Milverton
Parish Council
Report
of Meeting held 4th
January 2016
At
its January meeting Milverton Councillors agreed to keep the Precept
unchanged for 2016/17. There was considerable debate about what
figure should be agreed with a proportion of Councillors advocating a
rise to accommodate future commitments such as the public toilets.
There was also a worry that the Government may impose a cap which
would seriously limit the Councils ability to respond to future calls
on its finances. For example a 5% cap would limit any future rises to
£700 per annum which would only really cover inflation on existing
expenditure. In the end the Chairman proposed that the Precept be
frozen at £14000. This was seconded by the Vice Chairman and passed
on a vote 5-4.
The
meeting of 2016 started with a request from the Milverton Trust that
the Parish Council, through its Chairman, formally took up the
position of Ex Officio Trustee.
The
Clerk reported that SCC would be installing Speed Indicator Devices
(SIDs) in Milverton on the B3187 near the school on 18th
April and the 5th
September 2016; in Wood Street on 16th
May and the 3rd
October 2016 and in Butts Way on 2nd
May and the 19th
September 2016. The SIDs will remain in place for two weeks.
Councillors
expressed concern at the delays in the negotiations to transfer the
toilets. However, the Clerk reported that progress would be slow
until TDBC had formally adopted its Community Asset Transfer policy.
Councillors
also discussed the storage of Council records and minutes. Currently
they are held in the Clerks house but this is deemed unsatisfactory.
Attempts to agree storage in the Victoria Rooms had been unsuccessful
due to lack of space and the Milverton Archive does not have a
permanent home. Under the circumstances the Clerk was asked to
contact the County Record Centre to see if it would take the records.
He was also asked to enquire whether records could be returned if a
permanent village archive became established.
In
December the Council spent £856 on salaries, PAYE and subscriptions.
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