Wellow Parish Council

Clerk

Geoff White

Myrtle Cottage, Wellow, BA2 8QS

Tel:  01225 830159

 

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday 9th May 2011 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

 

Present: Cllrs Andrews, Betts, Caudle, Clarkson, Dolman, Prentice, Wheeler, White and Witty.

Six members of the public were in attendance.

 

Agenda

 

 

1.  Election of Chairman

 

The outgoing Chairman, Alex Martin, vacated his seat and Richard Holland, who had previously agreed to do so, took the chair for this item.

 

Cllr Betts suggested that Cllr Andrews be appointed in the first instance on a temporary basis so as to ensure continuity and to enable newly elected councillors a chance to gain some experience before a permanent Chairman was elected.

 

Cllr Caudle seconded the proposal.  Cllr Andrews said that she would be happy to act as Chairman until September. This was approved unanimously and Richard Holland vacated the Chair to enable Cllr Andrews to take over the meeting.

 

The Chair suggested that everyone should introduce themselves. 

 

2.  Election of Vice-Chairman

 

Cllr Betts proposed that Cllr Prentice be appointed and this was seconded by Cllr Clarkson.  Cllr Prentice agreed to accept the nomination and was elected unanimously.

 

3.  Appointment of Sub-Committee and Subject Leaders:

 

After some discussion the following arrangements were made.

 

a)  Planning                                         Cllrs Caudle and White

b)  Finance                                          Cllrs Andrews and Prentice and the Clerk

c)  Burial Board                                  Cllrs Andrews and Betts

d)  Village Hall Committee                 Cllr Betts

e)  St Julian’s Church School              Cllr Wheeler

f)  Rights of Way and Enforcement   Cllrs Caudle and Dolman

g)  Playground                                                Cllrs Betts and Witty

h)  Task Force Working Group           Left open

i)   Parish Plan                                     Cllrs Clarkson and Prentice

 

It was pointed out that a copy of the Parish Plan is on the Wellow website.

 

5.  Appointment of Responsible Financial Officer

It was unanimously agreed that the Clerk be re appointed as RFO.

 

6.  Resolution on continued banking arrangements

It was unanimously agreed to continue banking arrangements with Nat West Bank

 

 

Geoffrey White

Parish Clerk

13th May 2011