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Council report - [from Bozeat Matters Village Magazine - May 2010]
REPORT FROM BOZEAT PARISH COUNCIL
Submitted by Lyndis Payne [Clerk to Bozeat Parish Council], 65 Queen Street, Bozeat.
Telephone 01933 664760. Email: lyndispayne@btinternet.com
Vacant Seats on the Parish Council
We are pleased to be able to report that the two vacant seats on the Parish Council have been taken by Barry Day and Heather Wallis, we very much look forward to working with them in the future.
Parish Plan
If anyone would like a copy of the adopted Parish Plan, please do contact the Clerk, she can provide it as a hard copy or emailed.
Lighting Project
We are delighted that our project to upgrade the street lighting in the village is now complete and we have been able to ask the County Council to take over responsibility for almost all of them. The Parish Council has agreed to retain responsibility for just a few lights that are situated on unadopted roads and not eligible to be taken over by the County Council.
Bozeat Playing Field
We feel that we should let you all know that, far from doing nothing about the future of the Playing Field, we have been seeking legal advice as to what can be done about it. The Playing Field is held in a Trust on behalf of the village which was set up many years ago and this is a complicated legal situation. The Parish Council simply cannot just take it over, the field doesn’t belong to the Parish Council and there are many issues to be investigated and resolved before we can even discuss whether we feel able to take over its future administration. At the time of writing this report we are trying to organize a meeting between the former members of the Playing Field Committee, the Parish Council and legal representatives from the Borough Council.
Conservation Area
The Borough Council has taken on board all the comments received and a revised map has been produced as a result, if this project proceeds to the next stage everyone living within the area will be contacted direct and asked for their comments.
Historic Street Nameplates
We are hoping to be able to continue with our project to provide street nameplates providing a record of historic areas and are looking towards the next nameplate, if you have any suggestions for areas to be included, please do let us know.
Affordable Housing
I have been asked to invite anyone who might be interested in applying for the shared ownership property in Pit Field Close to contact Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association, you will need to have a proven local connection to apply.
Community Litterpick
We have decided to hold a Community Litterpick on Saturday, 5th June 2010. We will be looking to target areas of the village which are particularly badly affected by litter and would invite anyone who would like to come and join us to meet us on the Village Green at 2 pm. Mentioning litter, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Community Action Group who regularly meet to pick up the litter so thoughtlessly discarded by others around our village, wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was nothing to pick up?
Annual Meeting
By the time you read this we will have held our Annual Meeting and the Chairman for the next year will have been elected and roles and responsibilities decided. A more detailed report will be provided in September.
Minutes
Please note that copies of our approved minutes are available on the Bozeat Website or at meetings of the Parish Council, you can also read copies of the minutes at Wollaston and Wellingborough libraries.
Contact Us
Please remember that the Clerk is only employed part time by the Parish Council so is not on duty all the time, however you can contact the Parish Council:-
·By letter – send to 65 Queen Street, Bozeat, Northants, NN29 7LA – letters are put before the council members at their next routine meeting and formal replies are then sent out.
·By telephone – leave a message on 01933 664760 and the Clerk will return your call at the earliest opportunity.
·By email – the Clerk’s personal email address is lyndispayne@btinternet.com, please note that the Clerk does not check emails daily, she will acknowledge your email at the earliest opportunity and then present it to the members of the council at their next meeting.
Meetings
Meetings will be held on Monday, 21st June, 19th July and 16th August (please note that this is usually a much shorter meeting and we only discuss urgent matters such as planning, correspondence and finance.)
Members of the public are very welcome to attend meetings and we do allow up to 15 minutes at the start of each meeting for residents to address the Councillors. All meetings start at 7 pm and are held in the schoolroom of Bozeat Independent Wesleyan Church, Dychurch Lane.
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................ The Parish Council have previously agreed some while ago to publish the minutes of their previous meetings. At present copies are available for reading at Wollaston Library, but now you will have an alternative means of viewing the work of your local Councillors.
The published minutes will be some weeks old; this is because formal publication is not agreed until they have been ratified at a following meeting at least a month later. Copying and producing web information will take a little time also but once we get in the swing of things it can only get better.
In the first instance they are published on screen, but may take the form of download pdf files in the future.
Click here to look at the minutes.
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