllr M Barnett had looked through previous applications and has collated the information.  The sum totals already applied for may be noted on future application comments.

 

 

 

 

18/12                            Community Councils.

 

No report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

19/12                            Correspondence.

           

1             Invitation for an afternoon tea in North Wales.                                                              Noted.

2             CCS Notification on details when to post notice of Casual Vacancy.

Council resolved that there was still a vacancy on the Council, following the election and decided that a Public Notice needed to be posted to advertise the position.  Notices to be placed in Penrice, Little Reynoldston, Oxwich and Horton.

 

Council resolved that if no election had been called within the 14days,  the Chairman would call a special meeting to fill the vacancy by co-option.  This would be on 6th June 2012 at 7.30pm venue TBA.                                                      SC

 

Councillors needed to complete and submit the “Candidates Spending Return” to the CCS even if it is a nil return.

 

 

20/12                            Financial.

                                                                                    Chq no                                                 Amount                        

A                      Clerks salary and expenses                   Information protected under the Data Protection Act

 

Cllr M Williams proposed to pay, seconded Cllr G Roberts, carried unanimously.

 

B                      Village and Urban Notice Board                                                                         £852.00

 

Cllr G Roberts proposed to pay, seconded Cllr  A Glass, carried unanimously.

 

Cash at bank  £ 8044.00 and £3595.20.

 

 

21/12                            Planning.

 

A                      Application no: 2012/0507  Surf Sound

                        Roof first floor infill.  Following a discussion Council decided that this development was low key and there was

no objection to it.

 

B + C   Application no:2011/0561 and 2012/0559 Applications for decking around two of the caravans located in

Greenways Leisure Park.  Following a discussion Council resolved that there was no objection to either of the

the applications.

 

 

22/12                            Matters Outstanding.

 

Cllr A Glass Reported:

The Gower Broadband Project  - Spectrium Internet has been selected for the contract.  Target for completion was the end of 2012, beginning of 2013.

 

Public meetings will be held in the village halls at the end of June.

 

23/12                            Public Questions relating to the Agenda.

 

None.

 

24/12                            The Date and Venue of the Next Meeting.

 

20th June 2012 at Oxwich and Penrice Community Hall

 

Special meeting 6th June 2012 venue TBA.

 

 

 

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