Parish Council of Farringdon - Three Casual Vacancies for a Councillor
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Official Key Messages from 12th Jan meeting
Speeding in our village – we need your help!
Farringdon Parish Road & Environmental Report - March 2022 Previous Road & Environmental Reports: Nov 2021 Sept 2021 July 2021 May 2021 March 2021
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Biz Report - Parish Council Meeting 17th May 2023 Only two councillors, Sarah Farquhar and David Willams, had served in the last session so, after some discussion Sarah Farquhar agreed to take on the Vice- Chair office as a temporary measure until the next meeting (in July) when it is possible other persons would volunteer to be added or elected to the list to make a full Council of nine members plus The Parish Clerk, Gary Lyle, This was followed by a cessation of activities to allow any public questions. A discussion about the regular parking of a Public Hire vehicle in The Street was prompted after a resident expressed concerned about possible road blockages etc The eventual decision was that as the FPC had already had contact with the driver but as FPC has no direct powers to control parking any complaints should be addressed to the local Constabulary. There followed a fairly lengthy discussion about the formation of a New, C.I.O. based Farringdon Village Hall Committee which went on for some time but eventually it was decided that a group of four including two FPC representatives would be required to set up the and invite Farringdon Residents to become members of the New Village Hall Committee. Several Councillors were keen to make the point that the new Committee would engage in much more public discussion than had been available up to the present. The Council the proceeded to discuss items from the previous meeting minutes including the success of the Village Garden Project., problems establishing a Cycle-Way from the Village to Alton, signatories for FPC bank accounts, Playground repairs, maintenance and finance, and the Annual Parish Meeting. The Village Garden was continuing successfully under the current management, had various projects in hand for children in the coming year and was continuing to establish the various plants put in over the previous year. The Cycle Way project was still under consideration but the continuing difficulties of establishing the access of cyclists to the required footpaths and the approach to Alton was proving a continuing problem. Signatories would be required for the Parish Accounts but there were few financial payments to be made in the next two months so new signatures could be set up and finalised at the next meeting. The Parish Meeting will probably be in July but discussion was temporarily suspended until discussion of a proposal later in the meeting. Parish Accounts and payments were next on the list and after a brief outline of the system in operation and the required list of payments etc the accounts were approved. There next followed discussion of a proposal by Stephen Doherty that FPC meetings should be held in Farringdon so residents could attend in person. This was generally approved with All Saints Church as the obvious site and although charges would be higher than Chawton Councillors were in favour and the Church would also be ideal for the Annual Village Meeting when other East Hants and Hampshire Councillors etc would be available for questions. There is a problem of Internet connection to allow people to view the meeting via their computers etc but Steven’s second question was the suggestion that the council should purchase equipment to make this work effectively was supported and the raised the question as to whether the FPC could set up a connection that would operate in the Church to enable this system to operate effectively. This was well supported and it was decided to investigate the options and discuss the possibility with the Parish Church Council members. A proposal from Delia Gilchrist to review the FPC Asset Register to ascertain Parish obligations, liabilities, finances and contracts, including a 2023/24 budget, was also agreed and The Clerk would to make the accounts available to her to carry out an assessment. During this and prevoious discussions on finance the Clerk made the point that the FPC was holding more cash than was immediately required and might result in pressure to lower the Council Tax in the future. The meeting Closed after the establishment of the Key messages to be circulated to the public.
Farringdon Village Plan - 2013 Version
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The
Parish Council is made up of nine elected members of the local community, plus
a Parish Clerk. Details are shown below. Council meetings are held every two months, usually on the first Wednesday of the month, and currently in Chawton Village Hall, starting at 7 pm and available on a zoom link. The
dates of scheduled and extraordinary meetings are published in the Village Magazine, here on the 'Biz', circulated to the Farringdon Net email subscribers, on the Parish Council web site;
and posted on the village notice-boards in the village in advance of the
meetings. The Notice Boards are situated:
Reports of all meetings appear in the Village Magazine, on this Village web site and are |
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