West Bedlington Town Council Meeting Thursday 10Th September 6Pm

[Stephen]

There will be ameeting of WEST BEDLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL to be held at the SALVATION ARMY HALL Hartford Road West, Bedlington on Thursday 10 September 2009 at 6 pm

The Agenda for the meeting is set out below.

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OPEN SESSION

A G E N D A

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

To sign as a correct record the minutes of the West Bedlington Parish Council meeting held on 15 July 2009 (to follow).

3. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

4. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

To receive from members, in respect of any items included on the agenda for this meeting, disclosure of any personal or prejudicial interests.

5. ANNOUNCEMENTS by the Chairman

a. Bill Ashbridge

b. Questions from the Public

i) The Chair will invite members of the public present to put questions to the Council, prior to commencement of business. This question time will last for a period of 15 minutes overall (which may be extended if the Chairman deems it necessary), and each question is limited to 3 minutes per person. In order to give every member of the public a fair chance of asking a question, each person will be limited to two questions at each session. A second supplementary question may be submitted. The above covers both verbal and written submissions.

6. CORRESPONDENCE

7. PUBLIC QUESTIONS

8. WORKING GROUP

To receive reports from the informal meeting held on 20 July 2009, including:

• Premises

• Recruitment of Clerk

• Publicity and communications.

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8. CHANGE OF NAME

To consider the options for possible re-naming of the Parish Council.

9. MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

To receive a report from the Vice Chair of a meeting of all new South East local council chairs with the Deputy Chief Executive of Northumberland County Council.

10. CAR PARKING STRATEGY

To agree a response to the County Council questionnaire on car parking issues (Attachment .

11. COUNCILLOR VACANCY

To Note the procedures for filling a casual vacancy on the Parish Council.

12. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

To agree a date and time for the next meeting of the Council.

[Andy Millne]

hmmm Bedlington Past or Bedlington Future? Which will it be? Two events and only one small time window.