There were 36 people present.<\/p>\n
Apologies were received from Michael Coles.<\/p>\n
The minutes of the meeting held on June 1st<\/sup> 2009 were read and agreed.<\/p>\n Matters Arising \u2013 work on Wisbey\u2019s Yard has started, completion is due March 2011.<\/p>\n A box culvert under the old railway bridge between Haslingfield and Barton is recommended by the University Estate Management department.\u00a0 Work to commence autumn 2010 to remove trees and shrubs, construction work to commence march 2011.<\/p>\n Cambridge Horizons have awarded \u00a31,500 towards the administrative costs of Trumpington Meadows.<\/p>\n The Chairman, Marjorie Richardson commented on how nice it was to see so many people in attendance.\u00a0 She then thanked members of the Parish Council for all their hard work throughout the year, particularly Barry Robinson, John Lowe, Guy Wilson and Sheila Walker who had retired from the council during the last twelve months.\u00a0 New councillors Angela Taylor, David Slight, John Woodhouse and Lucian Hatfield were welcomed.<\/p>\n Particular thanks were expressed to David Slight who has now set up the village website, and to the Parish Clerk for her support during the year, and to the volunteers who help out with jobs particularly the environment committee.<\/p>\n CEMEX are planning to return part of the quarry back to agricultural land, but are retaining the mineral rights.<\/p>\n The Clerk presented the annual audited accounts.\u00a0 The cost of Playground inspections was explained.\u00a0 There were no questions.\u00a0 The adoption of the accounts was proposed by Liz Heazell and seconded by Wendy Timbs, all in favour<\/p>\n The Pavilion Accounts were presented by Christine Tod.\u00a0 Two groups were no longer using the hall on a regular basis \u2013 the Tuesday Art Club and the Flower arranging group.\u00a0 One new group for mothers and toddlers \u2019The Little Footsteps\u2019 which is Government sponsored meet on a weekly basis.\u00a0 The hall had been completely redecorated during the year and new lights fitted.<\/p>\n The deficit for the year was \u00a3685.07p<\/p>\n Adoption of the accounts was proposed by John Offord and seconded by John Wheelhouse, all in favour.<\/p>\n Report from South Cambs District Councillor Liz Heazell<\/p>\n Since last year council tenants had voted overwhelmingly against transferring their homes to a housing association.<\/p>\n The system for collecting waste material is about to change with the introduction in October of blue bins.\u00a0 The rate of increase in council tax for 2010\/2011 is 2.9973% fractionally below the capping level of 3%. Rents are to be put up beyond the government recommended percentage.\u00a0 New council tenants will have to pay an extra \u00a313.30 per week.\u00a0 These extra receipts will fund keeping the existing sheltered scheme going for now.<\/p>\n There is to be a design code meeting for Trumpington Meadows on Monday 24th<\/sup> May<\/p>\n Report from County Councillor Sebastian Kindersley<\/p>\n Still no date for the opening of the Guided bus, several major faults to be corrected before it can be opened.\u00a0 There is some doubt as to whether Northstowe will now be built which means there will be no contribution from this development towards the guided Busway.\u00a0 Rural villages suffered particularly from the hard winter with lack of gritting and the number of potholes created.\u00a0 Comberton Village College has been given consent to set up a 6th<\/sup> form for 350 students.\u00a0 There are to be budget cuts to the value of \u00a330m affecting libraries, adult social care and youth services.\u00a0 It is reported that Toft day care centre will no longer provide day care.\u00a0 SK is working hard to ensure that proper care is provided for the elderly.<\/p>\n A question was asked about the number of staff sacked over the guided bus \u2013 the answer was none<\/p>\n Open Forum<\/p>\n There were no questions \u2013 Pam Holt expressed a vote of thanks to the Parish Council for the work that they do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haslingfieldvillage.co.uk\/dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}