ROGATE PARISH COUNCIL

Full Council Meetings Information

Clerk: Ian Croucher. Hollies. Plantation Road. Hillbrow. Liss. Petersfield. Hampshire. GU33 7QB.

Tel: (01730) ~ 892852.   email: iancroucher@hotmail.com

All are welcome to both the Rogate Parish Council Full Council Meetings as well as the Planning Meetings but if for some reason you can’t come to any of these meetings in person, have a look at these next few pages of this community website and should you wish to add your comments or perhaps ask questions please write or email to either this website or to the Clerk. If you would like to view the Agenda’s & Meeting’s Minutes of previous Rogate Parish Council Public Meetings please CLICK THE LINK and go directly to   RPCDatalink2007.pdf   or   RPCDatalink2006.pdf  as time permits more Information & Data will be added.

 

ROGATE PARISH COUNCIL

Invite all Parishioners to the

THE ANNUAL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

to be held on Monday 19^th May at 7.30 p.m. in the

Rogate Village Hall.

 

FINAL AGENDA TO BE ANNOUNCED NEARER TO DATE.

Please be seated by 7.30 for a prompt start.

 

1)  Apologies for Absence: 

 

2)  To confirm and sign the Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 30^th April 2007

 

3)  Parish Chairman’s Report

 

4)  County Councillor’s Report

 

5)  District Councillor’s Report

 

6)  Reports from: TBA.

 

7) Any Other Matters which the General Public Wish to Raise

 

Tea - Coffee & Biscuits to finish,

           Ian Croucher. Clerk to RPC 2008.

 

 

Please Note: The actual meeting itself will start promptly at 7.30pm and Members of the Parish are encouraged to attend

this annual meeting to hear what is happening in their Parish, to ask any questions they feel relevant and time allows.

 

A copy of the Minutes of the RPC Meeting held on 14^th MAY 2007

are also available to both view & download below.

 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL & ITS COMMITTEES. 

GENERAL QUESTIONS WILL BE TAKEN BEFORE THE MAIN BUSINESS OF THE MEETING & ANY COMMENTS

ON AN AGENDA ITEM WILL BE TAKEN AT THAT TIME & ONLY AT THAT TIME.

A copy of the Minutes of the Meeting held on 24^th April 2007, are also available to

both view & download by clicking 2007 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

 

ROGATE PARISH COUNCIL

 

Minutes subject to confirmation                                                                                                                                              Page 1 of 1

The ANNUAL ROGATE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

held on Monday 14^th May 2007 at 7.30pm in Rogate School Hall.

 

Those present:

Miss Ann Arnold, Mrs Katrina Baker, Mr Kevin Buxton, Mrs Trudy Coles, Mrs Susan Erskine, Mr Neil Hepworth

Mr Peter Howland, Mr Harvey Morgan, Mr Peter Moss & Mrs Carole Young. Ms Nola Hendon (County Councillor)

Mr William Mason (District Councillor), Mrs Fiona Dix (Parish Plan) with members of the public, Mr Philip Carpenter

Mrs Penny Croucher, Mr Gerry Devlin & Mr Roger Eade.

 

Introduction:

Chairman Mr Peter Moss opened the evening by welcoming all present, thanked them for attending and congratulated William Mason on his election success, he then asked Councillor Mason to open the meeting with his report.

 

District Councillor William Mason reported that there were 19 new District Councillors recently elected and went on to outline his areas of responsibility. He said that he had been to see the CDC Enforcement Dept. himself, with reference Brick Kiln Copse Farm’s Caravan and Barn enforcement notices and informed the meeting as to the position so far and to the fact that an appeal had now been lodged against these notices. Moving to the matter of Policing in the area he informed the meeting about the possibility of having a Community Warden to share with other local parishes. At a cost of some £30,000 per year per Community Warden this would be a sizable commitment from all parishes concerned and many at the meeting felt they were being asked to pay twice by way of local taxes & governmental taxes and now having to pay for local “Wardens” to carry out policing their areas.

 

County Councillor Ms Nola Hendon opened her report by saying that a Notice of Motion from WSCC had resulted in over 95% of the buildings lighting now being low energy resulting in a significant reduction in overall energy usage. She went on the say, a full survey of all roadside trees and their condition was currently underway and would help to make for a safer environment throughout the county. A task force had also been set up to help combat “Bullying” in schools and Councillor Hendon had been invited onto that committee. Following a request from Mr Roger Eade reference the position we were in regarding landfill and landfill sites, Councillor Hendon said that some £3 Billion in landfill taxes were likely to raised for the treasury in the next few years including fines for over use of the existing landfill sites.  WSCC was hoping to be able to broaden the range of recyclable items currently in operation but reminded the meeting that WSCC had a very, very good record in recycling with the currant level at 33% but felt we could all do more.

 

Elected Rogate Parish Council: Members signed the requisite forms as required followed by the election of Chairman & Vice-Chairman. Peter Moss was re-elected as Chairman with Neil Hepworth elected as Vice-Chairman.

 

Apologies for absence: Mrs Pauline Berrisford-Hill, Mrs Elizabeth Brown & Mr Alec Merritt.

 

Parish Council Procedure: The election of some of the members to serve on committees and be representatives on outside bodies & meetings as needed then took place. With Mrs Pauline Berrisford-Hill, Mrs Elizabeth Brown & Alec Merritt being absent from the meeting, it was decided to await their return before filling all the committee vacancies.

 

Review of Replacement Code of Conduct 2007: The Chairman asked if all members had read the lengthy document outlining the requirements apropos the replacement code of conduct, all members said they had tried with some going on to say it made for very difficult and confusing reading, the Chairman agreed and asked if it were possible to have a more “Plain English Version” the Clerk said he would make inquiries and report back.

 

Parish Plan & ongoing reviews: The Chairman said that the recently compiled Parish Plan came out with many varied and interesting conclusions, some ideas he was keen to be introduced with the election of the new Parish Council, these included the use of consultants and other key personnel to take forward action groups such as Highways & Traffic, Youth & Playgrounds, the Environment & Byways and also the Policing of the area. He said that a number of local people with considered expertise either had, or are in the process of being approached to help with these important matters. All concerned would be given specific terms of reference, would be required to report back to the council at all times and would not be expected or required to act as a independent body. He stressed the need for the council’s approval at each stage of development and as their work progressed.

 

Future Meetings & Dates approved for 2007- 2008:

    

     January:        7^th Full + Planning                              21^st Planning & Gen-Purpose

     February:      11^th Planning & Gen-Purpose                25^th Full + Planning & Gen-Purpose

     March:          10^th Planning & Gen-Purpose               31^st Full + Planning & Gen Purpose

 

Payment of Accounts including:

RPC Insurance: £542.50.

Parish Plan Printing: £791.50 Image Print 2001.

Bus Shelter Cleaning for last 6 months period £130.00.

Annual Membership Fees/Sussex Association of Local Councils: £385.47.  

Parish Plan Expenses: £131.78 Annabel Beecheno & £13.99 Roderick Jarvis.

Hire of School Hall: £20.00. Hire of Village Hall: Pavilion March £33.00 April £16.50.

Clerks Fees: April & May £500.00. Clerks Office Expenses: April £159.89 - May £87.00.

 

Annual Donations/Improvement Grants:

Neighbourhood Watch: £50.00.

Citizens Advice Petersfield: £100.00.

Sussex Playing Fields Assoc:.£25.00.

Rogate V-Hall: £500.00. Rake V-Hall: £200.00.

Burial Grounds Maintenance: Rogate £850.00/Terwick £120.00.

                                                                                      

Awaiting confirmation of requirement:

£200 Donation to Tennis Club apropos Car Parking Works & the R & T News £100.00 subsidy.

 

Correspondence:

The following items of information were passed on to all present including: CDC/Enforcement Notice/Land at Brick Kiln Copse Farm. Bull Hill. Rake. West Sussex. WSCC/Enforcement Notice; Home Farm. Dangstein.

 

The newly created & released “Welcome Pack” from Rogate Village Committee was discussed with the heartiest of congratulations being given to all involved with its publication. A discussion followed with a recommendation for the Clerk to speak to Liss Parish Council about Rake and Hillbrow’s inclusion in further publications.

 

The meeting then closed at 9.15pm to be followed by a meeting of the Planning & General Purpose Committee.

 

Ian Croucher. Clerk to RPC 2007.                                                                                                                                                                   Minutes subject to confirmation.  Page 1 of 1