Council meeting agenda November 2006

The NOVEMBER meeting of Wellington Town Council will be held in the main hall of the United Reformed Church in Fore Street, Wellington, on Monday, 6th November 2006 at 7pm.

The November planning meeting of the town council will also be held in the URC hall on Monday, 6th November 2006 at 6pm.

Tony Brown
Town clerk

AGENDA

1. APOLOGIES

1A. CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS.

1B. REPORT AND QUESTIONS/COMMENTS TO/FROM POLICE SERGEANT DOC NURSE. ALSO LETTER FROM CHAIRMAN TO POLICE RE WELLINGTON BEAT CRIME STATISTICS (enclosed)

1C. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TIME

2. TO CONFIRM MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETINGS HELD ON 2ND OCTOBER 2006 (enclosed)

3. TO CONSIDER APPROACHING SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL ABOUT MAKING IT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS TO USE THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT THE HIGH STREET/LONGFORTH ROAD JUNCTION (Councillor S. Palmer to raise)

4. TO CONSIDER WRITING TO SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL RE THE RE-SURFACING OF MANTLE STREET (Councillor R. Bowrah to raise)

5. TO CONSIDER AGAIN APPROACHING ROYAL MAIL ABOUT PROVISION OF MAIL COLLECTION BOX IN BURROUGH WAY AREA (Councillor S. Palmer to raise: letter sent to Royal Mail enclosed: issue first raised at council meeting on 5th June: minute 13830)

5A. TO FIX DATES FOR MEETINGS OF STAFFING COMMITTEE AND CCTV WORKING PARTY

6. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES:
(a) Minute 13952 (4th September meeting) Future use of town council offices: Letter from leader of Taunton DBC Councillor John Williams (enclosed: for information)
(b) Minute 13618 (9th January meeting) Retention of timber fence to side of 80 Laburnum Road: To report that planning inspector has over-turned Taunton DBC’s decision to refuse permission (copy of report is enclosed: for information)
(c) Minute 13868 (3rd July meeting) Wellington Green Spaces: To receive copy of schedule of work to be carried out during phase 1 by Taunton DBC during next 4 months (enclosed: for information)
(d) Minute 13912 (7th August meeting) Carnival committee grant request: Letter of thanks from carnival committee for grant of £700 (enclosed: for information)

7. CORRESPONDENCE
(a) Letter from County Council re children’s centre update which also refers to proposed Wellington centre (enclosed: for information)

8. WELLINGTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
(a) To receive a report from Mrs J. Thorne, assistant to clerk, meeting of Wellington and Area Community Strategy working party held on 17th October 2006 (enclosed) and to consider whether to make any recommendations/suggestions for inclusion on the agenda for the next WEP meeting on Monday, 20th November 2006 at 6pm

9. TO REPORT PLANNING DECISIONS OF TAUNTON DBC AND SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL (List will be published on supplementary agenda on 6th November 2006)

10. COUNCIL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE TO END OF OCTOBER 2006 (enclosed)

11. ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT (List will be published on supplementary agenda on 6th November 2006)

12. ANY URGENT MATTER WHICH MAY BE RAISED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIRMAN