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FOXLEY PARISH COUNCIL Extracts from the Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 5 October at 8.15 pm Present: Mr J Harvey, Mr N Mears, Mrs R Waller, Mr A Westfield, Mrs I Floering Blackman and the clerk. Apologies were received from Mr Gordon Bambridge Matters arising: The Chairman and the clerk had no success regarding AWA & EHO but would pursue. Bus Shelter: Sincere thanks to Mr Mears and his team, Messrs Dewing, McColville, Waller and Westfield for a splendid job. Police Camera - Letter from Inspector Rush said that no one had been caught speeding during the time of the test. Expressions of disbelief were heard from everyone present and the clerk would contact him again with their thoughts. A letter would be sent to Adrian Gunson, Cabinet member for Highways. Correspondence: Breckland had sent information regarding Emergency Planning in case of a disaster, flood, etc and asked every village to prepare a plan in case of Emergencies. The Councillors agreed to sign the Deed for Mr Egmore, that allowed access to the back of the Village Hall on Mr Egmore’s land for maintenance etc. An application for a HGV license was received by Breckland from N Davis & Son (Ltd). It was granted with 2 provisos a) gravel would be swept off the road from access on the W side and also the visibility near the E access would be improved by cutting of trees and pruning of shrubs. Mail Box - The landlord of the Natterjack requested that the Royal Mail box be removed from his land. Mr Durham had offered to have it re-sited on his land. Planning Permission: Permission was granted to Flora Nova for the construction of a special plant. Village Matters Problems with Dogs or rather the owners of the dogs who do not feel it is their responsibility to clear up after their dogs. The clerk would talk to the Dog Warden at Breckland regarding the proper procedure to take when seeing someone flout their responsibility Footpaths- Highways are not going to resurface the footpaths after all. Some footpaths need clearing of overgrown brambles etc. More mud on the footpaths from ploughed fields - the owner would be contacted to get it swept. Rubbish outside Flora Nova and cans and bottles on the opposite verge would be reported to Mr Bambridge , SERCO are not collecting it. Finance- The audit had been completed and sent off to the external auditors. Thanks to Mr Mallen for his help. A change of deposit account was being effected.. Date of the next meeting was confirmed as Thursday 1 December at 7.30pm. After that meetings were booked for 16th February and the AGM on 11 May 2006.
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