MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL, SOUTH CERNEY
ON WEDNESDAY 16th MAY 2001

Apologies were received from Parish Councillors Dunn, Nicholas, Mrs Pearse, Cllr Parsons (GCC).
There were 13 members of the public present.

MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
It was proposed by Cllr Mrs Chubb and seconded by Cllr Harris that the minutes as published were a true record. The meeting was all in favour.

MATTERS ARISING
There were no matters arising.

Due to other commitments the report from P.C. George Lager (Gloucestershire Police) was promoted to next in the agenda
REPORT BY P.C. LAGER
P.C. George Lager introduced himself as the Rural Beat Officer. This post could be described as a "Rural Watch" without impinging on Neighbourhood Watch. His "beat" included Horses, Public Houses, Churches, Schools etc and covered an area from Didmarton to Lechlade and Birdlip to Cricklade. Police Information Points would be installed and would include a noticeboard and confidential letter box contents of which would be collected on a weekly basis. This was not an ideal solution but was the second best and a step forward. There were 10 Rural Beat Officers in Gloucestershire with two currently assigned to the Cotswold District. To help the officers to carry out their duties a mobile police motor home, fully equipped with modern communications technology is being supplied. Gloucestershire is the first police district in the country to provide this service.
QUESTIONS
1.    Mr E. Curtis complained about traffic speeding in Broadway Lane. PC Lager asked for specific instances to be reported to him.
2.    Cllr Stuart asked that the "rat run" through Upper Up and High Street be patrolled. PC Lager asked at what time? Cllr Stuart thought that between 7am­9am. PC Lager noted his concern.
3.    Mr R. Ducker asked when the mobile police motor home would be in operation. The Rural Police Panel had advised him that the vehicles would be arriving. PC Lager replied that sponsorship of £33,000 for five years viability had been secured.
4.    Cllr Bride asked how many Constables were allocated to the South Cerney Beat as Inspector Wasley said last year that three had been allocated to the Parish. PC Lager replied that only two were allocated as "the bodies" were just not available.
5.    Cllr Stuart congratulated the Constabulary for their rapid response to a recent incident at 4am. It only took 8 minutes for a full response. PC Lager then left the meeting to return to duty.

CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Having said that I would only serve one term as Chairperson I am still in the Chair and will be for the next year also. I would have sunk without trace had it not been for the Clerk, Maurice McKee whose help has been invaluable. A big thank you to all my fellow councillors for the help they have given me and thank you, Cllr Bride, for stepping into my shoes at late notice on more than one occasion. I have been pleased to attend the change of USAF commander at RAF Fairford and Beating the Retreat at the 29th Regiment last summer. Also I was proud to lay the wreath on behalf of the Parish Council and the community on Remembrance Sunday. In addition to being Chairperson of the Parish Council I am also Chairperson of the Finance Committee and am pleased to report that the current financial position of the PC is in good condition. I would like to say thank you to our two Ward Councillors, Cllr Mrs Anne Clark and Cllr Dr Leslie Jones, and to Cllr Shaun Parsons from Gloucestershire County Council who unfortunately could not be here tonight. They have all in turn helped enormously throughout the year. Planning We have considered 61 planning applications of which 57 were granted by the CDC and only 4 refused. The first stage of the development of the old CAMAS site is well under way and is to be known as the Limes. The Parish Council accepted an offer from Westbury Homes, the developers, of £13,000 for ground maintenance on this first stage, improvement of the play areas in lieu of play equipment and the reasonable legal costs associated with the agreement. A Section 106 Agreement has now been signed by both parties and the Parish Council will receive the money in due course. We have met with Westbury Homes to talk through future Phases which will eventually be drawn up as plans. An appeal was made by Watermark Club, Spring Lake, Station Road to the Planning Inspectorate against the refusal of CDC to grant an application for full planning permission for the construction of a new car park for club members to separate existing parking from lodge owners. This appeal was dismissed. Finance The precept has been set this year at £31,540. This represents an increase of approximately 3%. Our main achievements this year have been (i) the settlement achieved with WDS (Wiltshire Direct Services) on a long standing dispute with the quality of play equipment supplied and its installation and (ii) the purchase of Robert Franklin Way playing field from Gloucestershire County Council. On 28th April Cllr Nicholas held a meeting in the Village Hall for interested parties to discuss the selection of possible play equipment and the input was very encouraging, especially from the youth who attended.
Village Maintenance
A license has been drawn up, to replace the lease, for the Cricket Club and is in the final stages of completion. In the meantime the Parish Council gave the Cricket Club permission to place a temporary shed to act as a pavilion on the field during the coming season. When the legal formalities have been completed work should start on the new pavilion. Cllr Stuart and Cllr Gardiner met with Mr Barry Greenaway and toured the village with him to discuss improvements to the street lighting. The lights in Station road needed to be realigned to light the path instead of illuminating the ditch, pretty as it may be. In other places over hanging branches were obscuring the lamps' effect. Mr Greenaway promised that he will send a report and his recommendations to the Parish Council. A meeting was held with CDC officers Kim Cooper, Nick Love and Carl Jones to discuss the Market Town Initiative scheme and ideas were considered on how South Cerney could benefit from the scheme. An open meeting has been arranged for Tuesday 29th May to discuss ways ahead for South Cerney especially village safety and traffic calming. Everyone is welcome. Watch out for the notices on the board and Cerney News. Mr Wrightson of Kingfisher Place has been very kindly cleaning out the ditch on a purely voluntary basis. The Parish Council are extremely grateful to him and a letter has been sent to him thanking him for his efforts. Cllr Bride and myself attended a meeting with Mr Elcocks, Cllr Parsons from GCC and Mr Radford from Road Safety Management regarding, what we consider, the very unsafe alterations to Preston Tollbar. We met on site on a very cold wet day and soon realised that only minor alterations could be made. We fail to understand why a roundabout was not considered at the site or traffic lights at least. The Jubilee Gardens saga rumbles on. On March 23 this year an informal hearing was held in the Wesley Rooms to determine the application made by Cllr Nicholas on behalf of the Parish Council to register the open land there as a Village Green. The appeal was very well attended by villagers and lasted from 10am to about 6.30pm. Well done, Philip. You did us proud. As yet there has been no decision and hopefully we will be successful in stopping further development there and let the open space remain for the benefit of all residents in the village.
Village Floods
From meetings I have attended with representatives from Thames Water, Environment Agency, Fosseway Housing and various departments of the CDC, I perceived that all the professionals were and have been quite proactive regarding the very serious problem of the flooding in South Cerney although to start with, it was not thought to be so. We as a Council are trying to keep in contact with all parties. The CDC is keeping a finger on the very complicated issues and serious problems regarding the flooding especially in Berkeley Close. Our two Ward Councillors have been very active and have put in a lot of time trying to resolve the problem and I would like to say a special thank you to Cllrs Mrs Clark and Dr Jones for this. Meetings have and are still taking place to discuss the plans for the Upper Up Millennium Park which is sometimes referred to as the Cerney Ups and Downs. We are getting there ... so watch out for future announcements. Thank you all for coming. I would like to remind you that most of us Councillors hold down full time jobs and sometimes at 10.30pm find it very difficult to discuss issues, sometimes we have 58 items of correspondence and my ambition to close the meetings at 9.30pm fail at most meetings.
QUESTIONS
1.    Mr Thomas of 1 Jubilee Gardens enquired why on the left hand side the grass entrance to Jubilee Gardens was only half mown. Cllr Mrs Clark (CDC) was not aware of any problem but would enquire from Fosseway.
2.    Another resident complained that residents of the Paddock were parking on the footpath. Cllr Mrs Gardiner advised that this was a matter for the Police.
3.    Mrs Roberts complained about the condition of the footpath from Meadow Way to School. The Clerk informed that this was a matter for Gloucestershire County Highways to deal with and the matter had already been reported. Mr Ducker suggested that the Parish Council carry out the necessary maintenance and ask Gloucestershire County Highways to pay.
4.    Mr E. Curtis reported that the bus shelter was in need of repair. Cllr Stuart explained that contractors had already been asked to quote for the repair.
5.    A member of the public complained about the erosion of the river bank and road through School Lane and Bow Wow. Cllr Harris replied that he had spoken to Mr Martyn Sommerell from Gloucestershire County Highways who was hoping to effect a repair soon.
6.    Mr Ducker was holding over a meeting of the Residents Association for an update of the sewers and their structures from Mr Nick Brown. A report from Thames Water and the Environment Agency  on how to solve river flooding in the area had been delayed because of the current foot & mouth epidemic.
7.    Mr Thomas asked who would be responsible for grass maintenance if the area in Jubilee Gardens was given Village Green status. Cllr Bride replied that as the Parish Council doesn't own the land it was not responsible for maintenance. Cllr Jones (CDC) would raise the problem with the District Council at his next opportunity.
8.    The Gardening Club wished to plant trees in High Street in the autumn and a member wanted to know if there were any restrictions. Cllr Harris advised that the Gardening Club should check with the Highways authority on how the realignment of the road verge.

REPORT BY COUNCILLOR MRS ANNE CLARK (CDC)
During the past year I have served on both the Housing and Resource Committees. For the past two years I have been Chairman of a working Party which is responsible for enlarging the District Council offices to enable the staff to come on to one site from the various offices in the town, and to enlarge the council Chamber and provide more meeting rooms. This work will take place during the coming 12 months, and it is hoped that when the work is complete, the meeting Rooms and Chamber will not only be used by the Council, but also have a wider community use. Cllr Jones and I both serve on the Area South Development Control Sub Committee and take an active part in the various planning issues in the Ward. Last winter South Cerney suffered from severe flooding in various parts of the village. A hotline was set up at the District Council and officers worked round the clock giving help with sand bags etc., wherever needed in the District. As a result of the flooding problems the District Council undertook to broker a meeting with the various Agencies responsible for alleviating the problems i.e. Thames Water, Environment Agency, Fosseway Housing, County Council, and for the first time a meeting took place where we stressed the need for action. Your Chairman of the Parish Council was also invited to take part in these meetings. Last week we met up again and the Environment Agency reported that they will be undertaking routine maintenance, including the making up of the river banks above Upper Up which will stop water getting onto the road in the Upper Up area, and prevent it from entering the system. Fosseway are proceeding with the structural survey of their network of sewers and they have promised to make this available when it is complete. We are still awaiting the sewer survey by Thames Water, but our next meeting will be in September when we hope to have some positive news from them. The new scheme for Political Management of the Council is now complete and has been submitted to the Secretary of State. This has resulted after wide consultation with the public carried out by Mori and the Council will be streamlined into three main Committees, being a Community Committee, Environment and Economy and one Development Control Committee dealing with both North and South applications. There will also be an Executive Committee with a Leader of Council, and I am pleased to report that at last weeks Annual Council Meeting, Cllr Les Jones was appointed Leader. The Parish has benefited from some Ward Project money this year. £300 for audio/visual equipment for the youth club, £350 South Cerney Toddler group, £350 for South Cerney pre-school playgroup, £300 for the Duke of Gloucester Barracks playgroup, and £275 for the Mums & Toddlers at the United Church. There is still money in this fund if there are any groups in the Village who might like to apply for help. In connection with the Foot and Mouth restrictions which have affected not only the farmers but also the businesses connected with the tourist industry, I am Chairman of the Non Domestic Rating Relief panel and we have been able to help some groups who have been especially hit, by giving some rate relief. This is mostly funded by Central Government and affects 151 Authorities in the Country and we are one of them. Cllr Jones will now give his report, but I would like to thank the Parish Council for all its work during the year and the support we receive from them.

REPORT BY COUNCILLOR DR JONES (CDC)
I have continued to sit on a wide range of Committees, for example dealing with planning, economic development, grants and the Water Park. Planning applications in South Cerney have been numerous, with perhaps the most contentious being the Westbury Homes application.
The Local Plan Review
The Local Plan review is well underway. For housing the CDC is required to identify sites for 1200 homes for the next 10 year period. In line with the County Structure Plan, more than half have to be in and around Cirencester. I think it likely that some land will be allocated in South Cerney. The draft for consultation should be ready in the autumn.
Ward Boundaries
Ward boundaries have been reviewed through out the District, under 1992 legislation, by the Local Government Commission for England. The outcome has been that from May 2003 the Ward will include Preston Parish and will be represented by three Councillors. The re-arrangement has been based on elector equality, such that, as near as possible, each CDC Councillor represents the same number of people.
Political Management
Political Management. Under the Local Government Act 2000, all Local Authorities have been required to reorganise their structures and ways of working. Following extensive consultations on the options, including a MORI poll, the Council has opted for a Ostreamlined committee system with a Leader'. If the Government agrees the proposals, the CDC will have three "policy" committees, each of 9 Members. These are the Executive Committee (revenue budget, capital programme, personnel, property, grants, Best Value, Community Plan, partnership working), the Community Committee (housing, environmental health, waste management, leisure, sport and recreation) and the Environment & Economy Committee (planning policy, local economy, market towns, conservation, countryside, Water Park, tourism, car parks). In addition, there will be a Development Control Committee of 18 to determine planning applications. The Chairman of the Executive Committee is the Leader of the Council and I have been elected to this post. The new arrangements should come into effect on 1 September.
Best Value Reviews
Best Value reviews. This is another central Government initiative, aimed at year on year improvement in the delivery of services, all of which have to be reviewed over a 5 year cycle. These include external inspections from the Audit Commission. Development Control has been reviewed. We are below the required rate for the determination of planning applications in the target period of 8 weeks. The Development Control Committee will meet every three weeks. Town and Parish Councils will be asked to respond to consultations in 3 weeks rather than four as at present.
The Community Plan
The Community Plan will be the overarching strategic document of the Council. It has priorities for action - identified via consultations, polls, focus groups - some of which can only be dealt with by working in partnership with outside bodies. The CDC will be forming the Cotswold Forum (the statutorily required "local strategic partnership") to help deliver the priorities of the Plan.
Grants
Grants. The Ward Projects and Community Grants scheme continue to be available. South Cerney has benefited over recent years, with about £5900 in Ward grants and £24000 for the cricket club pavilion. This money has come from the interest earned on the investment of the capital sum from the transfer of the housing stock three years ago.
Market Towns Initiative
Market Towns Initiative. This scheme, backed by a fund, enables communities in our larger settlements to develop schemes for environmental improvements. An initial meeting between the Parish Council, Ward Members and CDC Officers, has been held and an open meeting is arranged for 29 May.
Council Tax
Council Tax. The Bill is made up of three elements: County Council (79%), Police (9.5%) and CDC (11.4%). For Band D the CDC Tax is £98, roughly £2 per week. This is an increase of £6 per year compared with last year, or about 6.5%. The CDC revenue budget is underpinned by Government grant (£5.0m), fees and charges (£4.8m), investment income (£1.8m) and the Council Tax (£3.3m). Decreases in the first three income streams could lead to an increase in Council Tax to maintain the same levels of service delivery.
Flooding
Flooding. This was dealt with by Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Clark. We will continue to push for solutions to the various aspects of flooding.

I would like to thank the Parish Council for its continued support during the year.

QUESTIONS
1.    Cllr Bride stated that the change in Ward Boundaries to include Preston although not yet determined had been strongly objected to by the Parish Council. Cllr Jones (CDC) replied that almost certainly Preston will be included with South Cerney and Somerford in the new ward and three District Councillors would be allocated.
2.    Mr Ducker asked if the new arrangement for the wards would be "warded". Cllr Jones (CDC) replied: "Not necessarily."
3.    Cllr Bride referred to the Local Plan and the new development boundary as the Parish Council had expressed concern that the flooding and sewerage problems be sorted out. Cllr Mrs Gardiner reported that she had raised this at a recent meeting dealing with the flooding problem and Mr A. R. Jones, Head of Planning at CDC would be more robust in his comments in future.
4.    Mr R. Edgar advised that complaints were registered at Thames Water and the Environment Agency on a points basis although each complaint was recorded individually. He explained that a complaint from an individual was treated with the same weight as one from the Parish Council so therefore the more complaints made by residents the more points were given to moving the problem up the agenda.

REPORT FROM CLLR S. PARSONS (GCC)
Cllr Parsons (GCC) apologised by letter to the Chairperson and all those present for his non-attendance at the Annual Parish Meeting because of a long-delayed business trip and he would be happy to give a report to the next meeting of the Parish Council. "I am obviously pleased that at long last the sale of the Robert Franklin Way play area to the Parish has taken place, after a long drawn out saga. I remain, however, unhappy about the road improvements at Preston Toll Bar. While road improvements were necessary, the actual outcome seems deeply flawed. While I am able to achieve some minor improvements any significant change to the current layout will take time. Please would you let me know of any accidents and incidences at the crossroads, however minor, so I can bring pressure to bear. I also hope that in the near future we can update the traffic plan for South Cerney, especially now that Derek Howell¹s replacement (John Whittaker) is in post. Following the floods and other emergencies which happened in the year the County Council has reported to the Home Office that emergency relief programmes are totally inadequate. In particular it would seem that the Agencies, such as the Environment Agency, are unable to act quickly in these circumstances, and do not always know what to do. For example inspectors went on site at Sandhurst following the chemical explosion there without wearing protective gear and had to be warned by the Gloucestershire Fire Brigade of the dangers of radio active waste and then taken off site. The South Cerney floods are another example contained in the report to the Home Office. I am pleased to note that the Home Office has agreed to review and hopefully to change procedures in due course. I will speak more fully at a further meeting of the Parish Council about the County Council¹s finances, since they are complicated. Suffice it to say that over the last few years under the effective Lib/Labour pace Council taxes have risen by some 40% and about £5 million has been taken from Capital to support Revenue. I suppose rather like taking out a mortgage to pay the flood bills. Interest on Council debt is now some £4 million over Government guidelines at about £18 million, monies which are wasted to Gloucestershire. Again my apologies for not being there."

REPORT BY THE VICAR REV. J. CALVERT
The Vicar, Rev John Calvert gave a brief synopsis of the activities of the Church. Millennium services had been a great success with very large numbers attending both midnight services and one at noon on January 1st. The plaque commemorating the visit by the Princess Royal had been dedicated. A group of church members had visited the Holy Land in March and there was a successful exhibition of Christmas Cribs over the Spring Bank Holiday. We hoped to complete the building of new toilet facilities during the year. The Vicar emphasised the work of the church as being to support the local community as best it possibly can.

REPORT ON ANN EDWARDS SCHOOL BY ROGER EDGAR,
CHAIRMAN OF SCHOOL GOVERNORS
Personnel
This year has seen a number of personnel changes in both Governors and teaching staff. We have unfortunately lost Ray Nicholas who is on long-term sickness and Carol Bassett has taken his place and Mrs MacFarlane who is now on maternity leave. On the governors side Graham Lodge has changed from being a parent governor to being a LEA governor and Nick Pascoe resigned on moving away . Their replacanents after an election contest are Brian Clifford and Rachael Dunn. Mrs Clare Baker on finishing her term of office decided not to continue and Mrs Sarah Harvey was elected in her place. We have also persuaded Lt Col. Mike Hickson to join us as co-opted governor. Currently we have 260 pupils on roll which is about the same as this time last year . The expected increase last summer did not materialise and the housing development in South Cerney has only just got underway. Since September we have had 25 new arrivals (excluding Reception pupils) and 17 departures. This gives a pupil mobility of 16% with 4 months of the school year left. So far it looks as if there will be 35 new entrants in Reception in September.
Governors' Activities
Governors' meetings and committees have been well attended and there have been some lively discussions. Governors have attended In Service Training days on School Improvement planning, Performance Management and the School Development Plan as well as being involved with the staff in policy review working groups. Governors have paid regular planned visits to the school and have also attended the annual review with the assigned inspector. A number of training courses both during the day and in the evening have been attended so that the Governors can keep up to date with current legislation and practice.
Curriculum and SATS
Our ICT suite with 16 computers has been fully utilised and classes have had timetabled sessions each week. The school Web site annedwards.gloucs.sch.uk is growing in content by the week. It is linked to the South Cerney virtual tour site and others. There is an after school computer club and there have been sessions run in conjunction with Cirencester College for adults in the evenings. Other after school activities include gym, netball, football, dance, gardening and the Bug Club for those interested in nature and the environment. Thanks must go to the staff for giving their time and energy in organising these activities. Our results in the Key Stage 2 SATS tests were in line with our expectations and writing had improved following the implementation of the improvement plan. It is hoped that this can be sustained and built upon.
Footsteps ­ Educating towards a more sustainable future
We have continued our link with the Joel Omino school in Kisumo and the children regularly contact through pen letters. We also send educational materials with the assistance of the 29th Regt RLC.
D.A.R.E. Project
P.C. John Smith of the MOD police 29th Regt RLC has again run the drug awareness programme for Year 6 pupils called DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education. He has the confidence of all the children and has despite having been ill himself completed the course and organised the presentation ceremony at the beginning of April.
Other Activities
Children have been to the Widerness Centre for a residential visit. Y6 children have entered the Dowty Technology Awards and two will enter the finals in May. The school have had visits from The Life Education with sessions for pupils, parents and teachers, also from the Kinetic Theatre Group, the Daylight Theatre, the Road Safety Unit and Nick Williams the Bird Wise man. Pupils have taken part in the Cirencester inter-schools swimming gala, 6-a-side football tournaments. Parents have started to attend class assemblies. The aim is for each class to invite parents to at least one class assembly per year. Parents have been pleased to be invited to join in with class-led collective worship, which must be viewed as a regular part of school life.

REMARKS
1.    Mr R. Edgar informed the meeting that everyone was welcome to visit the school and one did not need to be a parent of a pupil to do so. All would be made welcome.

REPORT FROM MIKE STUART,
CHAIRMAN OF THE VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

The past twelve months have been a period of consolidation. We have at last been able to reach agreement with all parties concerned regarding the provision of access suitable for users of our Hall who have disabilities. Last November we had a very constructive meeting with several Disabled Users. Both sides were able to either express their needs or to explain why certain improvements could not be carried out as the works would not comply with various rules etc. As a result of that meeting, we were able to reach agreement as to an access that would satisfy all parties; namely that we will provide a smooth surfaced pathway to the side of the Hall connecting the public road to the side access door which had already been upgraded to form a suitable access for disabled users. Prior to that meeting, we had also reached agreement with Mrs Enid Godwin over the ownership of the strip of land forming the track leading to the side of the Hall to her yard. It was agreed that we actually own the land with Mrs Godwin having a Right of Way over it in perpetuity. These discussions were carried out in a very amicable atmosphere. Following these negotiations, our architect, Mr Clive Froggatt amended the plans for the Disabled Access and for the improvements to the toilet facilities including toilets for the Disabled. He has now obtained Building regulation approval and Planning approval, subject only to the planners needing to have sight of detailed specifications of the two wall lights we intend to fix on the end wall to illuminate the new pathway. He is now in the process of going to at least three firms of builders to obtain competitive tenders. The Kitchen improvements have not been started yet but are planned for the first or second weekend in June. Funding will be the next major obstacle but we have recently met Mr Rodney Vaughan of the GRCC who has offered to assist us in our applications etc. Nothing can be done until we have the prices back from the builders. As the Cerney Players were unsuccessful in their attempts to raise the money for the demountable stage, we intend to include that scheme in our own funding applications. During the past year the Village has lost the use of the old school play ground as a parking space. This was unfortunate but not unexpected. There was no way that the Parish could have afforded to purchase the site especially as the old buildings were not suitable for conversion to a community centre. The loss of the parking has been a problem but has not been helped by people who are quite able to walk to the Hall insisting on using their cars. Hopefully this trend will be reversed over a period and the problem will ease. Lettings were much improved on the previous year. An extra £467 was taken. This was due mainly to the excellent bookings by the Cirencester College for their Computer courses. Also the fact that the Scout Hut has been out of commission has resulted in more use of the hall. In fact, our finances are not too bad at all. Thanks must be given to the Parish Council for the top class support given to the Hall committee. An extremely sad thing happened in the New Year when our good friend Harold Cook passed away. Harold had been a great chap helping his wife Dianne, our Hall's manager. They were a great team and it didn¹t surprise me when Dianne decided to hand in her notice so that she can spend more time with her daughters and her grandchildren. We will miss her dreadfully when she goes at the end of this month. Dianne has said that she will help her replacement to settle in and I am sure that the change over will go as smoothly as possible. The coming year will be an interesting one. Whether or not we will have all the improvements done by next year we can only wait and see. It will all depend on funding. Finally, I wish to thank all the people who make up the Hall committee. Their input and hard work should be greatly appreciated by this community.

QUESTIONS
1.    Cllr Mrs Clark (CDC) asked how long would it take to refurbish the kitchen area in the Village Hall. Cllr Stuart replied that it could be accomplished over a weekend.

There being no further business Cllr Mrs Gardiner closed the meeting at 9.05pm.