I hereby give notice that the next meeting of the Community Council will be held in Mathern Village Hall on 13th November 2023 at 7 pm. The business to be transacted is as set out in the agenda below. Members of the public are invited to address the council between 7 pm and 7.15 pm.
Mrs Jane Kelley
Clerk to the Council
AGENDA – November 2023
51/23 PROCEDURAL ITEMS
- Public Comment
- To receive monthly police report
- Apologies
- Declarations of Personal or Pecuniary interest
- Minutes of previous meeting
51/23 Finance
- To consider approval of payments as per below.
- Monthly Bank Reconciliation authorisation – October 2023
- Update HSBC bank signatures
| Date | Name | Amount |
| 12 10 2023 | Smart Pensions | 112.98 |
| 21 10 2023 | Charges HSBC | 5.00 |
| 22 10 2023 | HMRC | 121.60 |
| 26 10 2023 | First Stationery | 23.50 |
| 26 10 2023 | Viking | 69.20 |
| 30 10 2023 | J Kelley Home working fee | 26.00 |
| 30 10 2023 | Salary | 655.56 |
| 05 11 2023 | Stock It | 90.00 |
Payments / Receipts October/November
52/23 PROGRESS REPORT ON ACTIONS FROM LAST MEETING
Responses to queries raised at previous meetings
- a) Any update MCC re Palace Farm activities
- b) Update Welsh Water Meeting
53/23 HIGHWAYS/FOOTPATHS
- Update from MCC o road sweeping of Pwllmeyric after they blew all the footpath leaves int the road gutters and left.
- Cutting back trees and such like around lampposts to allow them to light up what is intended.
- Street lights in the village seem to be reduced lighting, as are the lamps on the way out.
- Any Footpaths issues
- Any other highway issues to be reported to MCC
54/23 COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS/CLERKS REPORT
- O. V W.
- Defibrillator – Monthly Checking’s
- County Cllrs Report
- Review new Model Standing Orders OVW.
55/23 PLANNING APPLICATIONS – Plus any applications received after Agenda is issued.
- New applications – DM/2023/01499 Up the Steps Cottage – Construction of an outbuilding office room
- Decisions and Appeals –
- Enforcement –
56/23 CORRESPONDENCE AND FORTHCOMING MEETINGS
10/10/2023 List of names on War Memorial – J Charters
10/10/2023 MCC email re hedgerows Chapel Lane
10/10/2023 OVW Training List
10/10/2023 Confirmation Website update J Anderson
10/10/2023 Invoice Village Hall Rent – 17.00
10/10/2023 Signed declaration – Vice Chairman – Cllr M Sidwell
10/10/2023 MCC Updated Highways issues
11/10/2023 Quote leaflets for remembrance service 23.50
12/10/2023 Minutes OVW Meeting
12/10/2023 Viking invoice £69.20
16/10/2023 OVW Training November
16/10/2023 Consultation re Railways
17/10/2023 Confirmation booking Cllr M Sidwell – OVW Chairing skills 24 10 2023 6.30 – 8.00
17/10/2023 Wales invoice advise that invoices will be issued shortly
23/10/2023 Solar Farm project details required
24/10/2023 OVW apologies wrong details issued for training Cllr M Sidwell
25/10/2023 Rearranged course M Sidwell 22/11/ 6.30
25/10/2023 Invoice to leaflets paid 23.50
27 10 2023 Rhewl Farm – details required of projects supported
27 10 2023 IRP – Update of Cllrs Allowance – inland revenue
30 10 2023 OVW Training list
30 10 2023 MCC Planning DM/2023/01499
01 11 2023 SLCC Bulletin
01 11 2023 Stock It Invoice £90.00 hosting website
01 11 2023 SLCC Pay awards agreed – council to back date to 01 04 2023 once NALC scales issued
03 11 2023 MCC Emergency list
05 11 2023 Invoice Merlin Waste 91.00
57/23 OTHER MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION
- Community Resilience – Climate Emergency
- Arrange a date for CPR Training 3 suggested dates required by Welsh ambulance.
- Remembrance Service November 2023
- Pwllmeyric Co Opt Vacancy.
- Vacancy Mounton Ward
58/23 PROJECTS AWAITING COMPLETION
- Cllr M Sidwell and Clerk training on Website
- Coronation Garden Planting
- New Plants Mathern War Memorial
- Broken Slab – Mounton Brook Lodge (near Defib)
59/23 DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
Next Meeting Finance Meeting to be agreed