Agenda
Item 2. Finances
The Honorary Treasurer gave
an up date on the village finances.
Speaking to a copy of the Second Interim Financial Statement for the
current year (attached) he reported that Receipts had been as forecast except
for the welcome addition of a prize of
£75 for the “Best Kept Environment” awarded by Warwickshire County
Council. Payments had also been as
forecast including payment for the Bird Memorial Survey Report and transfer to
the Village Hall of the £488.48 held on account for the Broadband Connection to
the hall which had now been installed.
Turning to the
reconciliation of the funds in hand which were £1264.07, £500 was held for an election if
needed and £428.30 was still held on account by the South Warwickshire
Neighbourhood Watch. This gave a sum of
£335.77 available to the council. He
pointed out that, in addition, £110.41 was available to be reclaimed for VAT;
and Stratford District Council had been asked to reimburse the village for the
cost of grass cutting, £300. The grand total which could be available to the
council was therefore £746.18.
The council accepted the
report.
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Item 3. Warwickshire Awards Scheme.
The Chairman asked John
Castle to explain, on behalf of the Chairman of the Village Hall Committee, a
suggestion that the village should submit an entry for the Warwickshire Awards
Scheme. The Scheme includes a category
for “Projects” for which the Village Hall Committee consider the village has a
good record citing the refurbishment programme and other activities which had
been completed during the current financial year.
After a short discussion the
council were unanimous in supporting the Village Hall Committee in entering for
an award in the Projects category.
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Item 5. Bird Memorial.
The Honorary Treasurer
reported that the report was in final draft.
Andrew Baxter, the structural engineer wanted to make one final
inspection of the memorial before signing off the report. He had ascertained that the memorial fountain
had been fed with water from the fountain in front of Barton House. The design had been overflow to waste so that
for many years the memorial had stood on water softened ground which had
allowed the base segments to sink and spread.
This had been arrested by fitting a steel band around the base. Andrew Baxter wanted, once the weather
improved, to inspect the condition of the band and its securing bolts. Were either of these to fail he was concerned
that the memorial would start to tilt again quite quickly. He wanted therefore to be able to advise the
council on the condition of the band and fixing bolts in case they were
approaching the end of their useful lives and needed to be relplaced.
The council noted the update
on the remaining work need to complete the report.