Annual Parish Meeting April 2021 minutes
Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on Monday 26th April 7.30 pm, 2021
Present: Cllr J. Whitwell (Chair),R. Elsey (Vice chair),Cllr M. Keegan, Cllr M. Rigby, Cllr R. Sleeman, Cllr A Stradling, Cllr G. Valentine, Cllr. T Berry (CDC), Mrs. W Cartwright (Clerk) plus seven members of the public.
Due to the national lockdown restrictions by the Government, a face to face public meeting was unable to take place and instead a virtual meeting was held by Councillors at which all the reports which had been written and previously distributed to parishioners by e-mail distribution list and available on the Somerford Keynes parish website were presented.
Apologies: Cllr S. Parsons (Gloucestershire County Council), Chris and Lynda Isherwood
Minutes: Previous minutes were approved: Proposed Tessa DeBertodano, Seconded Graham Valentine.
Chair’s Report: Report given by Cllr Whitwell (see website for report).
Village Lake report: Report given by Mike Wilding (see website for report).
Clerk’s Financial report: A brief overview of the 2020/21 internally audited accounts was given in terms of receipts/payments (see website for report).
Cotswold District Council (CDC): Report given byCllr Berry (see website for report).
Gloucestershire County Council: JW read the report given byCllr Parsons (see website for report).
Ron Munroe |(RM) requested that thanks should be formally recorded to the CDC officers who significantly helped the Parish Council through the process of the NDP. RM also made comment on the increased cost of green bin collection.
Peter Watkins asked Tony Berry (TB) for background as to why some experienced planning officers had left CDC. He also asked TB why there were inconsistencies in road naming on google maps in terms of Arlington Drive vs. The Street being incorrect, and whether TB could investigate.
There being no other business, the meeting closed at 8.30 pm.