West Bedlington Town Council Thursday 11 March 6Pm

[Stephen]

WEST BEDLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL

To: ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL

You are hereby requested to attend a meeting of WEST BEDLINGTON TOWN COUNCIL to be held at Bedlington Salvation Army Hall, Hartford Road West Bedlington on Thursday 11 March at 6 pm

The agenda for the meeting is set out below.

John Nicholson

Town Clerk 05 March 2010

OPEN SESSION

The Chair to invite members of the public present to put questions to, or draw relevant matters to the attention of 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. The above covers both verbal and written submissions.

Any member of the public who asks a question should first state their name and address.

1) APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2) MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

To sign as a correct record the minutes of the West Bedlington Town Council meeting held on 4 February 2010

3) MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

3 residents so far have requested e-mailed agendas and minutes.

They are now being sent out.

Agendas for Council meetings are being left on seats for members prior to meetings.

4) DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

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

5) ANNOUNCEMENTS

To receive announcements on any matters which the Chair wishes to bring to the attention of members.

6) CORRESPONDENCE

To receive any items of correspondence addressed to the Council

7) UPDATE ON BEDLINGTON OLD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT

- To update the Council on the response from The Planning Inspectorate to the letter written to them by the Clerk on behalf of the Council

- To update the Council with the progress of the petition against the proposed development

- To inform the Council of the contents of a letter received from Mr.D.Murphy. M.P. for Wansbeck

8) UPDATE ON LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

a. To make the Council aware of Northumberland County Council's position on public library's.

b. To discuss the current position with regard to Bedlington Community Centre (BCC)

Update the Council on the outcome of the meeting 5 February with BCC managers.

9) NORTHUMBRIA IN BLOOM

To decide whether or not to proceed with the Council's entry into Northumbria in Bloom

The spring inspection by the judging panel is scheduled for 19 April 2010

10) LEASE OF OFFICE WITHIN BEDLINGTON COUNCIL OFFICES

NCC has drawn up a lease for 1 year relating the occupation of an office in Bedlington Council Offices.

The Council can decide whether or not they are ready to sign the lease.

11) PURCHASE OF WEB DOMAIN NAMES

The Council are requested to sanction the purchase two web names:

westbedlingtontowncouncil.org.uk

westbedlingtontowncouncil.co.uk

This will secure the names for a future web page.

12) COMMUNITY CHEST

The Community Support Group of the Council are proposing the approval of The West Bedlington Town Council Community Chest scheme

13) WORKING GROUPS

To receive reports from working groups:

a. Finance (Councillors Aynsley, and Allen)

To update the Council on the current financial position for the year 2009 / 2010

b. Communications and Events (Councillors Barret and Shephard)

c. Premises (Councillors Harratt and Pegg)

Office lease covered in item 10

d. Planning (Councillors Major and Todd)

- The Council's decision on planning applications:

10/S/0023

10/S/0027

10/S/0028

There may be additions from planning applications after the agenda is issued

e. Community Support (Councillors Hedley and Shephard)

Community Chest is covered in item 12

13) 14) CLERK'S REPORT

a) Schedule of payments produced for Council approval

b. To update the Council in discussions with Northumberland County Council on IT support available from 1 April 2010

15) ANY OTHER BUSINESS

To consider any other items for information only including items to be brought forward to the next meeting.

-Next Meeting - Clerk's terms and conditions + office opening hours if applicable

-Standing / Financial Orders review

16) DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be held Thursday 8 April at 6pm in the Salvation Army Hall

WEST BEDLINGTON TOWN COUNCILLORS: Arthur Pegg (Town Mayor), George Todd (Deputy Town Mayor), Mary Allen, Tracy Aynsley, Anthony Barrett, Peter Harrat, Paul Hedley, Ronald Major, Stephen Shephard,