RESOLVEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL
The Monthly Meeting of the Council was held on Thursday 4th October 2018 at 5.30pm in the Community Centre.
Present/ Presennol
Mr A. Jones – Chairman/Cadeirydd
Councillors/Cynghorwyr
Mr A. Morgan, Mr. T. Jones, Mrs B. John, Mr R. Carpenter, Mr N. Francis, Mr I Ace, Mr K. Sims
County Member/Aelod o’r Cyngor Sir
Clerk/Clerc
Mrs C. Payne.
Prior to the meeting Mrs Yunyun Herbert attended the meeting to discuss the possibility of forming a community group to re-instate the canal from Resolven to Neath. The members discussed this project in much detail and offered their full support to this venture.
98/18 Apologies for Absence/Ymddiheuriadau am absenoldeb
County Councillor Des Davies, Mrs D. Stroud, Mr T. Harris
99/18 Declarations of Interest/Datganiad o ddiddordeb Personol
There were no declarations of interest
100/18 Minutes of the previous Meeting/Cofnodion y Cyfarfod Diwethaf
The Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday 6th September 2018 were accepted as a true record.
101/18 County Councillors Report and Matters Arising
102/18 Clerk’s report and Council Matters Arising/Materion yn codi o’r cofnodion ac adroddiad y Clerc.
The Clerks report was presented and approved
Matters arising
Climbing frame – Members were disappointed that their grant application to Pen Y Cymoedd has been turned down. We are now £5,000 short for the project and will look to other means to secure this funding.
Defibrillators and boxes – Members are waiting for Cariad to install the items.
Stay Safe Ltd have been awarded the contract to install the Christmas lights in the village
104/18 Next years’ precept
Members were asked to consider projects for the next financial year in order to finalise the precept.
Items suggested so far:-
New kitchen in the bowls pavilion
Abergarwed park
105/18 Correspondence Received
No correspondence received
106/18 Sub-Committee Reports
Parks and Environment – The minutes of the last meeting on 19th September 2018 were accepted as a true record.
Finance/Funding – The minutes of last meeting on 20th September 2018 were accepted as a true record.
107/18 Chairmans Report
The Chairman expressed concern that the Glyncastle shortcut has still not been cleared and he will contact Cllr Des Davies.
108/18 Councillors Reports
The roots of the tree outside Sardis and near the dram are coming up out of the pavement. NPT to be contacted.
The suggestion of a plaque for Cllr Redvers Davies to be placed in the hall was proposed and agreed.
