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Date: May 13, 2023

Archive Agendas for the current term - S.Row Community Council Meetings from May 2023 onwards

Date: Jun 4, 2023

Archive Agendas - S.Row Community Council Meetings from May 2023 onwards

Date: Jun 4, 2023

RE: Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 8th June 2023, 7.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Jun 4, 2023

Anonymous wrote:
Is there an established need for any of this and to be frank what appears to be wishy washy proposals, none of which have been properly costed as far as can be seen
This is PUBLIC money

As a resident, I am confident that any project which has approval using public money would have been presented with full costings and a contingency to the council. Without this then it would be wishy washy and just wishful thinking. What are these projects? Maybe they would be beneficial to the village if there was a need.

Date: Jun 4, 2023

Whose agenda is this Robert Fosters or our community councils !

Date: Jun 6, 2023

I WANT OUT!

i do not want to be in this community council any longer! How do we revert back? wasting my ,your money on such stupid projects. (....edited....) predicted this would happen!

-- Edited by webstation on Wednesday 7th of June 2023 08:53:30 AM

Date: Jun 7, 2023

outdoor adult gym equipment is getting more popular in other places, what equipment would we get ?

Date: Jun 8, 2023

I have tonight attended a Community council meeting with fellow Village Hall committee members . I have been involved in lots of different village meetings over the years but have not witnessed the like . We were asking for financial support from CC towards the building of the new kitchen in the Village Hall .We all , in my opinion , made a very good pitch .The CC has in excess of 90k which is there to help community projects . Mr Robert Foster apposed the application! Unfortunately because of Mr Foster there has been so many resignations on the CC ( 5 remaining ) there were not enough eligible councillors there to vote on the application !! Where do we go from here , possibly the kitchen will not go ahead ( work was due to start on 13th June ) this would have been a great asset to the VH in regards to facilities and made it more attractive for future bookings . We have a person on our CC who is only interested in his own agenda , who has seen the resignations of fellow Councillors and Clark’s because of his actions ( 2 more councillors walked out of the meeting tonight ) We no longer have a viable CC whilst Mr Foster is a councillor . Something needs to change quickly !

Date: Jun 9, 2023

I think we need to be careful to separate the policies from personalities. It feels like many otherwise exciting proposals are being rubbished because of their attachment to a certain counsellor. I personally do not support RFs actions, and can see that they have created divisions. However, let’s not discard the ideas by association. Investment in the playing field in the form of gym equipment is not a bad idea. Various other villages have done the same and our play park provision is woeful. Similarly, the idea of a pavilion is a positive one with many villages having something similar on their parks and greens.

Date: Jun 9, 2023

Anonymous wrote:
I think we need to be careful to separate the policies from personalities. It feels like many otherwise exciting proposals are being rubbished because of their attachment to a certain counsellor. I personally do not support RFs actions, and can see that they have created divisions. However, let’s not discard the ideas by association. Investment in the playing field in the form of gym equipment is not a bad idea. Various other villages have done the same and our play park provision is woeful. Similarly, the idea of a pavilion is a positive one with many villages having something similar on their parks and greens.

Well said.

Date: Jun 9, 2023

I agree but RF comes with proposals which have no costings , public opinion , plans etc so are not looked into further until this happens .

Date: Jun 9, 2023

Agenda - SRCC Extraordinary Meeting will be held on Tuesday 13th June 2023, 7.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Jun 9, 2023

RE: Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 8th June 2023, 7.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Jun 9, 2023

The trim trail has been mooted before and it was up to Robert Foster and Martyn Lemon to come up with the prefferred pieces of equipment so the council could consider them.

The council as a whole thought it a good idea but were keen to get the best deal

As is the norm, RF did not come up with the goods and at the time interpersonal relations had broken down so , as usual it did not happen. It is in the minute record

As regards a pavilion, we did have one of sorts but fell into disrepair due to non use and in my humble opinion unless you cannot demonstrate need for a new one , ( what team would it support?? etc etc) provide proper costings , planning permission, designs, power supply arrangements, access and offer to provide some money. Other councils who have done this have just ended up with an underused if ever white elephant

Date: Jun 10, 2023

The children already have play equipment on the playing field, we need gym equipment for the adults.

Date: Jul 10, 2023

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 13th July 2023, 7.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Jul 13, 2023

What has happened to the childrens play equipment and the adult exercise equipment ? This was on the June agenda but not on this one.As not resolved surely this needs to be added on?

Date: Jul 24, 2023

Agenda for extra meeting at 6pm on 24 July 2023 at the Village Hall

Date: Aug 7, 2023

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 10th August 2023, 6.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Sep 8, 2023

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 14th September 2023, 6.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Sep 13, 2023

Point 7 looks interesting. Where have these allegations come from?
Provable unlawful actions by the council?
Or more unwarranted attacks and abuse directed at the clerk by (...edited...)

-- Edited by webstation on Wednesday 13th of September 2023 12:02:31 PM

Date: Oct 7, 2023

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 12th October 2023, 6pm at the Village Hall

Date: Nov 4, 2023

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 9th November 2023, 6.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: Nov 4, 2023

Why haven’t the minutes from the last meeting been published yet?

(Dear Anon,

Item 4, minutes need to be confirmed as a true record before they are made available to the public unless they are a draft. The Clerk currently forwards a copy to this website soon after.

Webstation)

-- Edited by webstation on Saturday 4th of November 2023 08:41:06 PM

Date: November 6th

It would be much more informative if draft minutes were published in good time to read before the meeting.

Date: November 6th

How is the community council still functioning with only 3 councillors?

Date: November 7th

Anonymous wrote:
How is the community council still functioning with only 3 councillors?

Of which only two were elected......to establish a complete and fully representative council, one individual needs to the right and proper thing for the greater good of the three villages, and RESIGN!!!!!

Date: November 7th

Anonymous wrote:
It would be much more informative if draft minutes were published in good time to read before the meeting.

That is a good point. Can this be arranged?

Date: November 7th

Think he has been asked to but won’t , until he goes the community council is dead in the water and not taken serious anymore !

Date: December 12th

SRCC Meeting for December 2023 has been Cancelled

Date: January 9th

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 11th January 2024, 6.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: February 6th

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 8th February 2024, 6.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: March 8th

Agenda - S.Row Community Council Meeting for Thursday 14th March 2024, 6.30pm at the Village Hall

Date: March 10th

It's great to see a grit bin is arriving in the village. I am just questioning the placement though. Station road is automatically gritted when freezing temperatures are expected, it's the hill on Guilers lane that is vulnerable to ice.