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Annual Parish Meeting - 2005 |
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April 27th 2005
After the debacle of 2004 this meeting saw a return to the format used in 2001 - 2003 and more than 40 residents were in attendance. The meeting is for the electorate of the parish to listen to presentations and raise points about things that affect them and their homes. A full agenda included presentations from Peter Burns (chair of Helmdon Parish Council) and Robin Digby (District Councillor). Ms. Vanessa Pye, Environmental Services Manager at SNC, took up an invitation to come and talk about the new Twin Bin recycling scheme and she informed residents about the amount of waste collected in the first week. The estimates for Helmdon were that 9.5 tonnes of green waste, 1 tonne of glass and 1 tonne of paper had been collected. This material will be recycled instead of going in to land fill sites. The new scheme will help the district council meet, and indeed exceed, their targets for recycling as set by the government. The meeting also heard five minute presentations from no less than twenty village groups and organisations. It was a great opportunity for residents to catch up with what is going on in the village and hear about what the groups have planned for the coming year. Many people are involved in one or two groups but it is good to get an overview of all the other activities that are available in the parish.
As well as the meeting itself, the audience were treated to light refreshments and a display of village photographs. There was a lively ambiance after the meeting with many people staying behind to ask questions and have a chat. The issue that caused most discussion was the continuing poor state of the parish's roads. There were questions as to why several other villages in the area have had their roads completely resurfaced whilst Helmdon has only had the odd patch here and there. Peter Burns said that the parish council frequently write to the county council but the letters fall on deaf ears. One imaginative parishioner suggested that if Helmdon were to put itself forward to have a traveller's camp then there would be no shortage of people going round offering to do tarmac resurfacing! Hopefully next year's meeting (26th April 2006) can build on the success of this year. Links in this section >> Report on the Annual Parish Meeting in 2004 Report on the Annual Parish Meeting in 2003 Report on the Annual Parish Meeting in 2002 Report on the Annual Parish Meeting in 2001 |
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