Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Box Pavilion and introduced the councillors and officers present.

There were none.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 6 November 2019

To minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 6 November 2019 were approved as the corrected record.

It was noted that agenda item no:68 should read Jerry Herbert, and not Jerry Hubb.

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

There were none.

To receive the following chairman’s announcements:

·       Wiltshire Family and Community Learning

·       Flood Resilience in Your Local Area

·       Wiltshire Green Pledge

·       British Telecom Proposed Payphones Removal Consultation

·       Community Governance Review

·       Motiv8 Children and Young People’s Service

The following chairman’s announcements contained in the agenda pack were noted:

·       Wiltshire Family and Community Learning

·       Flood Resilience in Your Local Area

·       Wiltshire Green Pledge

·       British Telecom Proposed Payphones Removal Consultation

·       Community Governance Review

·       Motiv8 Children and Young People’s Service

Station Manager Darren Nixon

The written update contained in the agenda pack was noted.

A short film outlining the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner - precept consultation 2020/21

A short film outlining the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner -

precept consultation 2020/21 was shown.

A presentation on the changes to the Waste and Recycling Service for 2020

Martin Litherland - Head of Service, Waste Management, Wiltshire Council gave a short presentation that outlined Wiltshire Council’s proposed changes to waste collection.

Points made included:

·       That Wiltshire Council would be changing the way it collected materials for recycling in 2020.

·       As part of these changes some recycling collection days would change.

·       Residents would receive further information through the post, including details of new collection days, in advance of changes being made.

·       Residents would be able to view their new collection days and print a collection calendar from the council’s website once these days had been confirmed.

·       The changes would make it even easier for residents to use the kerbside recycling collection service and would reduce the number of vehicles the council used.

·       Fewer vehicles would mean a reduction in Wiltshire Council’s impact on the environment.

·       A new materials recovery facility was being built which will sort the recycling, reducing the requirement for residents to separate their recyclable materials at home.

·       Starting shortly, paper, food and drink cans, aerosols and foil will also be collected in the blue lidded bin which currently takes plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, cardboard boxes and food and drink cartons. A new fleet of vehicles will be used to empty the blue lidded bin and the black box together, which means fewer vehicles and so a reduction in the impact on the environment. All collections will remain fortnightly.

Further information can be found at:

 wiltshire.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling-collection-changes

Or email:

 wasteandrecycling@wiltshire.gov.uk

The Chairman thanked Martin Litherland for his presentation.

Sheila Parker gave a brief Box Parish Council update.

Points made included:

·       That the parish Council was currently collating the Box Neighbourhood Plan.

·       Well done to the Box Bowls Club for raising funds to provide a defibrillator for the Box Pavilion.

·       That Box currently had three ex-BT phone boxes being used for community purposes.

·       That the parish Council was currently working with Box School to try and find a way to slow traffic down around the school.

The Chairman thanked Sheila Parker for her update.

To receive any updates from the following partners:

·       Town & Parish Councils

·       Healthwatch & CCG

·       Transcoco

The following written partner updates contained in the agenda pack were noted:

·       Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

·       Corsham Town Council

·       NHS Wiltshire

·       Healthwatch Wiltshire

·       Lacock Parish Council raised concerns re the Local Government Review.

Inspector Mark Luffman

PC Rich Marshall gave the Police update, points from the floor included:

·       Concerns re graffiti on the bus shelter at the Rising Sun stop.

·       That small empty gas canisters were now appearing more frequently around Corsham.

·       Concerns re anti-social behaviour at Leafy Lane.

The Chairman thanked PC Rich Marshall for his update.

·       Heritage Trails

·       Rising Sun Interpretation Board

Representatives from Heritage Trails and Rising Sun Interpretation Board gave brief feedback on how Area Board funding had helped their groups.

The Wiltshire Councillors will consider applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme

The following Community Area Grant applications were discussed by the Area Board members:

 Leafy Lane Playing Fields Ltd awarded £2,179 for Safe Adult Goals

Corsham Rugby Football Club awarded £5,000 for Installation of a new Sewerage Treatment Plant

Note: that the Area Board would consider further funding for this project during the new financial year

Corsham football club awarded £2,500 for main heating system replacement for clubhouse and bar area

The following Health & Wellbeing Grant applications were discussed by the Area Board members:

Corsham Connections awarded £300 for Corsham Connections

Corsham Community Club awarded £1,500 to build Corsham Community Club

The following Youth Grant applications were discussed by the Area Board members:

Young Melksham awarded £1,500 for No Limits SEND Youth Club

Note: that Young Melksham would provide the Area Board with statistics re the number of Corsham young people using the service

Green Room Youth Club awarded £1,842 for Green Room Youth Club Capacity Building

Self (Paper Nations are sponsoring organisation) awarded £1,019 for Get writing

The Portable Wellbeing Studio awarded £980 for The Portable Wellbeing Studio

·       Youth

·       Health and Wellbeing group

·       Community Area Transport Group (CATG)

The following Working Groups were noted:

·       Youth

·       Health and Wellbeing Group

·       Community Area Transport Group (CATG)

There were none.