CLITHEROE TOWN COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING (COCKLES AND MUSSELS FEAST ) HELD ON 3 MAY, 2013 .
PRESENT: The Town Mayor Councillor Allan Knox in the Chair;
The Deputy Town Mayor, Councillor Kevin Horkin;
Councillors Valerie Cooper, Pam Dowson, Susan Knox , Simon
O’Rourke, Mary Robinson and Alan Yearing.
The Town Clerk.
APOLOGIES: apologies for absence, together with reasons, were received from
Councillors Ruth Moores and Jim Shervey .
RESOLVED: That the apologies be accepted.
410.13 ANNUAL MEETING - 7 MAY, 2013.
Consideration was given to the Agenda for the Annual Meeting of the Town
Council to be held on 7 May 2013..
RESOLVED: That the agenda for the Annual Meeting be as follows:-
Item 1 - Election of Town Mayor – 2013/2014
Councillor Mary Robinson to propose and
Councillor Pam Dowson to second –
“ That Councillor Kevin Horkin be and is hereby elected as Town
Mayor for the ensuing Municipal Year”
Item 2 - Election of Deputy Town Mayor – 2013/2014
Councillor Alan Yearing to propose and
Councillor Susan Knox to second -
“ That Councillor Valerie Cooper be and is hereby elected as Deputy
Town Mayor for the ensuing Municipal Year”
Item 3 - Election of Town Council Leader –2013/2014
Councillor Simon O’Rourke to propose and
Councillor Allan Knox to second –
“That Councillor Mary Robinson be and is hereby elected as Town
Council Leader for the ensuing Municipal Year”.
Item 4 - Apologies for absence
The Town Clerk reported that at this point in time no apologies had
been received for the Annual Meeting.
Item 5 - Appointment of Committees – 2013/2014
Councillor Mary Robinson to propose and
Councillor Alan Yearing to second –
“ That appointments to Committees for the ensuing Municipal Year
be made in accordance with Appendix A to these Minutes”.
Item 6 - Appointments to Outside Bodies – 2013/2014
Councillor Mary Robinson to propose and
Councillor Alan Yearing to second –
“ That appointments to Outside Bodies for the ensuing Municipal
Year be made in accordance with Appendix B to these Minutes”
Item 7 – Approval of Minutes
Councillor Kevin Horkin to propose and –
Councillor Valerie Cooper to second -
“ That the Minutes of the Town Council meeting held on the 4 March
2013, the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee
held on the 8 April, 2013 previously circulated be approved and the
recommendations contained therein be adopted.
Item 8 - Mayor’s “At Home” Functions 2014
Councillor Kevin Horkin to propose and –
Councillor Valerie Cooper to second -
“That the Town Mayor’s “At Home” functions for the ensuing
Municipal Year be held on dates to be determined by the Town
Mayor “
411.13 PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Consideration was given to planning applications for weeks ended 12 and 19
April 2013.
RESOLVED: That no objections be raised to any of the following
applications submitted numbered 3/2013/0283; 0224; 0327; 00328; 00348;
0363; 0354 and 0355
412.13 ACCOUNTS
The Town Clerk submitted the Town Council’s various account balances
as at 31 March, 2013 together with Actual/Estimated Income and
Expenditure for March and April 2013 as follows:-
Balances As at 31 March 2013
1. Business Base Rate Tracker 44,879.72
2. Business Premium Account 614.06
3. Current Account 12,252.16
4. Petty Cash Imprest 100,00
57,845.94
Mar 13 April 13
£ £
Actual/ Estimated Income 6,702.20 100,000.00
Actual / Estimated Expenditure 4,865.82 5,000.00
RESOLVED: That the Account balances be approved.
413.13 FAIR TRADE BEYOND 2015 DECLARATION.
The Town Clerk reported the receipt of a letter from Ian Dixon who was conducting a campaign on behalf of the Fair Trade Foundation whose aim is to get as many civic leaders as possible to sign a declaration making a commitment to Fair Trade beyond 2015.
RESOLVED: That the Town Clerk be authorised to make arrangements
for the Town Mayor to sign the Declaration on behalf of the Town
Council.
The meeting finished at 7.40 pm
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Chair.