Berwick Bassett and Winterbourne Monkton Parish Council
Minutes of the meeting of the Council held on Wednesday 4th December 2024, at 7.30pm. at Winterbourne Monkton Community Hall.
Present: Cllr Woodward (Chair), Cllr J Petchey, Cllr Swinyard, Cllr S Petchey (Note Taker),
1. Apologies for absence: Cllr Scott, Cllr Pattison.
2. Declarations of interest: None.
3. Questions from the Public: None – one member of the public in attendance.
4. Minutes of meetings of Wednesday 6th November 2024:
Signed by Chair.
5. Matters arising from meeting of 6th November 2024:
Millenium bench delivered and installed in churchyard.
6. Councillor Jane Davies :
Not in attendance.
7. Chair’s update
– National Trust car park. Unresolved: Chair to pursue.
– Winterbourne Lea flooding: Open action for Chair to seek advice from village expert.
8. Councillors’ written reports
Cllr Scott: £50 prior authorisation for new post box on Community Hall confirmed. £200 prior authorisation for groundworks by the bourne footbridge.
9. Planning Applications
None.
10. Clerk Recruitment
Cllr Jill Petchey advised that an offer to a local resident had been made and accepted, to start at the January meeting. She also established that no other expenditure on advertising had been required, although previously authorised.
11. Open Spaces Funding
Cllr Scott, Responsible Finance Officer, has been following up on this and is awaiting a response from Wiltshire Council Legal Department.
12. Council Website and Mail System
Cllr Simon Petchey had been working with the suppliers on sorting out the website. It has become clear that it had not been correctly operated by the previous administrator, despite the best efforts at support by NetWise UK. The problems previously experienced were entirely local, and Cllr Petchey has since re-established the relationship with them and been receiving excellent customer support.
The mail system will be addressed in the next month.
13. Change of Council address and clerk details
This has been changed on the website to reflect the Community Hall as the new postal address.
14. Next Meeting
This was confirmed for Wednesday 8th January 2025 at 7.30 pm in the Community Hall.
The meeting closed at 8.10 pm..