Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chairman for the year 2019/20

The Democratic Services Officer opened the meeting by calling for nominations for Chairman. Following the nominations it was;

RESOLVED

Cllr Pip Ridout was elected as Chairman for 2019/20

To elect a Vice Chairman for the year 2019/20.

The Chairman called for nominations for Vice-Chairman, following the nominations it was;

RESOLVED

Cllr Tony Jackson was elected as Vice-Chairman for 2019/20.

The Chairman will welcome those present to the meeting.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Warminster Area Board and thanked Cllr Andrew Davis, the outgoing Chairman, for his hard work and contributions throughout the year.

There were no apologies.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 2 April 2019.

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.

To appoint members to the:

·         Working groups of the Area Board.

·         Outside bodies

·         Older People’s Champion

·         Carer’s Champion

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 2019/20.

The following changes were made to appendix A:

·         Cllr Newbury and Cllr Ridout would be appointed to the Warminster Neighbourhood Task Group.

 The following changes were made to appendix B:

·         Cllr Ridout would replace Cllr Davis on the Health & Wellbeing Group

RESOLVED

1.    To appoint Councillor representatives to the outside bodies as set out in Appendix A of the report. Noting that Councillor Newbury would also be a representative on the Warminster Neighbourhood Task group.

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.

4. To appoint Deborah Gogarty as the Older People’s Champion and  Bernice Robbins as the Carer’s Champion.

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

The Chairman referred to the announcements contained in the agenda pack.

To receive updates from any of the following partners:

Ø  Wiltshire Police & PCC Update

Ø  Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Ø  Warminster and Villages Community Partnership

Ø  Town and Parish Councils Nominated Representatives

Ø  Healthwatch

Ø  Clinical Commissioning Group

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.

Police

Police Inspector Andy Fee referred to the police report given out at the meeting. It was noted that recent recruitment of community coordinators had taken place with five now being in place. Pc Helen Daveridge, Community Coordinator, would be taking over the Westbury, Warminster, Tisbury and Mere areas.

Town and Parish councillors were invited to attend a weekly tasking meeting, which was held at Trowbridge Police station on Wednesday’s at 11am, to discuss emerging community issues and concerns.

The Warminster team continued to focus on their four priorities of preventing rural crime, Stop Me campaign to tackle rural/ farming machinery theft, community speed watch and preventing youth anti-social behaviour.

PCC

Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Jerry Herbert, noted that the recruitment of officers was part of delivering the precept and thanked the number of volunteers who helped daily for their time, effort and dedication.

He explained that the tri-force between Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Avon and Somerset to deliver roads, dogs and firearm policing had ended. The decision was made due to terms and conditions apposed on officers not aligning. The forces continue to have a number of collaborations in place across the South West. A transitional period was in place until August to ensure gaps in policing numbers were covered, the aim was to produce more efficient rotas to enable better coverage and maintain sufficient coverage.

A question was asked about missing children and it was noted that there would be a public campaign around the issue of missing children, currently a vast amount of time was spent searching for missing people.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

Station Manager, Richard Humphrey,  referred to his report included in the agenda pack. He gave an overview of some recent incidents and informed the meeting that they were recently inspected by the Home Office and were scored Good in three main areas.

Warminster & Villages Community Partnership

It was noted that the partnership had recently taken on a project to transform the Grovelands public open space into a country wildlife conservation park.

To receive an update.

Graeme Morrison, Community Engagement Manager, explained that the LYN was still not active but was hoping to bring the usual updates and have a youth themed events so to watch that space.

Chapmanslade PC will present their Parish Plan and request that the Area Board consider adopting the plan. Further details regarding the process can be found under Village Plan at www.chapmanslade.org.uk

John Foster and Terry Rose from Chapmanslade gave a presentation on the village plan. The key points were:

·         In 2016 work was done to understand the residents views on the issues and opportunities within the village;

·         These views were used to produce a questionnaire, which was given to all residents over the age of 11;

·         Community meetings were held to discuss the results of the questionnaire;

·         Following this a parish pan was created;

·         The plan grouped the initiatives into four main themes, all with underlying environmental issues – Making roads and pavements safer, a better connected less stratified community, better facilities for a healthy/ active life and housing and planning issues;

·         Many initiatives were already in progress to achieve the outcomes of the parish plans.

 The Chairman thanked Chapmanslade for their presentation and it was;

RESOLVED

That the Area Board welcomed the Chapmanslade Parish Plan.

      i.        General Update

    ii.        Carer’s Champion Update

Deborah Gogarty, Older People’s Champion, informed the meeting that she had recently chaired some meetings and identified areas which could work closely together. The recent volunteers fair, held in Warminster, was a great success with 42 exhibiters, which was very well attended along with positive feedback. Exhibiters had signed new volunteers and had identified a trend with younger people getting involved with volunteering. Exhibiters also noted that being able to network and connect with other charities and groups was particularly useful.

The CEM mentioned that the Men’s Shed initiative had been offered a space by the shopping centre, albeit on a short term lease, there were also a few other options being looked at.

To receive an update.

It was noted that a meeting would be taking place in July.

To consider the CATG schemes set out in the report.

Cllr Davis introduced the item and there were discussions around tackling priority 2 schemes.

RESOLVED

To approve all CATG funding outlined in the report.

To agree to move issue 7067 - Upper Marsh Street, Warminster – traffic calming from priority 2 to priority 1.

To give a presentation on creating a new cycle path and grant.

Adam Mosley from Connecting Chapmanslade, gave a presentation on a project to create cycling and walking routes to connect Westbury, Warminster and Frome with Chapmanslade, which was central to the route and three towns.

The aim of the project was to create a new National Cycling Network to take cyclists away from the main roads, making it safer and more healthy for those wishing to use the network. The routes would be suitable for many different user groups as they would be wheelchair and pushchair friendly.

Communication was taking place with a number of confirmed and potential partners to support the project. The next step would involve having a feasibility study carried out. 

A number of questions were asked which focused on the need for the study to look at conflict between pedestrians and cyclists and that the study was focused.   

Members of the Area Board welcomed Connecting Chapmanslade back to the next meeting for an update.

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

The area board considered the following applications seeking 2019/20 Community Area Grant funding:

RESOLVED

To award Alzheimer's Support £850 for the Warminster Dementia Centre access lighting.

To award Longbridge deverill Parish Hall £950 for a dishwasher.

To award Maiden Bradley Memorial Hall £3485 for redecoration.

To award Deverills Archaeology Group £2028 for Geophysical Surveying.

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

There were no urgent items.

The next meeting of the Warminster Area Board will be on the 9 September 2019 at the Warminster Civic Centre.

The next meeting of Warminster Area Board would be on the 5 September at the Warminster Civic Centre.