The Gorge Parish Council
Unit C22
Maws Craft Centre
Jackfield
Telford
TF8 7LS
Tel/Fax: 01952 883192
Email:
www.thegorgeparishcouncil.gov.uk
11 February 2014
You are summoned to attend the Full Council meeting to be held on Tuesday at 18th February 2014 7 pm in the Gorge Parish Council office Unit C22 Maws Craft Centre.
Jayne Madeley
Jayne Madeley BA FILCM
Clerk
Agenda for the Full Council meeting of The Gorge Parish Council to be held on Tuesday
21st January 2014 in The Gorge Parish Council Office at 7pm
Please note the venue of this meeting may change due to the current flooding making accessibility to the office difficult.
1. Public Session: Presentation by Veolia regarding the new recycling service.
2. Apologies and Attendance.
3. Dispensations.
4. Minutes of the Full Council meeting held on Tuesday 14th January 2014 and planning
Tuesday 4th February 2014.
5. Borough Councillors: Councillors D Davies, T Hope and C Mollett.
6. Matters Arising: a.Various matters raised with TWC (see Report).
7. Financial: a. Invoices to pay: a. see approval list.
b. Consider grant to Samarians’.
c. Consider grant to Telford Sea Cadets.
d. Consider the spending of Portas funds £4000.00.
e. Consider contributing to the celebrations to mark the retirement of Dale End Park warden.
f. Consider grant to RAF Air Cadets 2379 (Dawley Squadron)
g. Clerk’s pension.(see report).
h. Consider community twitter training at Maws.
i. Consider grant to Crucial Crew. More information at meeting.
j. Consider grant to Ironbridge Brass Band youth section project.
k. Consider part funding path refurbishment to Galleon park Ironbridge.
l. Consider grant to Shropshire Barn Owl Group.
m. Phone and Broadband package. (see report).
n. Consider grant to samaritans
8. Planning: a. New Applications: a see separate list
b. Decisions See list of decisions. See separate list.
c. Invitation to Several TWC officers re stability and planning issues.
d. ENF/2012/0391
i. Any other planning matters.
9. Farmers Market in Ironbridge. (see document).
10. Committees and working parties reports: a. Social Media policy and twitter and facebook accounts.
b. Risk Assessment
c. Website.
11. Environmental and highways issues. a. litter pick. (see report).
b. Roadmen works.
c. Friends of Rough Park.
d. Letter from Newport Town Council regarding parking enforcement. (see pack).
e. information about disabled access from Station Yard Car Park for comment. ( see pack and photos available at meeting).
f. Ironbridge Road diversion via Jackfield and Coalford. Update.
g. Station Road Road Closure update.
h. report of a nasty fall on pavement in Ironbridge. see report
i. Notification of Road closure Cherry Tree Hill 23rd March for Bridge inspection.
k. Complaint from resident regarding speed of traffic on Madeley Hill and danger near Jockey Bank for pedestrians.
12. Land Stability project. A. Jackfield stabilisation stakeholder group. Update
13. Reports: Reports from each community written.
14. Reports from groups and organisations the parish council is represented on.
a. Minutes of last Parish forum meeting.
b. Ironbridge Gorge WHS steering group meeting 27th January 2014.
c. Telford and Wrekin Bus Users group minutes.b
15. Annual Meeting.
16. Correspondence: See attached list.
17. Any other business: (Only items advertised should be discussed and decided upon. Items can be suggested for the next meeting).
18. Date of next meeting Tuesday Planning: Planning 4th March 2014 and Full Council 18th March 2014 at The Gorge Parish Council office Maws Craft Centre.
REPORT:
Code: Black there may need to be some debate
Blue For information
Black and highlighted some action required
o 6. 1 date for re opening of Church Hill. There is no date yet for the reopening there are some structure issues.
§ Waterloo Street car park street lights reported no update.
7d. The Parish Council currently has £4000.00 from Telford and Wrekin Council and the Portas funds to spend on heritage based events that will interest both tourists and residents.
IGMT are asking for help to fund the WHS festival next year and there is the Brass Band festival. £2000 of the funds is unrestricted on how it is spent and £2000.00 that needs to be spent on capital expenditure ie one offs and not running costs.
7e. Mr R Francis is retiring in May from his duties in Dale end Park. He has done many hours of work outside normal working hours in Ironbridge and the park. The Parks and Open spaces team are having a collection and they would like to plant a tree too. The Parish Council has no power to contribute to the leaving present but could help buy a tree.
7g. The Shropshire County Pension fund is reviewed annually by an independent actuary. Each year a letter is received informing each employer part of the scheme what contributions it has to make and employees have to make. This year it has been determined that in the next financial year the contribution made by the employer ie pc. Needs to increase to 17.4% from 12.3% of employee annual salary. This is an increase of £800.00. there is a deficit in the fund of £300.00 this can be paid over 3 years however to save explanation for the next 3 years clerk would like to recommend the full amount is paid in one sum in April 2014. First payment is not due to the next financial year. This explanatiaon would have been provided at the time of budget decisions however the decision was made earlier than I expected sorry. Because the pc is a member of the pension fund there appears to be no choice but to pay.
7h. Sabine at Maws office is offering to organise a 3hr twitter cours at £50 plus vat min 6 people so far she only has one taker. The course will include writing press releases and launching into social media. A local company called J &PR Ltd will be teaching the course.
7k.. Last month it was reported that a lady had fallen over on the path into Galleon park. This is a path maintained by the rights of way team. When the parish council left STROWP we kept the subscription within the budget to spend on rights of way projects. to date the budget of £9000 is still there only £1000 has been spent todate. Below are the costs.
The path is 75 metres long approx, and I would suggest that a 1 metre width would be sufficient for this route.
· The cost of excavating the material = £110.00 - £150.00
· I have presumed that the excavated material can be disposed of on site and that there is no cost for this.
· Timber edging for 150 metres (both sides of the path) = £1 125.00
· Geotextile (if required) = £70.00
· Laying of stone sub-base and 40mm – dust surfacing stone = £1 500
· 4 x sleeper type steps @ £60 per riser = £240.00
The total cost of improving the path as suggested by Mrs Vaughn (I know she didn’t mention the surfacing work, but it really needs it if the steps are going to make any sense and to get rid of the slippy bits in wet weather) would be approx £3 085.00.
7m. the current phone and broadband contract was due for renewal in Feb. after consulting LSI Utilties the deal offered by One Bill was too good to better. From now on the contract for two years is £24.95 a month for unlimited broadband and free calls and texts. (don’t text!).
8c. Clerk has received a reply from Mr M Barker (in Pack) however to date no reply to the original invitation to discuss the matter. Clerk is still pursuing this.
8d. ENF/2012/0391 49 Wellington Road Coalbrookdale. This was about sheds in the garden. It was decided an application was needed an incomplete one was submitted but after this length of time it is now deemed not in the public interest to pursue this enforcement and the case has been closed.
11h. An elderly resident of Waterloo Street has fallen and broken her shoulder. This has already been replaced. She was advised by residnets to phone me at home! To obtain a compensation form for the clothing that was cut from her by the ambulance service. Clerk ahs reported the damaged pavement she tripped on, told her how to contact TWC and promised to put a thank you in the next edition of the gorge gazette for all the people who helped her.
16. Correspondence: a. Consider supporting Madeley Town Council’s event The Nine Men of Madeley(see pack).
b. offer of running courses (see pack).
c. Shropshire Tourism request to promote our town in their days out brochure. (The gorge already in it several times).
d. Electoral Review of Telford and Wrekin: Final Recommendations. In short the Ironbridge Gorge ward remains the same with one representative Horsehay and Lightmoor ward remains the same also with two borough councillors, the Parish Council remains the same with 8 parish councillors representing the three wards as now. Where there are changes these will take place from 2015 election. Full report available.
c.TWC information about the process for interested parties to express and interest in running the green gym programme. (partly based at Wood side allotments. )
d. Various press releases from IGMT re events.
e. Ironbridge Quarterly IGMT.
f. Telford Foodbank trustee board members recruitment.
g. TWC budget powerpoint presentation.