Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chairman for 2018/2019.

Councillor Andrew Davis was elected as Chairman for 2018/2019

To appoint the Vice-Chairman for 2018/2019.

Councillor Pip Ridout was elected as Vice Chairman for 2018/2019

The Chairman will welcome those present to the meeting.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Warminster Area Board and invited members of the board to introduce themselves.

There were no apologies.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 26 April 2018 (copy attached).

Decision

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

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

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chairman will introduce the Announcements included in the agenda and invite any questions.

·         Becoming a Foster Carer

·         Salisbury Recovery

The Chairman made the following announcements:

·         That a visit took place to the Independent Living Centre which had been very interesting and offered exceptional services for the community.

·         The Chairman noted that announcements for Becoming a Foster Carer

and Salisbury Recovery, were included in the report.

To appoint representatives to Outside Bodies for 2018/2019.

To appoint representatives to Working Groups for 2018/2019.

The Area Board considered a report requesting the appointment of representatives to Outside Bodies, and to reconstitute and make appointments to Working Groups for the year 2018/19.

Resolved:

1.    To appoint Councillor representatives to the outside bodies as set out in Appendix A of the report.

2.    To reconstitute and appoint to the working groups of Warminster Area Board as set out in Appendix B of the report. Noting that Councillor Pip Ridout would be the appointed rep for the Health and Wellbeing Board.

3.    To note the Terms of reference for the Working Groups, as set out in Appendix C of the report.

To receive updates from any of the following partners:

Ø  Wiltshire Police

Ø  Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Ø  Warminster and Villages Community Partnership

Ø  Town and Parish Councils Nominated Representatives

Some written updates have been received and are included in this agenda.

Some written updates had been received before the meeting and were included in the agenda.

i.              Update

ii.            Grants

The Local Youth Facilitator, Janette Bowra, introduced the grant application which had been recommended for approval by the LYN Management Group.

Resolved

To award Jacobs Ladder £4607 towards a play scheme.

To receive a presentation on the changes to waste collection.

Martin Litherland, Head of Waste Management, gave a presentation on the changes to the recycling services as of the 30 July 2018.

The main points of the presentation included:

·         That in addition to the usual plastic bottles and cardboard, residents would be able to recycle yoghurt pots, plastic trays, margarine tubs, ice cream tubs and juice, milk and soup cartons, which could all go in the blue lidded bins.

·         The changes were being made to save energy and reduce costs

·         Town and Parishes were encouraged to share the information with their residents so that as many people as possible were aware of the changes

Questions were asked on whether plant pots, film and black plastic could be recycled and it was noted that film and black plastic could not be recycled and that he would seek more information on recycling plant pots.

The Chairman thanked Martin for his presentation.

      i.        General Update

    ii.        Carer’s Champion Update

Jacqui Abbott, Community Engagement Manager, introduced the item and referred to the report included in the agenda pack.

It was noted that Deborah Gogarty was nominated Chairman of the Health and Wellbeing Steering Group and Keith |Humphries Vice Chairman.

Bernice Robbins, Carers’ Champion, and Deborah Gogarty, Older

People’s Champion, gave an update on their respective roles informing the meeting that they had each attended a number of networking events with a focus on building connections, understanding issues and promoting the need for volunteers. 

Decision

To ratify the election of Chairman and vice Chairman for the Health and Wellbeing Steering Group.

To note the updates

To receive an update.

It was noted that due to the ongoing efforts in Salisbury, there had no been any meetings.

To consider any new CATG schemes.

The Chairman introduced the item and referred to the CATG notes included in the supplement agenda.

Decision

To approve the CATG schemes recommended for approval as outlined in the report.

To consider applications for funding from the Community Area Grants Scheme.

The CEM introduced the report giving details of the grant application.

Decision

To award the Deverills Archaeology Group £1000 for equipment and materials.

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

There were no urgent items.

The next meetings of the Warminster Area Board will be on:

6 September 2018

The next meeting would take place in September, although it was best to check the website to check for any date changes.