Agenda and minutes

To elect the Chair for the forthcoming year.

The Democratic Services Officer opened the meeting and called for nominations for Chairman for the forthcoming year.

Cllr James Sheppard, seconded by Cllr Stewart Dobson, moved that Cllr Nick Fogg MBE be elected as Chairman.

There being no other nominations, it was;

Resolved:

To elect Cllr Nick Fogg MBE as Chairman for the forthcoming year.

Cllr Nick Fogg MBE then took the Chair.

To elect the Vice-Chair for the forthcoming year.

Unfortunately, due to some technical issues, participants were unable to hear the new Chairman. Therefore, it was agreed that Cllr Stewart Dobson (as the previous year’s Chairman) would preside over the election of Vice-Chair and that the new Vice-Chair would take the Chair for the rest of the meeting.

Nominations were sought for the position of Vice-Chair for the forthcoming year.

Cllr Stewart Dobson, seconded by Cllr James Sheppard, moved that Cllr Jane Davies be elected as Vice-Chair.

There being no other nominations is was;

Resolved:

To elect Cllr Jane Davies as Vice-Chair for the forthcoming year.

The Vice-Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meetings held on 28 January 2020.

The minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2020 were presented for consideration and it was;

Resolved:

That the minutes of the last Marlborough Area Board held on 28 January 2020 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

To appoint representatives to Marlborough Area Board Outside Bodies and Working Groups.

The Area Board is requested to:

a)    Appoint Councillor representatives to Outside Bodies as set out at Appendix A;

b)    Agree to reconstitute and appoint to the Working Group(s) as set out in Appendix B; and

c)    Note the Terms of Reference for the Working Group(s), as set out in Appendix C.

The Board considered the Outside Bodies and Working Groups report attached to the agenda.

It was proposed that the Area Board reconstituted the working groups of the Area Board and appointed working group representatives and members to outside bodies as detailed in the report and appendices.

Resolved:

The Marlborough Area Board agreed to:

a)    Appoint Councillor representatives to Outside Bodies as set out at Appendix A; with the amendment that Cllr Jane Davies would replace Cllr Stewart Dobson on the Local Youth Network (LYN).

b)    Agree to reconstitute and appoint to the Working Group(s) as set out in Appendix B; with the amendment that Cllr James Sheppard would replace Cllr Nick Fogg MBE on the CATG and Cllr Jane Davies would replace Cllr Stewart Dobson on the LYN Management Group.

c)    Note the Terms of Reference for the Working Group(s), as set out in Appendix C.

To note the following grants, which have already been awarded under the delegated authority of the Community Engagement Manager.

Community Area Grants:

·       Aldbourne Heritage Centre, £969.00 towards a security upgrade.

·       Kennet Valley Kickabout, £350.00 towards new goalposts

·       Phoenix Brass Band, £1,800.00 towards new uniforms.

Health & Wellbeing Grants:

·       Marlborough Town Council, £500.00 towards support for COVID-19

·       The Jubilee Centre, Marlborough, £500.00 towards support for COVID-19.

Youth Grants:

·       St John’s Academy, Marlborough, £3000.00, technology for low-income families

For more details please see the attached agenda reports.

The Board were requested to note the grants already awarded under the delegated authority of the Community Engagement Manager, as detailed in the agenda.

Resolved:

To note the following grants already awarded under the delegated authority of the Community Engagement Manager:

Community Area Grants:

·       Aldbourne Heritage Centre, £969.00 towards a security upgrade.

·       Kennet Valley Kickabout, £350.00 towards new goalposts

·       Phoenix Brass Band, £1,800.00 towards new uniforms.

Health & Wellbeing Grants:

·       Marlborough Town Council, £500.00 towards support for COVID-19

·       The Jubilee Centre, Marlborough, £500.00 towards support for COVID-19.

Youth Grants:

·       St John’s Academy, Marlborough, £3000.00, technology for low-income families.

Any other items of business which the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.

There were no urgent items.