Bishop's Castle Town Council Meeting 24/11/2009
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF BISHOP’S CASTLE TOWN COUNCIL HELD IN THE TOWN HALL ON 24th NOVEMBER 2009 AT 8.OO PM.
PRESENT Councillor K.E.C. Pinches, Mayor in the Chair.
Councillors: J.M. Carroll, S.A. Farr, M. Furber, J Gaffney, N Hird, M.E. Holton, R.D. Wright,
In attendance: Mrs. D. Malley
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE:
IT WAS RESOLVED to accept the apologies and reasons from:
Councillors W. J. Morris, Dr. G.N.St.J. Penney and M. Stanley.
Proposed by Councillor Carroll, seconded by Councillor Hird.
2. DECLARATION OF INTEREST:
a) Declaration of personal interest:
Councillors Carroll, Hird and Wright declared a personal interest in item 3. Work in the Town Hall as they know personally a contractor who has submitted a quotation.
Councillor Pinches declared a prejudicial interest in item 3. Work in the Town Hall as one of the contractors leases premises from him. Councillor Pinches left the room whilst this item was being discussed.
3. WORK IN THE TOWN HALL:
The Mayor left the room, Councillor Carroll took the Chair.
Two quotations had been received to carry out the safety works in the roof attic. The quotations and were read out.
It was noted the two quotations had very little difference in price and it was thought that both contractors would carry out the work satisfactorily. A discussion took place of when the contractors could carry out the work taking into account the HSE report requiring the work to be carried out in December.
IT WAS RESOLVED that the Clerk make further enquiries of when each contractor could undertake the works and appoint the contractor who could carry out the work soonest. Proposed by Councillor Holton and seconded by Councillor Gaffney.
The Mayor returned to the room and took the Chair.
4. PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AT THE TOWN HALL
Councillor Hird reported there has been an offer of grant of £7,000 from Awards For All. This together with the grant offer from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme would provide £16,431 towards the total cost of £18,000 for the project. So far the grant application to the Community Sustainable Energy Programme (BRE) had been unsuccessful.
IT WAS RESOLVED to accept the grant offer from Awards For All and re-apply for the BRE grant. Proposed by Councillor Hird and seconded by Councillor Carroll.
5. PRESENTATIONS AT THE NEXT MEETING
IT WAS RESOLVED to invite the project officer for the Town Hall Renovation Partnership to give a presentation at 7.30 p.m. before the next Town Council meeting on 8th December 2009.
Proposed by Councillor Carroll, seconded by Councillor Gaffney.
IT WAS RESOLVED to invite a representation at 7.45 pm before the Town Council meeting on 5th January 2010 regarding the idea of two new bus services to facilitate adult education and leisure from Bishops Castle and Clun to Shrewsbury.
Proposed by Councillor Carroll seconded by Councillor Gaffney.
The Mayor declared the meeting closed at 8.20 p.m.