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Home Storrington Sullington Attractions Events Village News Parish Council Community Partnership Local Business Pubs And Food Clubs And Societies Accommodation Child Care and Education Churches Sports, Leisure, and Fitness Local Transport Services Useful Links Fun/Useful Info. Local Search Local Weather Sponsors Village pictures Contact Us	STORRINGTON & SULLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING SULLINGTON PARISH HALL, ON WEDNESDAY, 26th AUGUST, 2009, Present: Mr. R. Dawe in the Chair, Mr. R. Carter, Mr. E. Gibbons, Mr. A. Head, Mr. R. Jerman, Mrs. G. King, Mr. J. Macey, Mr. C. Mason, Mr. D. Roper, Mr. J. Sanson, Mrs. L. Wheatley, and Mrs. A. Worthington-Leese. In Attendance: Mr. Alex Higgins and two colleagues – H.D.C. Mr. F. Wilkinson – County Councillor PCSO Carol Boniface and PCSO Tom Guiney - Police 1 Member of the Public 1 Member of the Press 51. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE were received from Mr. D. Atkins (holiday), Mrs. G. King (holiday), Mr. A. Mullard and Mr. J. Williams (work). The reasons for absence were duly ACCEPTED. 52. PRESENTATION BY ALEX GANDER, H.D.C., ON THE ACORN PLUS SCHEME. Mr. Higgins explained the major changes and improvements to the Acorn Scheme which would be coming to this Parish in the near future (12th October, 2009). The scheme would maintain a weekly refuse collection and increase recycling to approximately 60% thereby reducing their environmental impact by reducing the amount of mileage by about 25%; saving on fuel; less refuse going to landfill. His scheme was being introduced across the District in five phases and Storrington was in the second phase. Recycling would no longer be sorted by residents into baskets, but everything would be placed in a new Blue Top Bin (the same size as the Brown Bin). The type of materials that can be recycled would be corrugated card, glass bottles drinks cartons, foil, all types of paper, directories and brochures, junk mail, envelopes, card and greetings cards, plastic bottles, newspapers and magazine, steel and aluminium cans and aerosols. It was advised that the current ‘Gobbler in the Car Park’ was being developed in a different way, by concentrating on recycling, particularly green waste and white goods, gradually cutting out ordinary household waste. Information would be distributed to every household and three weeks later the Blue Bin would be delivered with an instruction leaflet. Residents should put the first line of their address on their bins. They would be highlighting the fact that there may be new collection points for the bins. This would also include a recycling calendar. Collections would either be every Tuesday and Thursday or Wednesday and Friday. There would be two collection days for each property per week. This would mean they avoid all Bank Holidays with the exception of Christmas as their employees had agreed to work on Good Fridays. This department had their own Customer Service Team. The collection point issue arose because of the way the new vehicles work as they are side loading, therefore bins have to be placed in the right position and the right way round. For the first visit people should put their bins out as normal and HDC would leave the bins at the required collection point. Assisted collections would continue to be made for people that were unable to put them out themselves. There were three levels of assistance available. Mr. Gander and his colleagues left the meeting having been thanked for the presentation. 53. TO RECEIVE DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST FROM MEMBERS. There were no declarations of interest from Members. 54. POLICE MATTERS. The PCSOs reported that a S.59 warrant had been served for anti-social driving as the driver had been ‘drifting’ in Concord Road. The person that threw rubbish out of his vehicle in Banks Croft had been given a £75.00 fine. They reported that they were not having any calls from a Police point of view in respect of the new Youth Shelter and on one occasion the PCSO had been able to defend the youngsters because they had been present when a complaint call had been received. The youngsters were all over 18, were drinking, but were not rowdy or have music on loud. One lad who had been causing problems at the Youth Club had been given an A.B.C. Unfortunately there had been an increase in thefts from unattended vehicles across the area, so it was recommended to be security conscious. The Barclays Bank cash machine had been skimmed again, but someone was helping the Police with their enquiries. There was a prolific burglar in the west and south of Horsham that had been arrested and was helping the Police with their enquiries. During the period from 1st April to 25th August, 2009 in the Horsham District there had been a reduction in crime by 7.1%, vehicle crime reduced by 22.9%, criminal damage reduced by 10%. There had been an increase in burglaries up to the point when they arrested the suspect, but this had now trailed off. Anyone witnessing any anti-social driving should report this to Operation Crackdown at www.operationcrackdown.org. Mr. Gibbons reported that CID had been used in Water Lane recording vehicles travelling over 30 mph and one driver had remonstrated with the people with the machine. This had been reported to the Police who were taking action. 55. TO APPROVE AND SIGN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON THE 24TH JUNE, 2009. These minutes were AGREED to be a correct record of the proceedings thereat and were duly signed by the Chairman. MATTERS ARISING :- 56. Minute No. 43 (a) Cricket and Football Club Rent Reviews. Both Clubs had queried the rent increases and had requested a meeting with certain Members. The Clubs had been advised to attend the next meeting of the Recreation and Property Committee. A letter should be sent to the Clubs noting that since the increase they had not paid any rent and this was now due. 58. TO RECEIVE AND IF APPROVED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MEETINGS:- (a) Recreation and Property Committee held on the 1st July, 2009. It was reported that a response had now been received from the Trustees of Cootham Hall and they would like to purchase the play equipment, therefore an invoice in the sum of £1.00 had been sent to them. These minutes were duly ADOPTED. (b) Planning and Development Committee held on the 16th July, 2009. With regard to the possible Listing of the Old School, it was suggested contact should be made with Katherine Jeter, Conservation Officer, H.D.C. Village Design Statement – when the draft was ready a special meeting of the Planning and Development Committee would be held to get this ready for the exhibition that would be held towards the end of September. (c) Planning and Development Committee held on the 12th August, 2009. Laybrook Landfill Application – the proposal was for this site to be used for the disposal of commercial and industrial waste from West Sussex. However, once planning permission was given, there was nothing to prevent waste from anywhere being deposited. West Sussex already had sufficient capacity for household waste until 2012 but they had a statutory duty to find facilities where commercial and industrial waste could be put into landfill. Mrs. Worthington-Leese reported that Storrington was one of three Councils that would be piloting the new e-consultation planning process. Therefore paper copies of plans would no longer be received. This would save HDC a great deal of money so it was pointed out at the recent meeting that it would not be fair to pass those costs onto the Parishes by having to provide equipment (laptop and projector). The trial would last for three months and HDC would be loaning this Council a laptop and projector. 59. COUNTY AND DISTRICT COUNCIL MATTERS. Mr. Wilkinson (County Councillor) mentioned that he had had a meeting with the Chairman of Amberley Parish Council to discuss the Amberley to Storrington road (B.2193). About three years ago the idea was put forward to try and get traffic lights on Houghton Bridge in order to deter vehicles from using that route. At that time Amberley PC had objected on environmental grounds as it was felt the traffic would back up through the village causing pollution problems. This matter would be put to Amberley PC to ascertain their views. Should they think it a good idea; it would be taken forward to try to get a three-month trial. Parking in Hawthorn Way (Mr. Mason declared an interest in that topic). Office and shop workers were parking in this road causing problems for residents. Following two meetings it had been decided to see if they could get a Traffic Regulation Order on the corner by the block of flats on east end of Hawthorn Way where people park on the bend. Cllr. Roger Arthur, Cabinet Member responsible for Off Street Parking was going to see if HDC could come up with anything. Mr. Wilkinson had attempted to obtain an unmanned CID machine through the County Local Committee, but this had not progressed as not all Parishes were prepared to contribute. There was currently £12,500 in the Storrington Traffic S.106 fund, therefore Mr. Wilkinson asked the Council for their approval for £3,519 to be used towards this plus a contribution towards the £4,000 per annum running costs with other Parishes also contributing. It was pointed out to him that S.106 monies could only be used for capital expenditure. Mr. Wilkinson felt there would be a way round that. This could result in an unmanned CID machine being in Storrington for 12 weeks of the year. This was put to the vote: In Favour 3; Against 6; Abstentions 3. Mr. Dawe (District Councillor) reported that the extension to Riverside Walk to the Hormare Estate would start in September. The dredging of the Mill Pond would be started shortly. 60. TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE “IMPROVING TRAFFIC IN STORRINGTON” DOCUMENT PRODUCED BY THE TRAFFIC PROJECT ACTION TEAM. This team had produced a plan (a copy of which had been distributed to all Members) and they asked for the support of the Council. Following discussion it was UNANIMOULSY AGREED :- *To fully support the Traffic Project Action Team “Improving Traffic in Storrington”.* 61. ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR COUNCILLORS TO READ :- (a) Worthing and District Alzheimer’s Society Newsletter – Mr. Jerman took this to read. (b) Action in rural Sussex Newsletter No. 15 and 2008/9 Review Action Plan for 2009/10. Mr. Jerman took this to read. (c) Guild Care Horizons Newsletter. Mr. Jerman took this to read. (d) Newsletter of West Sussex Public Partnership Forum. Available in the Parish Office. 62. CLERK’S CORRESPONDENCE. (a) Horsham District Food and Drink Festival, 5th September to 4th October, 2009. It was noticed that nowhere within this Parish was included. Mr. Dawe would try to ascertain the reason for this. (b) Life is for Living, 2009 – Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre, 1st October, 2009 12 noon to 4.00 p.m. There were free activities from archery to yoga. (c) HDC Parish and Neighbourhood Council Core Strategy Review Seminars :- 2nd September: 19:30 – 21:30 at Southwater Village Hall 3rd September: 19:30 – 21:30 at Billingshurst Village Hall (d) Action in rural Sussex AGM and Annual Conference 6th November, 2009. This would be held in the Norfolk Pavilion, South of England Showground, Ardingly. (h) The Council’s application to the Community Aggregates Fund was unsuccessful. There would be another round of funding opening in 2010. (i) Horsham and District Citizens Advice Bureau 44th Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday, 7th September, 2009 from 7.30 at The Capitol Theatre, North Street, Horsham. (j) Classical Concert: A Tale of Two Nimrods: Elgar and Shackleton, Sunday, 6th September at Knepp Castle. 63. CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ANY URGENT MATTERS. PAT testing had recently been undertaken at the Cricket and Football Pavilions and the cost was £2.65 per item. It was AGREED :- An inventory of items that were provided by the Council should be produced. A letter should be written to the Cricket and Football Clubs advising them that as of now any items not provided by the Parish Council and covered by the rent will be charged to them. 64. REQUESTS FOR DONATIONS :- (a) Storrington Fire Fighters seeking sponsorship to take part in the Dragon Challenge 2009. (b) W.S.C.C. Children and Youth Peoples Services – requesting funding of £200.00. The Youth Centre at Steyning will be opening on Saturdays 12-5pm each week with entertainments and activities and they wish to run a minibus to pick up and drop off the outlying clubs. (c) Saturday Venture Association on behalf of Disability Awareness UK. (d) Victim Support Sussex. All the above requests were given due consideration and following discussion Mr. Dawe Proposed the sum of £100.00 should be donated to the Storrington Fire Fighters and the sum of £50.00 donated to Victim Support Sussex and nothing for the other two items. Mr. Carter amended this and Proposed £200 for the Storrington Fire Fighters and £100 to Victim Support Sussex. Vote on the amendment: In Favour 3; Against 6. Motion Lost. Vote on initial proposal: UNANIMOUSLY AGREED :- *To donate £100.00 to the Storrington Fire Fighters and £50.00 to Victim Support Sussex.* 65. To Consider Invitation from BT to Adopt our Local Red Telephone Kiosks. Following discussion it was AGREED :- *Not to adopt the two red telephone kiosks in this Parish.* 66. To Consider Subscribing to the Direct Information Service. Following discussion it was AGREED :- *Not to subscribe.* 67. To Consider the Report from the Internal Auditor. The Internal Auditor had reported that he had carried out the internal audit for the financial year ended 31st March, 2009 in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 of the Annual Return for Audit. He had undertaken detailed substantive and compliance testing of the Council’s financial and accounting systems to ensure that procedures and controls were adequate. He had also checked and agreed the entries in Section 1 of the Council’s annual audit return for the year end, inspected the Council’s risk assessment, insurance policy and asset register and enquired into the preparation and monitoring of the annual budget. Matters arising had been discussed with the staff who were thanked for maintaining the accounts and other records so efficiently and in such good order. 68. 2009 N.A.L.C. Awards for Local Councils. NALC had re-launched its Local Council Awards and the categories were :- · Council of the Year · Clerk of the Year · Councillor of the Year · Council Worker of the Year · Much improved Council of the Year. Following discussion it was suggested that Cllr Mrs. L. Wheatley should be nominated as Councillor of the Year. A body of evidence would be required. 69. Bank Reconciliations for June and July. These were duly NOTED. 70. Accounts to be Paid in the sum of £59,680.90 plus V.A.T. were duly AGREED. An invoice should be submitted to Storrington Allotment Growers Association for half the amount of the Southern Water invoice in respect of Amberley Road. 71. Adjournment – No maters were raised. 72. Date of Next Meeting Wednesday, 30th September, 2009. 73. Name of Skylight Room. Mr. Macey stated that next month was the 25th anniversary of when the Parish Hall was built and he felt this would be the right time to change the name of the Skylight Room. He felt that an appropriate name would be the England Room bearing in mind that the local Downs were the birth place of gliding and the pilot’s name was Mr. England. The name of the Hall also caused confusion to people, so perhaps this should be changed to The Parish Hall, Storrington & Sullington Parish Council. Therefore, Members should give these matters thought ready for the next meeting. There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.30 p.m.
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STORRINGTON & SULLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING

SULLINGTON PARISH HALL,

ON WEDNESDAY, 26th AUGUST, 2009,

Present: Mr. R. Dawe in the Chair, Mr. R. Carter, Mr. E. Gibbons, Mr. A. Head, Mr. R. Jerman, Mrs. G. King, Mr. J. Macey, Mr. C. Mason, Mr. D. Roper, Mr. J. Sanson, Mrs. L. Wheatley, and Mrs. A. Worthington-Leese.

In Attendance: Mr. Alex Higgins and two colleagues – H.D.C.

Mr. F. Wilkinson – County Councillor

PCSO Carol Boniface and PCSO Tom Guiney - Police

1 Member of the Public

1 Member of the Press

51. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE were received from Mr. D. Atkins (holiday), Mrs. G. King (holiday), Mr. A. Mullard and Mr. J. Williams (work). The reasons for absence were duly ACCEPTED.

52. PRESENTATION BY ALEX GANDER, H.D.C., ON THE ACORN PLUS SCHEME. Mr. Higgins explained the major changes and improvements to the Acorn Scheme which would be coming to this Parish in the near future (12th October, 2009). The scheme would maintain a weekly refuse collection and increase recycling to approximately 60% thereby reducing their environmental impact by reducing the amount of mileage by about 25%; saving on fuel; less refuse going to landfill. His scheme was being introduced across the District in five phases and Storrington was in the second phase.

Recycling would no longer be sorted by residents into baskets, but everything would be placed in a new Blue Top Bin (the same size as the Brown Bin). The type of materials that can be recycled would be corrugated card, glass bottles drinks cartons, foil, all types of paper, directories and brochures, junk mail, envelopes, card and greetings cards, plastic bottles, newspapers and magazine, steel and aluminium cans and aerosols.

It was advised that the current ‘Gobbler in the Car Park’ was being developed in a different way, by concentrating on recycling, particularly green waste and white goods, gradually cutting out ordinary household waste.

Information would be distributed to every household and three weeks later the Blue Bin would be delivered with an instruction leaflet. Residents should put the first line of their address on their bins. They would be highlighting the fact that there may be new collection points for the bins. This would also include a recycling calendar. Collections would either be every Tuesday and Thursday or Wednesday and Friday. There would be two collection days for each property per week. This would mean they avoid all Bank Holidays with the exception of Christmas as their employees had agreed to work on Good Fridays. This department had their own Customer Service Team.

The collection point issue arose because of the way the new vehicles work as they are side loading, therefore bins have to be placed in the right position and the right way round. For the first visit people should put their bins out as normal and HDC would leave the bins at the required collection point. Assisted collections would continue to be made for people that were unable to put them out themselves. There were three levels of assistance available.

Mr. Gander and his colleagues left the meeting having been thanked for the presentation.

53. TO RECEIVE DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST FROM MEMBERS. There were no declarations of interest from Members.

54. POLICE MATTERS. The PCSOs reported that a S.59 warrant had been served for anti-social driving as the driver had been ‘drifting’ in Concord Road. The person that threw rubbish out of his vehicle in Banks Croft had been given a £75.00 fine. They reported that they were not having any calls from a Police point of view in respect of the new Youth Shelter and on one occasion the PCSO had been able to defend the youngsters because they had been present when a complaint call had been received. The youngsters were all over 18, were drinking, but were not rowdy or have music on loud. One lad who had been causing problems at the Youth Club had been given an A.B.C. Unfortunately there had been an increase in thefts from unattended vehicles across the area, so it was recommended to be security conscious. The Barclays Bank cash machine had been skimmed again, but someone was helping the Police with their enquiries. There was a prolific burglar in the west and south of Horsham that had been arrested and was helping the Police with their enquiries.

During the period from 1st April to 25th August, 2009 in the Horsham District there had been a reduction in crime by 7.1%, vehicle crime reduced by 22.9%, criminal damage reduced by 10%. There had been an increase in burglaries up to the point when they arrested the suspect, but this had now trailed off.

Anyone witnessing any anti-social driving should report this to Operation Crackdown at www.operationcrackdown.org.

Mr. Gibbons reported that CID had been used in Water Lane recording vehicles travelling over 30 mph and one driver had remonstrated with the people with the machine. This had been reported to the Police who were taking action.

55. TO APPROVE AND SIGN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON THE 24TH JUNE, 2009. These minutes were AGREED to be a correct record of the proceedings thereat and were duly signed by the Chairman.

MATTERS ARISING :-

56. Minute No. 43 (a) Cricket and Football Club Rent Reviews. Both Clubs had queried the rent increases and had requested a meeting with certain Members. The Clubs had been advised to attend the next meeting of the Recreation and Property Committee. A letter should be sent to the Clubs noting that since the increase they had not paid any rent and this was now due.

58. TO RECEIVE AND IF APPROVED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE MEETINGS:-

(a) Recreation and Property Committee held on the 1st July, 2009. It was reported that a response had now been received from the Trustees of Cootham Hall and they would like to purchase the play equipment, therefore an invoice in the sum of £1.00 had been sent to them. These minutes were duly ADOPTED.

(b) Planning and Development Committee held on the 16th July, 2009. With regard to the possible Listing of the Old School, it was suggested contact should be made with Katherine Jeter, Conservation Officer, H.D.C.

Village Design Statement – when the draft was ready a special meeting of the Planning and Development Committee would be held to get this ready for the exhibition that would be held towards the end of September.

(c) Planning and Development Committee held on the 12th August, 2009. Laybrook Landfill Application – the proposal was for this site to be used for the disposal of commercial and industrial waste from West Sussex. However, once planning permission was given, there was nothing to prevent waste from anywhere being deposited. West Sussex already had sufficient capacity for household waste until 2012 but they had a statutory duty to find facilities where commercial and industrial waste could be put into landfill.

Mrs. Worthington-Leese reported that Storrington was one of three Councils that would be piloting the new e-consultation planning process. Therefore paper copies of plans would no longer be received. This would save HDC a great deal of money so it was pointed out at the recent meeting that it would not be fair to pass those costs onto the Parishes by having to provide equipment (laptop and projector). The trial would last for three months and HDC would be loaning this Council a laptop and projector.

59. COUNTY AND DISTRICT COUNCIL MATTERS.

Mr. Wilkinson (County Councillor) mentioned that he had had a meeting with the Chairman of Amberley Parish Council to discuss the Amberley to Storrington road (B.2193). About three years ago the idea was put forward to try and get traffic lights on Houghton Bridge in order to deter vehicles from using that route. At that time Amberley PC had objected on environmental grounds as it was felt the traffic would back up through the village causing pollution problems. This matter would be put to Amberley PC to ascertain their views. Should they think it a good idea; it would be taken forward to try to get a three-month trial.

Parking in Hawthorn Way (Mr. Mason declared an interest in that topic). Office and shop workers were parking in this road causing problems for residents. Following two meetings it had been decided to see if they could get a Traffic Regulation Order on the corner by the block of flats on east end of Hawthorn Way where people park on the bend. Cllr. Roger Arthur, Cabinet Member responsible for Off Street Parking was going to see if HDC could come up with anything.

Mr. Wilkinson had attempted to obtain an unmanned CID machine through the County Local Committee, but this had not progressed as not all Parishes were prepared to contribute. There was currently £12,500 in the Storrington Traffic S.106 fund, therefore Mr. Wilkinson asked the Council for their approval for £3,519 to be used towards this plus a contribution towards the £4,000 per annum running costs with other Parishes also contributing. It was pointed out to him that S.106 monies could only be used for capital expenditure. Mr. Wilkinson felt there would be a way round that. This could result in an unmanned CID machine being in Storrington for 12 weeks of the year. This was put to the vote: In Favour 3; Against 6; Abstentions 3.

Mr. Dawe (District Councillor) reported that the extension to Riverside Walk to the Hormare Estate would start in September. The dredging of the Mill Pond would be started shortly.

60. TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE “IMPROVING TRAFFIC IN STORRINGTON” DOCUMENT PRODUCED BY THE TRAFFIC PROJECT ACTION TEAM. This team had produced a plan (a copy of which had been distributed to all Members) and they asked for the support of the Council. Following discussion it was UNANIMOULSY AGREED :-

To fully support the Traffic Project Action Team “Improving Traffic in Storrington”.

61. ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR COUNCILLORS TO READ :-

(a) Worthing and District Alzheimer’s Society Newsletter – Mr. Jerman took this to read.

(b) Action in rural Sussex Newsletter No. 15 and 2008/9 Review Action Plan for 2009/10. Mr. Jerman took this to read.

(d) Newsletter of West Sussex Public Partnership Forum. Available in the Parish Office.

62. CLERK’S CORRESPONDENCE.

(a) Horsham District Food and Drink Festival, 5th September to 4th October, 2009. It was noticed that nowhere within this Parish was included. Mr. Dawe would try to ascertain the reason for this.

(b) Life is for Living, 2009 – Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre, 1st October, 2009 12 noon to 4.00 p.m. There were free activities from archery to yoga.

2nd September: 19:30 – 21:30 at Southwater Village Hall

3rd September: 19:30 – 21:30 at Billingshurst Village Hall

(d) Action in rural Sussex AGM and Annual Conference 6th November, 2009. This would be held in the Norfolk Pavilion, South of England Showground, Ardingly.

(h) The Council’s application to the Community Aggregates Fund was unsuccessful. There would be another round of funding opening in 2010.

(i) Horsham and District Citizens Advice Bureau 44th Annual General Meeting to be held on Monday, 7th September, 2009 from 7.30 at The Capitol Theatre, North Street, Horsham.

(j) Classical Concert: A Tale of Two Nimrods: Elgar and Shackleton, Sunday, 6th September at Knepp Castle.

63. CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ANY URGENT MATTERS. PAT testing had recently been undertaken at the Cricket and Football Pavilions and the cost was £2.65 per item. It was AGREED :-

An inventory of items that were provided by the Council should be produced. A letter should be written to the Cricket and Football Clubs advising them that as of now any items not provided by the Parish Council and covered by the rent will be charged to them.

64. REQUESTS FOR DONATIONS :-

(a) Storrington Fire Fighters seeking sponsorship to take part in the Dragon Challenge 2009.

(b) W.S.C.C. Children and Youth Peoples Services – requesting funding of £200.00. The Youth Centre at Steyning will be opening on Saturdays 12-5pm each week with entertainments and activities and they wish to run a minibus to pick up and drop off the outlying clubs.

(d) Victim Support Sussex.

All the above requests were given due consideration and following discussion Mr. Dawe Proposed the sum of £100.00 should be donated to the Storrington Fire Fighters and the sum of £50.00 donated to Victim Support Sussex and nothing for the other two items. Mr. Carter amended this and Proposed £200 for the Storrington Fire Fighters and £100 to Victim Support Sussex. Vote on the amendment: In Favour 3; Against 6. Motion Lost. Vote on initial proposal: UNANIMOUSLY AGREED :-

To donate £100.00 to the Storrington Fire Fighters and £50.00 to Victim Support Sussex.

65. To Consider Invitation from BT to Adopt our Local Red Telephone Kiosks. Following discussion it was AGREED :-

Not to adopt the two red telephone kiosks in this Parish.

66. To Consider Subscribing to the Direct Information Service. Following discussion it was AGREED :-

Not to subscribe.

67. To Consider the Report from the Internal Auditor. The Internal Auditor had reported that he had carried out the internal audit for the financial year ended 31st March, 2009 in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 of the Annual Return for Audit. He had undertaken detailed substantive and compliance testing of the Council’s financial and accounting systems to ensure that procedures and controls were adequate. He had also checked and agreed the entries in Section 1 of the Council’s annual audit return for the year end, inspected the Council’s risk assessment, insurance policy and asset register and enquired into the preparation and monitoring of the annual budget. Matters arising had been discussed with the staff who were thanked for maintaining the accounts and other records so efficiently and in such good order.

68. 2009 N.A.L.C. Awards for Local Councils. NALC had re-launched its Local Council Awards and the categories were :-

· Council of the Year

· Clerk of the Year

· Councillor of the Year

· Council Worker of the Year

· Much improved Council of the Year.

Following discussion it was suggested that Cllr Mrs. L. Wheatley should be nominated as Councillor of the Year. A body of evidence would be required.

69. Bank Reconciliations for June and July. These were duly NOTED.

70. Accounts to be Paid in the sum of £59,680.90 plus V.A.T. were duly AGREED. An invoice should be submitted to Storrington Allotment Growers Association for half the amount of the Southern Water invoice in respect of Amberley Road.

71. Adjournment – No maters were raised.

72. Date of Next Meeting Wednesday, 30th September, 2009.

73. Name of Skylight Room. Mr. Macey stated that next month was the 25th anniversary of when the Parish Hall was built and he felt this would be the right time to change the name of the Skylight Room. He felt that an appropriate name would be the England Room bearing in mind that the local Downs were the birth place of gliding and the pilot’s name was Mr. England. The name of the Hall also caused confusion to people, so perhaps this should be changed to The Parish Hall, Storrington & Sullington Parish Council. Therefore, Members should give these matters thought ready for the next meeting.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.30 p.m.