ST BEES PARISH COUNCIL
Draft Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on Monday 16 May 2016 at 6.30pm in St Bees Village Hall PRESENT: Cllr D Sim (in the Chair), N Bettinson, J Haile, F Kennedy, J Mellor, W Mellor, H Monaghan, A Oldham, M Riley and N Smart In attendance: Cllr H Wormstrup (County Councillor for Egremont North/St Bees division) Mrs K James, St Bees Village School Mr M Starkie, Mayor of Copeland 2016/1 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and explained that the monthly meeting of the parish council would take place immediately after the annual parish meeting.
2016/2 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE : Apologies for absence were received from Doug Millington, Grant Gilmour, Tom Kelly and Chris Robson.
2016/3 MINUTES OF THE LAST ANNUAL PARISH MEETING It was RESOLVED that the minutes of the last Annual Parish Meeting held on 18 May 2015 be approved as a true record and signed by the Chairman.
2016/4 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE LAST ANNUAL PARISH MEETING At the last parish meeting questions had been asked about the extent of St Bees School’s ownership of land and property in the area. The Chairman reported that a new Board of Governors had been appointed since the school closed and they were now working on compiling an accurate register of assets. 2016/5 LIBRARY REPORT – ST BEES VILLAGE SCHOOL Mrs James presented a report on the library service being provided by the Village School following the decision by CCC to close the library in March. The Village School was very keen to offer a library service for both children and the wider village community. A limited stock of books was being provided by CCC which would be changed every few weeks. The CCC stock had been supplemented by books which had been donated. The library was open on Thursday afternoon each week during term time from 1.30pm to 4.30pm and children from Year 5 were issuing books and reading to younger children. The children had prepared a folder explaining the work they do in the library which clearly showed their enthusiasm for providing a service for the village. The school was anxious to publicise the service to increase the use by members of the public. Offers of help from adult volunteers would be very welcome. In answer to questions Mrs James said that the library was currently not open during school holidays but that it might be possible to extend the opening to holiday periods if adult volunteers were available. The Chairman undertook to publicise the service and the request for volunteers through the parish council’s community Facebook page.
2016/6 ANNUAL REPORT The Chairman presented his report on Parish Council activities for 2015/16 (copy attached to the official copy of the minutes). The report and summary of the accounts would be published in the next edition of the parish magazine and would also be available on the web-site. The Chairman explained that this had again been a very busy year. A number of major developments were planned which would affect the parish.
2016/7 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING MOTIONS No motions had been received.
2016/8 FORUM ON PARISH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES Mr Starkie, in his capacity as Mayor, explained that CBC and the LDNP were considering whether they could develop a joint position on plans by National Grid for the NW Coast Connections Project which would link the new nuclear power station with the grid. The two bodies were keen to hear the views of those who represent their local communities at parish level. He and Mike McKinley, Chairman of the LDNP, would be interested to meet St Bees Parish Council and hear its views on the plans and the sustainable benefits it would want to see. The Chairman agreed that this would be put on the agenda for the meeting of the parish council on 20 June. As no other issues were raised for discussion the Chairman declared the meeting closed.
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