There was a further discussion on purchasing salt bins from the County Council. It seemed that it might not be possible to be able to buy as many bins as was hoped. So the Clerk was asked to request five bins in the following locations; two to be located in Upper Road at the corners …
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Parish News January 2010
The main topic for discussion was the on-going difficulty of the snow and ice on the village roads and pavements. There had been many comments and complaints from local residents about the lack of grit either delivered by vehicles or in grit bins. The Clerk had investigated the Parish Council’s ability in law to be …
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Parish News December 2009
The Clerk attended a meeting with Cllr. Fatemian, the Chairman and Clerk to Radley Parish Council and four residents of Radley and Anthony Kirkwood of the County Council on 19th November to discuss the speed limit from Sugworth Lane to Bagley Wood Road on the Oxford Road. There were a number of issues relating to …
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Parish News November 2009
The good news for the development at Playfield Road Playing Field was that the application for £18,941 had been successful from the Aiming High County Council grant giving body. It would enable an enhancement to the play space to make the area more attractive for disabled children and their parents. There would be a curved …
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Parish News October 2009
The members of the Parish Council discussed the contracts they had for grass cutting of the highway verges and the cemetery and for general village maintenance. The contracts had been running for five years and it was decided to look at the work that was being done and consider going out to tender again. They …
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Parish News September 2009
The major discussion was the funding of the Playbuilder project and the half year budget monitoring report. In order to incorporate all the ideas agreed by the Play Area Working Group there was a shortfall in the budget of about £8,000. The members of the Parish Council decided to take this sum from the earmarked …
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Parish News July 2009
The major item of discussion at the July meeting was the progress of the re-development of the Play Area at Playfield Road. Since that meeting, there has been a lot of activity towards the installation start date set for September 2009. While this addition of the Chronicle is being delivered the old play equipment and …
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Parish News June 2009
The Chairman of the Parish Council, Peter Biggs, started the meeting with a minute’s silence to remember Dr Verjee who had died in a tragic accident a few days before the meeting. The meeting continued with a presentation from Cynth Napper of the Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum. She was informing the members of the Parish …
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Parish News May 2009
The Annual Meeting was unusually busy this year. Cllr. Peter Biggs was elected for his eighteenth year as Chairman of the Parish Council. Cllr. Colin Charlett was elected as Vice-Chairman. There was a vote for the casual vacancy. There were three candidates and Ted Perkins was re-elected to the Council. There is now another vacancy …
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Parish News April 2009
The Clerk had received notification from the Vale on 6th April 2009 that there was no request for an election for the vacancy for a Parish Councillor. Therefore the Parish Council could fill the vacancy by co-option. It was agreed to advertise the vacancy in the Chronicle and on the web site and the decision …
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Parish News March 2009
There were two items that were discussed for the first time at the March meeting that the members of the Parish Council would welcome comments from people living in the village before they take them any further. Doorstopper scheme logo The first topic was the possibility of establishing No Cold Calling Zones. The idea is …
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Parish News February 2009
Cllr. Charlett and the Clerk attended an informal briefing with the Environment Agency about the Oxford Flood Strategy. Initial concepts for a solution to reduce flooding in Oxford were planned to be published in March. The plans would include a proposal for an extra water channel parallel with the Hinksey and Seacourt stream and flowing …
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