Callington Finance & General Purposes Committee 17th February 2009

Present: Cllr R Lumley [Portreeve & Mayor], Cllr Mrs K Gold [Deputy Mayor & Portreeve], Cllr H Jones, Cllr Mrs Winfindale, Cllr J Gist, Cllr Ellard, Cllr Green, Cllr Thomas.

Proposed by Cllr Mrs Winfindale, seconded by Cllr Gist and unanimously agreed that Cllr Green be appointed as the Chairman of the Finance & General Purposes Committee for the civic year 2009 - 2010

Proposed by Cllr Mrs Gold, seconded by Cllr Winfindale and unanimously agreed that Cllr Gist be appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Finance & General Purposes Committee for the civic year 2009 - 2010

Cllr Thomas questioned the accuracy of the minutes in respect of item 6 (Pavement outside the Coachmakers Arms), it was noted that Cllr Thomas had sent his apologies for that meeting. In response to this the clerk gave members an update with regards to the letter that had been sent out to Cornwall Council Highways.

The minutes of the meeting of 19^th May 2009 were then approved as a correct record of proceedings and duly signed.

Cllr Gist updated members on the Police and Community Together (PaCT) meeting that took place on Friday 12^th June. Cllr Gist announced that as a result of this meeting the police had set a number of community priorities such as dealing with anti social behaviour and speeding issues and that volunteers are wanted to help with a community speed watch scheme. It was noted that the Town Forum had been instrumental with providing essential equipment for this scheme.

Following a personal incident whereby Cllr Thomas was thumped in the back by a passing cyclist whilst walking in Fore Street he asked that Cllr Gist and Cllr Lumley ask the police to consider tackling the issue of anti social cyclists as another priority.

The clerk reported that the CCTV service providers (ESSA) had written asking the town council to authorise the further investigation of a fault (broadband speed related) in one of the telephone lines linked to Liskeard control centre.

Resolved. It was proposed by Cllr Gist, seconded by Cllr Lumley and unanimously agreed that the clerk authorises the investigation by ESSA providing the cost can be kept below £250.

Cllr Mrs Winfindale asked if PaCT could be approached to provide funding for the removal of graffiti on the Skate Park equipment in Saltash Road Recreation Ground. Cllr Mrs Gold agreed bring this matter to the next CATS meeting as representatives of PaCT will be present.

a) Summary of accounts. The summary of the accounts to the 31^st May were received.

Payments for Approval
FGP	7055	Jane's Floral Design	Birthday bouquet	£25.00		£25.00
TH	7056	Reactive Fire Solutions	Annual Service	£23.75	£3.56	£27.31
OS	7057	Cornwall Farmers	Strimmer Head	£24.10	£3.62	£27.72
FGP	7058	The Hideaway Cafe	Buffet	£34.78	£5.22	£40.00
				£107.63	£12.40	£120.03

The Chair read out an email from Mr Andy Frost asking if the Autumn Show Committee will be awarded a grant of £250 as usual towards the running of the show.

Cllr Gold enquired if the accounts of the organisation had been submitted as this is normally a pre-requisite of any application for funding. The clerk responded that they had not been submitted but it was noted that the event did not take place last year (2008).

Cllr Ellard asked that if the grant funding was to be agreed that the clerk should also refer to the matter of cost for free use and how this has to be accounted for from the grant budget and also highlight that the council had recently reduced community hire costs to the benefit of all community groups.

Resolved. It was proposed by Cllr Gist, seconded Cllr Thomas and agreed by majority to award grant funding of £250 subject to allowing the inclusion of the presentation to the Allotment competition and that subsequent to the event that the accounts are submitted for scrutiny. (i.e. before any future grant funding is considered)

Cllr Gist asked the clerk to send a letter to artist Jane Black to thank her for her work in reproducing the fishes mural in the entrance to Biscombe Lane