West Bedlington Town Council Thursday 8 July 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 08 July at 6 pm

The agenda for the meeting is set out below.

John Nicholson Town Clerk

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 10 June 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)

ï‚· Presentation of financial forecast for Q1 2010 /11

West Bedlington Town Council 1 Agenda 08 July 2010

b. Communications and Events (Councillors Barret and Shephard)

c. Services(CouncillorsBarret,AynsleyandMajor)

Feedback from sub group meeting The Council are requested to approve a "status quo†position with the Allotment Associations

d. Planning (Councillors Major and Todd)

The Council's decision on planning applications: 10/S/00293 10/S/00295 10/S/00313

10/S/00339

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

e. Community Support (Councillors Hedley and Shephard)

A request for support has been received from Koast FM

8) UPDATE ON COMMUNITY CENTRE

To update the Council on the current position with regard to Bedlington Community Centre (BCC) The Council are requested to discuss whether or not to make a bid to own Bedlington Community Centre.

The NCC deadline for receipt of bids is Friday 9 July 2010

9) UPDATE ON MARKET PLACE

To update the Council on the current position with regard to Bedlington Market Place. The Council are requested to discuss the request from NCC for a £4,000 donation towards the purchase of market stalls.

10) 2010 ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE SERVICE

The Council are requested to approve the organisation and expense of Remembrance Sunday

11) NORTHUMBRIA IN BLOOM

The judging is scheduled for 21 July at 2pm. The Council are requested to provide representatives to escort the judging panel

12) CLERK'S REPORT

.) Schedule of payments produced for Council approval b. Clerk's holiday 30 August – 3 September inclusive.

West Bedlington Town Council 2 Agenda 08 July 2010

13) ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Town Clerk's employment contract has been moved to the next Council meeting 12 August.

14) DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The Next Meeting of the Council will be held Thursday 12 August at 6pm in the Salvation Army Hall