West Bedlington Town Council Thursday 10 June 18:00

[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 10 June at 6 pm

The agenda for the meeting is set out below.

John Nicholson

Town Clerk 27 May 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 13 May 2010

3) MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

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) WORKING GROUPS

To receive reports from working groups:

a. Finance (Councillors Aynsley, and Allen)

• The Council are requested to approve Councillor Todd being added to the list of cheque signatories

• The Council are requested to approve the change in the cheque signatories so in future any 2 signatories out of 4 may sign a cheque.

b. Communications and Events (Councillors Barret and Shephard)

c. Services (Councillors Barret, Aynsley and Major)

Update on transferred services

Allotments

Play Areas + Bus Shelters

Employment of a Solicitor

d. Planning (Councillors Major and Todd)

The Council's decision on planning applications:

10/S/00229

10/S/00242

10/S/00250

10/S/00251

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

e. Community Support (Councillors Hedley and Shephard)

8) UPDATE ON COMMUNITY CENTRE

To update the Council on the current position with regard to Bedlington Community Centre (BCC)

9) PROVISION OF A WEB PAGE

The Council are requested to review the offer made to them to provide a host for a West Bedlington Town Council web page.

10) SUMMER EVENTS PROGRAMME

The Council are requested to review the proposed summer events programme and agree funding if in favour of the programme

11) UPDATE ON MARKET PLACE

To update the Council on the current position with regard to Bedlington Market Place, and any potential request for funding.

12) CLERK'S REPORT

a. Schedule of payments produced for Council approval

b. The Council are requested to confirm whether or not the Subscription to NALC will be paid. The cost for year 2010 / 11 is £654.02

13) ANY OTHER BUSINESS

The Clerks contract of employment will be an agenda item at the next Council meeting

14) DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The Next Meeting of the Council will be held Thursday 8 July at 6pm in the Salvation Army Hall