BELPER TOWN COUNCIL

AGENDA FOR THE MEETING OF 8th JULY 2003

  1. Apologies for absence.
  2. Election of Chairman.
  3. Election of Vice-Chairman
  4. Change in order of business.
  5. Declarations of interest.
  6. To determine which items, if any, should be taken in camera.
  7. Public participation.
  8. To receive and note the minutes of the meeting held on 15th April 2003.
  9. Matters arising from the minutes not included elsewhere on the agenda.
  10. Grant Applications
    1. Penguin Club - 188
        A grant of £500 is requested towards the cost of a hi-fi unit. The Council gave the club £500 in May 2001 to help with the cost of a group holiday in Great Yarmouth.
    2. Belper Community Tennis Partnership - 189
        A grant of £400 is requested this year towards the cost of tennis coaching for juniors. This is an annual application and last year the Council made a grant of £450.
    3. Belper Town Wind Band - 190
        An unspecified amount is requested towards the cost of jackets for the band members. A grant of £200 was made to the band in July 2000.
    4. The Dalesmen Male Voice Choir - 177
        At the last meeting it was agreed to underwrite the joint concert up to £250. The shortfall is £179.42, however they are hinting for the full £250 as a contribution towards their concert fee.
  11. Belper Music and Arts
  12. Wakes Day
  13. Words and Music
  14. Hunter Road Allotments
    1. a request has been received from the Allotment Association to have a water supply installed. The cost is likely to be in the region of £1,000. The Town Clerk will report.
    2. one of the allotment holders has asked if she can keep a few hens on her allotment. They would be confined to a wired run in which there would be a small wooden henhouse. The Secretary of the Allotment Association has no strong views either way but has yet to speak to all the other allotment holders.
  15. The Lost Garden Project