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 |