MARY TAVY
PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Thursday 2nd
November 2006
Present:
Cllr T Pearce (Chairman), Cllr P Hilborn, Cllr W Squire, Cllr A Prosser,
Cllr J Higman, Cllr M Anning - (Vice-Chairman), Cllr G Hill, Cllr P Jarvis
Cllr J Pendall (9) Mrs C Williams (Clerk)
Others present: None
Apologies for absence: None
113-2006
Public bodies (Admission to meetings) Act 1960
Pursuant to Section 1(2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 it was Resolved that, because of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted, the public and press were not admitted during consideration of two items of correspondence relating to the Mary Tavy Gazette.
Cllr Jarvis declared an interest as Editor of the Mary Tavy Gazette but was invited to stay for the discussion by the Chairman.
113.1 A letter had been received from Cllr Jarvis, Editor of the Mary Tavy Gazette in response to this Council’s letter which was written following the informal meeting on 11th August 2006. A number of issues which Cllr Jarvis raised in his letter were clarified by the Chairman.
113.2 A letter had been received from the Royal Bank of Scotland. Members discussed the content of this and it was agreed that the Chairman and Clerk would deal with this.
113.3 Due to shortage of time and lack of funds it was decided not to publish an autumn edition of the Mary Tavy Gazette this year.
Cllr Jarvis left the Meeting at this point.
113.4 It was then proposed by Cllr Hilborn to have one edition of the Gazette per year. This was seconded by Cllr Hill.
An amendment to this proposal was put forward by the Chairman not to make a decision on the number of editions per year but to limit the budget to £1200 per year. This was seconded by Cllr Higman. The future of the Mary Tavy Gazette was resolved thus:
The vote for the amendment was as follows; -
In favour: Cllr Squire, Cllr Anning, Cllr Pendall, Cllr Higman, Cllr Pearce.
Against: Cllr Hilborn, Cllr Hill
Abstained: Cllr Prosser
The vote for the original proposal was as follows; -
In favour: Cllr Hilborn, Cllr Hill
Against: Cllr Squire, Cllr Anning, Cllr Pendall, Cllr Higman, Cllr Pearce, Cllr Prosser.
The
amendment was carried.
There being no further business the meeting was formally closed by the
Chairman at 9.40pm.
C Williams
Clerk to the Parish Council 6 November 2006
Signed as a true and accurate record……………………….Date………………….
(Cllr
T Pearce - Chairman)