Agenda and minutes

The Chairman will welcome those present to the meeting.

The Chairman welcomed those present to the meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence.

No councillor apologies were received.

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

Councillor Alan Hill declared a non-pecuniary interest in the grant application for the Calne Alpha Synchronised Swimming Club by virtue of his granddaughter attending the club. He declared he would not vote on the application.

Councillor Tony Trotman declared a non-pecuniary interest in the grant application for the Calne Heritage Centre by virtue of being a Chairman of the Heritage Centre Trust. He declared he would not vote on the application.

To ratify the expenditure of £1976 to ‘WordFest’.

A report was received from Helen Bradley, Local Youth Facilitator, ratification of an officer decision taken under delegated powers in relation to a grant of £1976 to Calne Wordfest.

Following discussion, it was,

Resolved:

To note the decision taken under delegated authority to award £1976 to Calne Wordfest.

To consider 3 applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme, as follows:

·       The Derry Hill and Studley Village Hall Trust: £5000

·       Calne Alpha Synchronised Swimming Club: £997.50

·       Calne Heritage Centre: £1630

Consideration was given to three applications made to the Community Area Grants Scheme as detailed in the agenda papers.

Following discussion decisions were made as follows:

Decision

£5000 was awarded to the Derry Hill and Studley Village Hall Trust for an extension of the Lansdowne Hall New Meeting Room.

£997.50 was awarded to the Calne Alpha Synchronised Swimming Club for tablets and other materials for training and recording, conditional upon the applicant liaising with the Local Youth Facilitator to confirm safeguarding arrangements relating to filming and internet usage

£1630 was awarded to the Calne Heritage centre for new permanent exhibition panels.

Reason

The applications meet the latest grants criteria.

For the Area Board to ratify the revision to the Air Quality Working Group’s ‘Action Plan’ document.

The Area Board considered the revised Air Quality Action Plan as detailed in the agenda papers. Following discussion, it was,

Resolved:

1)    To note the progress made during 2015/16

2)    To adopt the document and refer to it with regards Air Quality priorities.

To receive an update on the CATG and to submit a request to the Area Board for funding, as detailed in the report attached.

The Area Board considered the notes of the latest meeting of the CATG on 7 July 2016. In particular they considered the recommendation to approve additional funding of £4967.57 for the Cherhill Village 20mph scheme as a result of an increase in costs to the scheme.

Resolved:

To approve the recommendations of the CATG.

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

There were no urgent items.