Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Penrice Community Council held
on Wednesday 17th April 2013 at Horton Village Hall at 7.30pm

 

 

Members Present:                        Councillor M Williams (Vice Chair)

Councillor  G Roberts

Councillor A Glass

Councillor J Bowen

Councillor J Ellis

Councillor T Methuen-Campbell

                                                                                                                                                                               Action

 

In the absence of the Chair Cllr M Williams took the Chair for this meeting.

 
130/13                          Apologies for Absence.

 

Cllr B Richards.

 

131/13                          Declarations of Interest

 

None

 

132/13                          To confirm the minutes of the Meeting held 20th February 2012.

 

Amendment ;

Item 124/13  Item A 

To add….The usual comment that as long as the CCS are monitoring the number of caravans in the Gower area in any one time there is no objection to the application.

 

The minutes with the above amendment were a true and accurate record of events proposed Cllr G Roberts, seconded Cllr J Bowen.

 

133/13                          Matters arising from the minutes.

 

Item 126/13

Reported:  The pot holes in scurlage and Llandewi corner have been filled, but there are still many pot holes in the ward that are still to be filled.  Oxwich Marsh is one that concerned Cllrs.  Decided letter to CCS                             SC

Cllr M Williams also offered to complete the report pot holes website forms.

                       

134/13                          Community Councils.

 

Cllr J Bowen reported: The Area meeting had been advised that the new Charter that would give Community Councils more powers was due to be signed off this year.

 

Also Cllrs who were representing their Councils at the area meeting were going to be consulted regarding a proposal to offer Cllrs up to £500 towards their expenses, printing, phone calls etc. There should be an email with the full details sent soon that would give all the details.

 

135/13                          Correspondence

 

1                         Notification from the RNLI that a planning application has been submitted for the extension of the Boat House.  The path has been taken up.  The PCC had previously been in consultation on this matter.                                                                                              Noted

 

2                         Mr N Edwards letter had been circulated to Cllrs prior to the meeting.  The contents were briefly discussed and the letter has been noted.

 

3                         CCS Letter advertising the position available on the Standards Sub Committee.

This had been circulated to all Cllrs previously.

135/13                          Correspondence cont…

 

 

4             The Bay Magazine                                                                                       Noted

 

5              Western Power correspondence.                                                               Noted

 

6              Wales Rural Observatory Services 2013                                                   Noted

 

7              The Gower Society Newsletter and programme of events                                   Noted

 

 

136/13                          Financial.

 

 

Payments

Clerk salary and expenses                     chq no 536                    Information protected by Data Protection Act.

J Bowen Cllrs expenses                                     535                               £ 62.40

 

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

 

The Insurance renewal had been received and was quoted £321.36.  This was due for payment in May annual payments.  Cllrs were happy that the quotation was less that the previous year.  The Clerk to check that this is the best quotation and accept the outcome in May.

 

137/13                          Planning.

 

A         Application  App no: 2013/0453 30 Oxwich Leisure Park  to extend the occupancy from 8 months to 10 months.

 

Following a discussion, Cllr G Roberts proposed that PCC submit – No comment, seconded Cllr J Bowen.

A vote was taken 3 voted in favour of the proposal and 2 voted against.  Decided to submit to the CCS that the PCC had no comment on this application.

 

138/13                                    Allowance available to all Ward Councillors £1000 pa increasing to £3000pa in

2013/14

 

It was reported that there is currently an allowance available to County Councillors of £1000 per annum which was due to increase to £3000 per annum in the financial period 2013/14.

 

This is an Annual Environmental Allowance that can be spent on community projects.

 

Cllrs queried the following points;

A          Why is the money not retained in the CCS for Councillors to use as they see fit.

B          If each Councillor can claim this money to use for community projects, then as it is public money

surely the public would want to know what it is used for.

C         This would be beneficial to discuss with the Cllr R Lewis directly.

D         There could be an opportunity to match fund a project with the PCC.

 

Following a discussion, the PCC decided to wait for the details of the new list and agenda the item for proper discussion,                                                                                                                                          JB /SC

 

139/13                          Councillors’ reports/questions.

 

Queried ; Again not all Cllrs are giving their apologies.

 

 

 

140/13                         Public Questions relating to the agenda.  (limited to 10 minutes)

 

None.

 

141/13                         Date and venue of next meeting.

 

Date of next meeting 15th May 2013 at Oxwich and Penrice Community Hall.

 

Note AGM start time 7pm

 

 

 

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