ALVESTON
PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF FINANCE AND
GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE
To
be held at 7.30 p.m. on Monday 2nd July 2007in the Bush Room
PRESENT: - Councillor John Cutland (Chairman), Councillor John Head, Councillor Brian Davis, Councillor Mike Webb, and Councillor Ann
Wilkins.
Mr
R Fergyson (Clerk)
1 Apologies for Absence
None.
2
Declaration of Interests
None.
3 Evacuation procedures.
This new topic on the agenda
is the result of recent changes in legislation. The procedures are the same as
stated in the full council meeting of 18th June. The fire exit is
also the entrance door, or through the door to the main hall and then out. The
assembly point is the front of the Jubilee Hall.
4 Minutes of the meeting held on
4th June 2007 and Matters arising
The minutes were approved and signed by
the chairman.
5. Matters arising from Committee reports
Footpaths.
Recommendation that the South Gloucestershire Council
councillors are
asked to investigate why very little footpath repair work is carried out. The
lists of previous years may have been superseded, but the paths are still
needing attention.
If Anita Walker is away, we are told
her work does not get progressed. As she seems to be on long term sick how will
her work be progressed, eg authorisation for repairs, report on horse kicking
in field next to
6 Financial report.
Attached is the current
spending against the budget. The area of over spending is in the playing
fields, the money should be taken from reserves. The reserves figure this year
is £8090, this can be reduced to £5000 any remaining at the end of the year
above £5000 should be either used to reduce next years precept or transferred
to the development fund.
7 Correspondences
Requests for donations have been received by:
Victim
Support
Senior
Citizens Forum
Alzheimer’s
Society.
The
council current donations are £
Marlwood
School Prize day 57
British
Legion 57
Helmet 218
Vale
Link Transport 57
Citizens
Advice Bureau 207
Youth
Centre Insurance 972 (half retained)
Jubilee
Hall Insurance 1391
(budgeted and half retained)
In
the past the council has also supported:-
|
Thornbury
Volunteer Link West
Country Crimestoppers W.R.V.S. Age
Concern Thornbury
Tuesday Club ( Bathings ) Relate Victim
Support |
The
committee considered the request .
Recommendations
1.
No new requests are to be added this year.
2,
The following changes
Marlwood from £57 to
£50, with the request that the money be used for a prose for the boy and girl
who lives in Alveston and has made the most improvement during the year.
3.The £207 to the citizens
advice bureau is split into £100 each for the citizens advice bureau and Age
Concern.
The reference to insurance of the youth
centre and the jubilee hall is removed.
The salary for the clerk is still at last
years level pending the agreement of new scales between the unions and the
employers.
8. AUTHORISATION OF PAYMENTS.
Notification
of payments made. Please note parish plan expenditure is controlled by the
Parish Plan Committee, but uses the facilities of the Parish Council Bank Account.
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Payee |
Reason |
Chq
No. |
£ |
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Horders |
Leaflets
Parish Plan J Cutland A Wilkins |
1326 |
305.00 |
|
South
Gloucestershire Council |
Cemetery
Rates - July 2005 |
dd |
57.00 |
|
|
|
|
362.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income received.
|
Payee |
Reason |
Inc
No. |
£ |
|
Bank of |
Interest
05 June 2007 |
dc |
261.24 |
|
|
Football
field hire Jan-April 2007 |
inc1320 |
105.00 |
|
R W
Vizard Monumental Masons |
Headstone
for Hodds plot 37 |
inc1320 |
100.00 |
|
|
|
|
466.24 |
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|
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9. Any other business
None.
The meeting closed at 8.45.