Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting of the Royal Wootton Bassett & Cricklade Area Board and introduced the councillors and officers present.

Apologies for absence were received from Angela Jenson – Cricklade Town Council and Jason Underwood – Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 18 May 2017 and Wednesday 26 July 2017.

Decision

·         The minutes of the meetings held on Thursday 18 May 2017 and Wednesday 26 July 2017 were agreed 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.

News and information on what’s going on in your local community and across the county:

·         Community Resilience - Emergency Planning

·         Assertive Outreach Work

·         Household Recycling Centre Refurbishment Programme

The following Chairman’s Announcements were noted:

·         Community Resilience - Emergency Planning

·         Assertive Outreach Work

·         Household Recycling Centre Refurbishment Programme

Cricklade Bloomers will provide an update on their new home.

Waste Management Strategy

Martin Litherland - Head of Waste Management Waste Services, Wiltshire Council will outline the consultation on a new waste management strategy to shape how the Council collects and manages household waste and recycling. The item will include a short interactive voting session to feed into the consultation.

Meet your team – Cllr Jacqui Lay from Purton.

Update from Alexa Davies - Community Engagement Manager.

Grant Funding

GENERAL CAPITAL GRANTS

2017-18 allocation - £46,555

Invested to date - £11,634.43

Available for investment - £34,920.57

Amount leveraged – To be confirmed

COMMUNITY AREA TRANSPORT GROUP (CATG)

2017-18 allocation - £22,728

Invested to date - £8,293

Available for investment - £14,435

Amount leveraged – To be confirmed

YOUTH GRANTS

2017-18 allocation - £21,235

Invested to date - £20,603.70

Available for investment - £631.30

Amount leveraged – To be confirmed

HEALTH & WELLBEING / OLDER PERSON CHAMPION

2017-18 allocation - £7,700

Invested to date - £7,700

Available for investment - Budget committed to appointment of Health & Wellbeing/Older Person’s Champion, Ellen Blacker

Amount leveraged – To be reported end of financial year

Youth Funding

 Martin Litherland - Head of Waste Management Waste Services, Wiltshire Council gave a short presentation that outlined Wiltshire Council’s Consultation on a new waste management strategy to shape how the Council collects and manages household waste and recycling.

The meeting was able to take part in a short voting session that would feed into the main consultation.

Points made included:

·         The council needed to develop a new waste management strategy in order to shape how it collected and managed household waste and recycling in Wiltshire.

·         The strategy needed to take into account Wiltshire’s current challenges and also major developments in waste services.

·         That following the award of a collection contract to Hills Waste, kerbside services would change from 30 July 2018. These changes would make it easier for residents to recycle more at home.

·         That Wiltshire Council was currently undertaking a public consultation to ascertain the views of residents which would help to develop a new waste management strategy.

·         The questions in the consultation were based on the outcome of workshops held with Wiltshire Council elected members in July 2017.

The Chairman thanked Martin Litherland for his presentation.

Cricklade Bloomers gave short update on their new home which is now a restored piece of neglected land behind Tesco in Cricklade High Street

Meet your team

Cllr Jacqui Lay gave a brief overview of his role as a Wiltshire Councillor.

Update from Alexa Davies - Community Engagement Manager.

Points made included:

·         Royal Wootton Bassett Apprenticeship Fair – Tuesday 10 October 2017.

·         WW1 Commemorative tree planting – 20 October is the deadline for Towns and Parishes to register their interest in taking part in this project.

Grant Funding

The Area Board members considered one community grant application:

Decision

Purton Historical Society awarded £834.00 for a new Brockhurst Meadow information board.

To receive updates from our key partners, including:

·         Wiltshire Police

·         Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

·         Greensquare

·         NHS Wiltshire

·         Healthwatch Wiltshire

·         Parish and Town Councils

Updates were received from the following Partners, Towns and Parishes:

·         Wiltshire Police - the written report was noted.

• Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service - the written report was noted.

·         Greensquare- the written report was noted.

• NHS Wiltshire - the written report was noted.

• Healthwatch Wiltshire - the written report was noted.

• Community Monitoring and Support - the written report was noted.

• Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council – the written report was noted.

• Cricklade Town Council – the written report was noted.

The Chairman thanked all partners for their updates.

To consider reports from the following task groups and make any necessary decisions:

·         Community Area Transport Group

·         Recycle for Wiltshire

·         The Community Area Transport Group (CAT-G) – nothing to report.

·         Recycle for Wiltshire – the written report was noted.

Next meeting: Wednesday 8 November – REME Museum, Lyneham.