BELPER TOWN COUNCIL

FULL COUNCIL MEETING
8th May 2001

Agenda

1. Apologies for absence.
2. Change in order of business.
3. Declarations of interest.
4. Police Report
   Inspector Arnie Hicklin will be in attendance.
5. Fleet Arts
   Sarah Laman and other representatives from Fleet Arts will present their report (attached) on activities in 2000/01 and their proposed programme for the current year. The appendices are lengthy, but copies will be provided on request.
6. Proposals for Belper Markets
   Follow up report from the April meeting by Layton Davis, Town Centre Manager AVBC, attached. As Mr Layton has a meeting elsewhere earlier in the evening this item will be taken when he arrives.
7. Public Participation
8. To determine which items, if any, other than the minutes of the Staff Working Group (item 27)should be taken in camera.
9. To receive and approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 3 April 2001.
10. Matters arising from the above minutes. 247 - 220 Proposed BMX Ramp
    Consultations with potential users and manufacturers are nearing a conclusion and if all goes well the ramp should be in place by July/August.
    247 - 225 Grit Bins
    Councillor John Nelson to report back on the introduction of charges for topping up grit bins.
    247 - 234 Memorial Gardens
    The contract for the tree work has been awarded to Emery Landscape who submitted the lowest overall tender of £1,620.
    258 - Standing Orders
    In accordance with Standing Order 66 it is necessary to consider the substitution of "14" for "7" in Standing Order 17 so that the same period of notice is required for resolutions as for other items of business on Council or Committee agendas.
11. Recreation and Development Committee
    To receive and approve the Minutes of the Recreation and Development Committee of 24 April 2001 (to follow).
12. Mayor's announcements
13. Planning Applications
    To receive the Planning Applications circulated on 3 and 24 April. A further schedule will be circulated at the meeting. Councillors Robert Hallsworth and Joyce Sanders will report.
14. Justices and Entertainments Licences
    See schedules circulated on 3 and 24 April.
15. Payments and Receipts
    A schedule of payments and receipts for April will be tabled.
16. Payments and Receipts 2000/01
    Under Standing Order 48 the Town Clerk is charged with issuing a statement of payments and receipts for the financial year at the ordinary meeting next after the end of the financial year. This is attached. However as members have already received all this information in instalments at each Council meeting it is suggested that this Standing Order is dispensed with.
    It is hoped that it will be possible to include the final accounts for the year to 31 March 2001 with the Annual Report which will be presented to the Annual Assembly of Parish Meeting.
17. Annual Grants
    To authorise payment, at times as deemed appropriate by the Town Clerk, of the following annual grants:-

    	Community Transport	£2,000
    	Belper Town Football Club	£4,000
    	Citizens Advice Bureau	£6,000
    	Belper North Mill Trust	£5,800
    	Belper Leisure Centre Trust	£21,100

    Note: Fleet Arts, Conservation Area Partnership and Larks in the Park have already been dealt with for this financial year.
18. Pensionable Posts
    Council resolved, after they had been in post six months, that Elaine Hibbert and Rita Beard should be entitled to join the County Council Pension Scheme. This was backdated to their commencement of service. However the County Council have informed us that technically the posts rather than the individuals should be pensionable. This change needs to be formally recorded.
19. Blackspot Lighting
    Two further requests for lighting have been received, one to fill in a pool of darkness at Farnah Green, close to the Bluebell and the other on Kirk's Lane.
20. Lawnmower Report to follow.
21. Town Vehicle
    To suggest a small Working Party is set up to report back on a suitable replacement for the town vehicle.
22. Penguin Club
    A grant application, which was received too late to submit to Recreation and Development Committee is attached. The Club has also requested that they be given one of the Council's three "free" days use of the Leisure Centre.
23. Floral Displays To report on progress with sponsorship. Press Release attached.
24. Coppice Car Park To report on misuse by taxis and repairs to the wall.
25. Maurice Heely and Town Service Awards
    To agree nominations for presentation at the Annual Assembly of Parish Meeting.
26. Correspondence received Schedule to follow. In Camera
27. To receive and approve the minutes of the Staff Working Group held on 10 April.