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July 31 2024 Facilities minutes

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Gurnard Parish Council

39 Victoria Road

Cowes

PO31 7JH

 

 

The minutes of the meeting of the Gurnard Parish Council Facilities committee commencing at 20:03 on Wednesday 31st July 2024 at Gurnard Village Hall, Westbrook Lane, Gurnard, PO31 8JR.

 

Present: Councillors Acton (Chair), Bugden, Franklin, Nolan and Franklin.

Clerk: Richard Shaul

 

No members of the public were present.

 

  1. Apologies

Apologies: Cllrs Bustin, Wood and Jacobs

 

  1. Members’ declarations of interest
  2. No pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests were declared.
  3. No dispensation requests were received.

 

  1. Minutes

The minutes of the Facilities Committee meeting of 27th March 2024 were taken as read, approved as a correct record and signed by the chair.

 

  1. Old School Meadow working party meeting held on 19th July 2024. Actions arising.

Notes from Old School Meadow working party meeting were circulated prior to the meeting.

  1. Improvement of accessibility for wheelchair users and other less able visitors.

Resolved:

  1. Obtain advice from mobility advisors as to the work required, and get estimates of costs.
  2. Investigate potential grants available for this work

 

  1. An outline development plan for the dog free area was presented to the OSM WP and has been circulated prior to the meeting.

Resolved: That a budget of a maximum of £600 is available to cover the hire of a digger and chipper and materials for the work in the OSM development plan.

 

  1. Parish online mapping

The Parish Council’s subscription for Parish online mapping was due on July 10th. The Clerk believes that continuing this subscription will be useful in keeping track of the council’s fixed assets and the responsibilities for other assets in the parish.

Resolved: That the subscription is renewed at a cost of £54

 

  1. Public Toilets.

The recent damage to the lock of the service door at the public toilets has raised a number of concerns that need to be addressed by the parish council.

Resolved:

  1. That the clerk’s expenses of £295.50 relating to repair and replacement of the service door lock be reimbursed.
  2. That the rubbish from the toilets is stored and collected from the old gents area rather than the toilet service area and that the waste contractor be given a key to this area.
  3. That the Clerk contacts the cleaning contractor and informs them that the Parish Council believes that they are responsible for the costs of repairing the service area lock. In addition they should be informed that in the future they should contact the clerk in advance before forcibly gaining entry.
  4. The Alpha electrical invoice of £100 for replacement security lights be approved be approved for payment.

 

 

The meeting closed at 20:37

 

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Chair