Minutes of a Meeting of
Prior to
the meeting PC Mike Thomas and Inspector Geoff Smith gave the monthly Police
Report. .
Present; Cllrs Mrs J Jeremiah (Chairman), A Kear, Mrs K Peacock, B Strong,
M. Evans,
A
Leathwood, D Rennels BEM. C Cllr J
Harrhy,
15.2
To Accept Apologies for Absence:
Cllrs Fleming, Galletley, Watkins, Mitchell
15.3
To disclose personal and pecuniary interest in items of business
listed below:
C Cllr Harrhy - All planning,
Cllr Peacock –
15.4
To Approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on
One amendment was made 14.2. – delete 40
vacancies.
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15.5 Matters arising from the minutes of
Any other matters not
commented elsewhere
Regarding the donation to the Town Guide
Cllr Kear asked that this matter be formally raised at the Finance meeting.
Cllr Leathwood is concerned about the landscaping at the Trailer Park,
Llanbadoc as the park is very unsightly. Cllr Harrhy reassured council that
officers from Monmouth County Council (MCC) were in negotiation with the
trailer park personnel and that that if orders were not met then the
application would not be granted.
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15.5
To receive the financial statement of accounts for February 2008.
The monthly reconciliation for February
showed no erroneous payments or receipts.
Cllrs approved the monthly figures.
15.7
To
receive a report from the Sessions House Management Committee
Cllrs received draft minutes of meeting
held on the 04.03.08.
1.3 The Courtroom needs painting and
therefore a price for the scaffolding is required. Cllr Leathwood suggested
that the prison be approached to do the job rather than commit to additional
expenses. It was suggested that if the scaffolding is obtained then perhaps the
cracks in the library ceiling should also receive attention.
The Fir tree by the side of the library is
to be felled this month.
15.8 To
receive the latest report on the Movement of Prisoners from HMP Usk to
HMP Prescoed.
There are
currently two sex offenders. The prison has no plans to take any more sex
offenders and they are currently selecting who they consider to be the right
type of prisoners, due to prison population pressure. Cllr Harrhy has recently
visited HMP Leyhill Prison which he found very
interesting and suggested that the Council also visit and see the prisoners
working in the community.
Cllr Strong asked
whether shopkeeper could be informed if prisoners had absconded as they consider
themselves to be in a vulnerable position. It was decided that a member of the
Chamber of Commerce would be notified should a prisoner abscond and then via a
cascade system inform the relevant shopkeepers. Cllr Peacock asked that the
Clerk check who is currently on the prison “cascade system”.
15.9
Planning Applications.
DC/2008/00153. Proposed Installation of Three New Windows
DC/2008/00235 Single storey lean-to-extension to
rear of property to provide unheated garden room and new lavatory
Recommend
Approval
16.0
Update
on areas of concern within the town
It was commented upon that work carried out
recently within the Town by MCC had been done very efficiently and that MCC
should be complimented on this.
Cllr Rennels commented upon the condition
of the sunken paved roadway in
16.1
To Receive Reports from Members serving on other bodies
Cllr Evans said
that the Fair Trade evening had been well attended with very interesting
speakers and that the Fair Trade were to hold a stall at the Farmer’s
Friends of Usk
are waiting to hear whether they have been successful with their grant application.
Usk in Bloom are
to hold their annual auction this Tuesday 11th March at the Nags
Head.
The Mayor’s
recent Charity auction raised £1232.
16.2
To Receive a Report from the Traffic & HGVs Committee
An email had been
received from P.S Stefan Williams with a Police update on the HGV issue. The
following points were made:
1)
The stand point in terms of
prosecutions remains the same from Gwent
Police - due to difficulties with signage and existing orders.
2)
The provision of an operation
to focus on such vehicles was not
possible during November due to a lack of resources in the Monmouth
Section and also in Roads Policing.
3)
Further to this there has been
a re-structure of the roads policing
unit which has resulted in far less officers being available for this
type of work, although not impossible. The restructuring process is
still in its early stages and therefore unable to progress with the idea
immediately.
Cllr Kear
commented that traffic sensors had been noticed in
16.3 To Discuss the 106 Funding
due from the Development at Burrium Chase.
It was expressed that the whole process is
not progressing and that
There is a surgery day to be held on the
11th April in the Sessions House and the last day for applications is
16.4 To Discuss the Recycling
Facilities in Usk.
Cllr Leathwood expressed his concern that
Usk was being treated differently to other areas regarding recycling. Although
the Town has a good recycling centre this does not necessarily benefit the
elderly who are unable to manage the steps at the centre. He felt that that Usk
is being denied the black box and door to door services and if recycling is to
be encouraged then we need this service. He proposed that we write to MCC and
start to benefit from the facilities that other Councils already have. Copies
should be sent to David Harris and Edward Saxon.
Cllr Harrhy said that all these smaller community issues have recently been discussed by the recycling committee (MCC) and a report forwarded to the Cabinet for approval.
16.5 To Discuss any Proposals
for Road Names in the Development at
Burrium Chase (Ideas
Please)
The Town Clerk put forward some very good
suggestions for names that council proposed be put forward to County.
They were Glyndwr, Owain, Stretham (homestead or village on
It was suggested that
16.6 To Receive the
latest update on Future Burial Arrangements:
No update.
16.6 To receive developments
regarding production of the Usk Town Guide for 2008/2009
No update
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16.8 Correspondence:
From; MCC
re: Supply of Electoral Register 2008
From;
Heritage Lottery Fund
From: One
Voice Wales re:- Membership
From: Abergavenny Eisteddfod
From: Local
Government Code of Conduct.
From: Zurich
Municipal Policy Renewal
From:
From; SMP
Outdoor
From; Mike
Smith
From; P.S.
Stefan Williams HGVs
From: MCC
Mike Jones, Highways Network Manager
One Voice Wales re:- Membership - it was decided to renew the Membership
16.9 Any other business. Any other business is at
the discretion of and with prior notice
to the Chairman
There was no further business for the main
meeting and this closed at