RESOLVEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
The Monthly Meeting of the Council was held on Thursday 1st December 2022 at 6pm at the Community Centre
Present/ Presennol
Mr. T. Jones – Chair/Cadeirydd
Councillors/Cynghorwyr
Mr A. Jones, Mr R. Coulter, Mr I Ace, Mr P. Thomas, Mr P. Martin, Mrs J. Llewellyn
Clerk/Clerc
Mrs. C. Payne.
County Member/Aelod o’r Cyngor Sir – Mr Dean Lewis
Items raised
Drop kerbs will be installed at Vaughan Avenue in due course
New bins have been placed in Abergarwed village and Park
The pathway in Heol Herbert
Light outside property in Glyncastle has been removed
96/22 Apologies for Absence/Ymddiheuriadau am absenoldeb
Mr N. Francis, Mrs R. Parfitt, Mr N. Place, Mr K. Sims
97/22 Declarations of Interest/Datganiad o ddiddordeb personol – None
98/22 Minutes of the previous Meeting/Cofnodion y Cyfarfod Diwethaf
The Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday 3rd November 2022 were accepted as a true record.
99/22 Clerk’s report and Council Matters Arising/Materion yn codi o’r cofnodion
ac adroddiad y Clerc.
The Clerk’s report was presented and approved.
Matters arising.
91/22 Library meeting – A meeting has been arranged for Thursday 8th December to discuss the Resolven Library.
100/22 Precept.
The precept for the financial year 2022/2023 was now due to be set by the Community Council. The Clerk presented the budget forecast for the coming year. Following the recommendation of the finance committee it was agreed to raise the precept by 3% to £62,350.
101/22 Christmas Trees for the village
Members agreed to purchase 2 Christmas trees once again for the village this year 1 is located at the entrance to the village and the other in the Resolven Community Centre.
102/22. Correspondence
Valuation office digital form completed
103/22 Sub-Committee Reports
Parks/Environment/Hall committee. – No meeting in November
Planning Application P2022/0862&0967
Appeal by Mr Carl Hendy- Land South of Neath Road, Abergarwed, Neath.- All letters of support previously sent will be forwarded to the appeal panel.
Finance Committee. – A special joint meeting was held to discuss the budget for the next financial year see item 100/22
104/22 Chairman’s Report.
The Chairman and members thanked the Clerk for the organisation of the Remembrance Service which had an excellent turnout and went very well.
105/22 Councillors Reports
Members would like to wish all in Resolven and Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year.
