BROOMFIELD AND KINGSWOOD PARISH COUNCIL

Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council

Notice of Meeting of the Parish Council

To: All Councillors

Dear Sir or Madam,

I hereby give you notice that a Meeting of the Broomfield and Kingswood Parish Council will be held at Kingswood Village Hall on Monday 7^th July 2008 commencing 7.30pm.

Dated this 26^th day of June 2008. Signed: Susan M Wotton Parish Clerk

Note: Public questions will be taken before the start of the Meeting. Questions will be limited to fifteen minutes in total and one minute per speaker

A G E N D A

Apologies for Absence

1. Personal & Prejudicial Interests

2. Minutes of the Finance & General Purposes Meeting held 20^th May 2008 and Matters Arising

3. Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held 2^nd June 2008 and Matters Arising

4. Minutes of the Planning Meeting held on 12^th June 2008 and Matters Arising

5. Policing

(i) Police Report and Crime Figures 1^st – 30^th June 2008

(ii) Neighbourhood Watch - Cllr Bowker

6. Maidstone Borough Council - Ward Cllr Peter Parvin

7. Planning - Clerk

Applications:

(i) MA/08/0868 – The Apiary Business Park, Gravelly Bottom Road, Kingswood – full planning permission for the erection of a new building to house and operate a bio-mass electricity plant

Above (i) – (iv) for ratification of decisions at Planning Meeting held 12^th June 2008, see Agenda Item 3.

Other:

(i) MBC Planning Enforcement – Report meeting at Yalding PC 30^th June - Cllr Evans

(ii) MBC Planning Applications plan reproduction facility - Clerk

8. Finances and Finance Officer’s Report – RFO

(i) Invoices for payment

Clerk - Work/mileage & room expenses 20 May - 20 June ‘08 536.13

Clerk - Expenses 8.80

Clerk – Pensioners’ Trop 25/6, entry to Amberely Museum 357.70

Ass Clerk/RFO - work/mileage & room expenses 20 May - 20 June ‘08 422.89

HMRC – Clerks’ PAYE & Employer’s NI 150.93

M. Cuerden – final work / supply Parish Council PC 41.00

Graphic DeSign – Twinning Group banner* 69.95

Paul Waring – Spraying Sports Field – weed killer 236.29

(ii) Payments for ratification £

Viking Direct – Stationery & supplies 136.39 417

Graphic DeSign – IT support, repairs dog signs, install litter signs 120.00 418

Kenwood Trust – donation 50.00 419

KALC – Chairman’s Training Day 70.50 420

G. Gosden – re: KM Legal Notice – Tall Trees change of use 511.36 421

(iii) Other £

Bank reconciliation – May 2008

Concurrent Functions – BACS payment received 20/06/08 5035.00

Concurrent Functions - MBC

Clerk / Assistant Clerk – review expenses & details of breakdown of payment - Clerk

Clerk’s holiday pay, 07/08 – Cllr Evans

9. Affordable Housing - Clerk

(i) Working Group meeting

(ii) Size of Scheme

(iii) Cllr Fitzpatrick - vetting of tenants

10. Tall Trees Play Area – Clerk

(i) Signing of the Lease

(ii) Financing of the dividing fence

(iii) Land clearance by P Tweddell

(iv) Removal / sale / disposal of entrance gates

11. Kent International Gateway – Cllr Hoy

12. KALC Maidstone Area Committee

(i) Report meeting 23^rd June – Cllr Evans

13. Recreation & Sports Field

(i) Quote for additional seating, Glasdons – Cllr Coleman

(ii) Funding for additional seating from Cllr Parvin – Cllr Coleman

(ii) Quotes for repairs to car park area – Cllr Coleman

(iii) Insecurity internal gate – Cllr Coleman

(iv) The Star Football Club enquiry – Clerk

14. Roads - Clerk

15. Twinning – Cllr Coleman

(i) Funding

(ii) Banner*

16. Kingswood Sign – Village Hall - Clerk

17. Broomfield Notice Board - Cllr Evans

18. Pensioners’ Outing, 25^th June – Cllr Coleman

19. Correspondence File - Clerk

(i) Medway Valley Countryside Partnership – Annual Report 2007/8

(ii) Parish Councils & Policing Forum – 17^th July

20. Items for next Meeting’s Agenda

21. Any Other Business

22. Parish Council Meetings / August Meeting

The date of the next Meeting of the Parish Council will be decided at this Meeting – see Item 21 above.