Issue - meetings

To include, but not limited to, the following announcements:

a.    Appointment of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman

b.    Playbuilder Award

c.    Local Transport Plan Consultation.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the July meeting of the Trowbridge Area Board.  He introduced himself and the Community Area Manager, then invited the Wiltshire Councillors to introduce themselves.

The Chairman made the following announcements:

a.    The re-appointment of Chairman and Vice Chairman at the Annual Council meeting held on 18 May 2010.

b.    Playbuilder Award – the previously ring-fenced monies had been ‘de-ring-fenced’ by central government due to spending cuts.

c.    The establishment of Area Boards provided an opportunity for decisions on small-scale transport and highway improvement schemes to be taken locally.  In response to this there were plans for the Area Boards to be allocated a discretionary budget to assess and select small-scale transport schemes to be progressed in their community areas.  Further details were distributed with the agenda on page three.

d.    The transfer of part of Margaret Stancomb School to the Wiltshire Rural Music School on the basis of a full repairing lease at a nominal rent was approved by Cabinet at their meeting on 22 June.

e.    The proposed closure of the Trowbridge County Court would be considered under the item 16 to consider the view of the area board.