Cllrs K Petty (Chairman), D Hindle, R Rowlands, A Shotter, R Vango-Fisher and F White.

IN ATTENDANCE:

Mrs M Wathen (Clerk to the Council)

 

M I N U T E S

APOLOGIES:

1. There were no apologies for absence

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

2. There were no members of the public present to participate in the meeting.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

3. There were no declarations of interest.

ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN

4. RESOLVED: That Cllr Ron Vango-Fisher be elected as the Vice Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee for 2008/09.

CHAIRMAN’S REMARKS

5. The Chairman had no comments to make.

MINUTES

6. RESOLVED: To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 28th April 2008

GOOD CITIZENS PROJECT

7. RESOLVED:  To approve the purchasing of gift vouchers and the cost of printing the winning leaflet and poster.

COUNCILLOR TRAINING

8. RESOLVED:  To approve the budget for holding councillor training in Marchwood and offering the training to surrounding parish councils.  See report A.

INSURANCE RENEWAL

9. RESOLVED:  To accept the new cheaper policy from Norwich Union.  The money saved on the renewal is to be moved to the office provision budget.

BT PHONE BOX

10. RESOLVED:  To contact 3D Communications to indicate that we may wish to purchase the phone box.  Speak to the Headmaster of the Junior School to see if he would be interested in having the phone box located on the school.  If he is not interested then approach the Infant School.

GRANT APPLICATIONS

11. RESOLVED:  To allocate the following amounts

It was also resolved that the organisations receiving grants should recognise the support from Marchwood Parish Council in their literature and publicity.

COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE

12. Youth Development Project - The group passed a resolution at their last meeting to ask Alan Stevens to stay on as Project Co-ordinator until December 2009, which he has accepted.

At present they are in discussion with architects to discuss the project requirements and they hope to select the preferred architect in July.