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Premises & Recreation – 14th April 2015

The Premises & Recreation Sub-Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 14th April when they discussed a range of issues affecting Orpen Hall & playing fields such as dogs & puppies, football & Bluebells.

Premises & Recreation Report

Sub-committee meeting held on Thursday 14th April 2015 at the John Lampon Hall

Councillors present Phil Walby, Jenny Church, Murray Harlow
Apologies Rachel Howard, Rosemary James

Victoria Beckwith Cole in attendance.

1.

Orpen Hall
a)   Vicky has heard from firm supplying chairs and has been sent a diagram of how to use the locking clips. VBC
b)   Hall cleaning. Deep cleaning of JL Hall carried out during Easter holidays. Some areas need further attention. Vicky will hold the cheque until these have been rectified. VBC
c)    Security lights at 4 corners of hall changed to LED and are very effective and make the car park much safer.
d)   Some posters for the table top sale held this last month still need removing from village.
e)   Meeting held with Bluebells. Price for hiring hall agreed for the coming year.
f)    Light in main hall requires fixing. VBC
g)    A notice board has been purchased for the kitchen. This will display Health and Safety notice and any information for regular users. VBC
h)   Proposed to attach dado rails along walls in JL Hall to prevent tables from scraping the walls and paint. Murray will ask Scott Thorpe to quote for this job. PW

2

Play equipment
 “Play Equip” has quoted for repairs to play area rubber flooring with guarantee. Planned for 10th June. PW

3

Football Club
Business case re buying of mower discussed and agreed at Finance meeting. PW

4

Dog Warden
Phil met with the dog warden from CBC who investigated specific areas. A dog bin has been located in the Brewery site.
Discussed ordering of new  “anti-dog-fouling” notices. PW

5

Dogs on Orpen Hall site.
Propose to send letter to Football club reminding them that dogs are not allowed on the Lorkin Daniell Field. PW

6

Puppy training in hall.
Some members expressed concern that this was held in the Hall where children are playing at other times. Phil said that the hall was always left clean.

7

Communication
a)   It was proposed by Phil that there would be no Premises sub-committee meeting in July, August and December unless there was urgent business to discuss.
b)   There was an excellent response to the Annual Parish meeting and this was most successful.
c)    Superfast broadband. Many areas of the village still have very slow broadband. We need to discuss how we can get an improved service. Because we have County Broadband providing some service it appears that we do not qualify for Superfast Essex. This does not help the residents who currently have a poor service or no service at all. As a Parish Council we need to find a method of dealing with the problem. How can we achieve an improved service? Agenda Item

Date of next meeting – Thursday 14th May 2015

 

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Premises & Recreation – 12th March 2015

The Premises & Recreation Sub-Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 12th March when they discussed a range of issues affecting Orpen Hall & playing fields such as Orpen Players, Play equipment, football club and puppy training.

Premises & Recreation Report

Sub-committee meeting held on Thursday 12th March 2015 at the John Lampon Hall

Councillors present Phil Walby, Jenny Church, Rosemary James
Apologies Rachel Howard, Murray Harlow

Victoria Beckwith Cole in attendance.

1 Orpen Hall
a)     Locking chairs in main hall – still a bit of a problem – Phil to contact the suppliers. PW
b)     Hall cleaning. Deep cleaning of JL Hall to be carried out in Easter holidays. Vicky to discuss with Mike for quote. VBC
c)     Security lights at 4 corners of hall to be changed to LED.  Vicky has contacted the suppliers and this will be carried out on the 16th over a 2 day period. VBC
d)     A table top sale has been held in the Hall. Organiser will remove the adverts around the village next week. VBC
e)     A Meeting has been held with Orpen Players. Good discussion of issues. Hire cost increase for hall agreed for coming year. PW
f)      Meeting to be arranged with Bluebells to discuss issues and hire costs for coming year. PW
2 Play equipment
Quotes have been requested from “Play Equip” for repairs. Ivor to make repairs to seats etc. in Easter holidays PW
3 Film night
This planning will be on hold until May/June. Phil will arrange to discuss with Bernard about the project. PW
4 Football club
The club wishes to buy a mower. Proposal to be discussed at Finance sub-committee re financial assistance from PC. PW
5 Annual Report
Phil has prepared the annual report for this sub-committee – agreed by those present.
6 Puppy training in hall.
Some members expressed concern that this was held in the Hall where children are playing at other times. Phil said that the hall was always left clean.
7 Walls in JL Hall
The walls have been marked and scratched where the tables are pushed against the wall. Proposed to buy appropriate colour paint to cover these over. PW
8 Kitchen cutlery
Teaspoons are missing from the kitchen!! Vicky has put up notice in the kitchen to try to initiate their return. None returned yet.
Date of next meeting – to be notified
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Allotments December 2014 Update

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Allotments December 2014 Update

The West Bergholt Allotment Holders committee have recently announced Important Allotment Dates for 2015 which have now been published on their webpage and the village calendar.  Other important news updates, with more details in the latest minutes published on the webpage, are as follows:

Committee Vacancies

There are currently 2 vacancies on the committee, if any plotholders are interested in becoming more involved they should contact one of the current committee members who will be able to advise them on what is involved.

Available Plots

There are approximately half a dozen plots currently available; precedence will be given to those on the waiting list, but should you be interested in acquiring a plot for yourself (think of all those home grown veggies!), then please contact Terry Claydon on 01206 241256 or by email to [antibot mailto=”[email protected]”].

Vehicle Restrictions

The committee has recently agreed that, in order to protect the pathways, there should be no vehicular access to the allotments between the months of November and March, this is because of typical weather conditions at these times.  Any access must be expressly approved by the Allotment Committee Chair, Terry Claydon.

Rents

Given recent trends in income & expenditure, the Allotment Holders Committee are recommending to the Parish Council that there should be no increase in rents for 2015.  This recommendation will be considered by the Parish Council Environment & Highways Sub-Committee.

Manure update

As previously advised (September news update), whilst some limited supplies were secured for 2014, there is, as yet, no ready source of supply for 2015 and plot holders may have to organise their own supply.  Should anybody be aware of a supply that would provide adequate quantities with minimal transport issues, please let a committee member know.

Happy Gardening for 2015

Last, but not least, seasons greetings for the upcoming New Year!

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