Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Penrice Community Council held
on Wednesday 16th January 2013 at Oxwich and Penrice Community Hall at 7.30pm

 

 

Members Present:                    Councillor M Barnett  (Chairman)

Councillor  G Roberts

Councillor M Williams

Councillor A Glass

Councillor J Bowen

Councillor J Ellis

Councillor B Richards

Councillor R Lewis

                                                                                                                                                                               Action
95/13                            Apologies for Absence.

 

Cllr T Methuen-Campbell

 

96/13                            Declarations of Interest

 

None

 

97/13                            To confirm the minutes of the Meeting held 12th December 2012.

 

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

 

98/13                            Matters arising from the minutes.

 

Item 87/12 (Item 70/12)

Reported  - the pot holes were becoming a problem again at the bottom of the Penny Hitch.

 

7.34pm  Cllrs B Richards and R Lewis joined the meeting.

 

Cllr R Lewis had spoken with Carl Humphries and he was working through the problem areas with speedy attention.

 

Following a discussion Council resolved to produce a list identifying the problem pot holes and their locations and send to the Clerk so that they can be reported to the CCS, with a letter to Cllr R Lewis and Carl Humphries. 

Agreed Cllr G Roberts would check Horton, Cllr M Williams would check Slade and across the Marsh Road,

and Cllr A Glass would check Oxwich.

 

Item 87/12  ( Item 68/12)

Cllr G Roberts reported that there was no deficit on the Firework Display.

 

                                                                                                           

99/13                            Community Councils.

 

No report.

 

100/13                          Correspondence.

 

1                      The Voice Newspaper                                                                            Noted

 

2                      Swansea Rural Development News

 

                       Councillors expressed concern about the cost of producing all the colour printed, expensive leaflets etc by the

CCS concerning Rural             Development information.  Agreed to read the information and any comments to be

reported at the next meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

101/13                          Financial.

 

Payments

 

1                     Clerk Salary and expenses                     chq no 530                                £ 395.62

 

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

 

Cash @ bank £12,733.29

 

102/13                          Planning.

 

Cllrs R Lewis declared an interest and withdrew from the meeting during the planning item. 

 

A         Application no 2012/1657

Mr S Corney, Greenways Leisure Park

Caravan decking.

 

No Objection.

 

B          Application no 2013/

                        ‘Bettys Meadow’ Oxwich.

 

Council decided that there was no objection and to support the application.

 

103/13                          Councillors’ reports/questions.

 

Cllr A Glass reported that people were starting to be connected to the faster broadband service, being provided by Spectrum.  Speeds of 7.5 – 14 meg were being experienced, which was much faster that the ½ a meg that many previously had access to.

 

Council discussed the admin requirements and advised that Spectrum could collect the forms.  There was a local person that could help with setting up the routers if anyone was having difficulties.

 

There had been some problems with BT, some customers were extremely unhappy with BT due to intermittent connection problems.  Spectrum had come to fit the modems and could get an internet connection at these problem properties.

Some people were making complaints to Offcom about BT.

 

 

 

Cllr M Williams reported that surfers were parking along the lane by the Oxwich Bay Hotel on the yellow lines when the surf was up in Oxwich.  This area is not policed, is there anyone that the Council can contact?

 

Cllr  R Lewis advised that all double yellow lines were under the jurisdiction of the CCS.  There were 30 traffic wardens and this amount would not cover Oxwich.                                                                                               

 

Council noted the problem.

 

 

104/13                         Public Questions relating to the agenda.  (limited to 10 minutes)

 

None

 

105/13                         Date and venue of next meeting.

 

Date of next meeting 20th February 2013 at Horton Village Hall.

 

 

 

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