A meeting is taking place next week which provides an opportunity for local residents and organisations to learn what Alderley Edge Parish Council has been doing on their behalf for the past year.
The Annual Parish Meeting is not a council meeting, but a meeting of the residents of the village, and is intended to enable residents to put forward questions and express their views about issues affecting Alderley Edge which are important to them.
The meeting is being held prior to the normal monthly meetings of Alderley Edge Parish Council at the Festival Hall on Monday, 13th May, rather than as a standalone meeting such as those held in Wilmslow and Knutsford last month.
The Parish Council has set aside 45 minutes for the Annual Parish Meeting which will commence at 6.30pm with a report from Cllr Mike Williamson, Chairman of Alderley Edge Parish Council.
Below is the agenda for the Alderley Edge Annual Parish Meeting, which will be followed by the Annual Parish Council Meeting, and monthly meetings of the Parish Council, General Purposes Committee and Plans Committee.
- Apologies for Absence.
- Minutes of the Annual Parish meeting of 14th May 2012.
- Parish Council Chairman's Report.
- Report from the Chairman of the Parish Council Finance Committee.
- Report from the Chairman of the Parish Council Plans Committee.
- Report from a trustee of The Alderley Edge Institute Trust.
- Reports from Cheshire East Council councillors.
- Contributions from other persons present.
- Public Participation – A period will be made available for the public to ask questions or submit comments.
Agenda for the rest of the Parish Council meetings scheduled to take place on Monday, 13th May, can be downloaded here.
Comments
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It starts at 6.30 with a report from Cllr Mike Williamson (how long will that take I wonder) and will be over by 7.15pm. The Parish Council will then have their meeting - and on the agenda is
the minutes of last years APM - so we are a year behind in finding out if things have been
acted on. Why cant things be reviewed monthly?
Last year's was a complete shambles with the councillors sitting with their backs to the public!
subjects raised a year ago. Maybe more time could be spent addressing the litter problem and the awful state of most roads - how come Chapel Road got resurfaced when others just get
potholes filled with tarmac which just breaks down in a matter of weeks - recreating the problem?
2. Ann: how else can an annual meeting be held except once a year and looking back at the year? Mike intends to keep his report as short as possible. We have just reclaimed the 3-wheeled road cleaning vehicle from C.E., so it will be out and about soon' thus the litter problem may be eased. You are so right about the minutes; they are available on both the PC's web site and here on alderleyedge.com.
3.Margaret; given the layout of the council chamber, it is inevitable that some of the councillors don't face the public... so this year the meeting is to be held in the main hall... the councillors may well be seated above the public but that's not for any reason other that we can see and be seen and hear and be heard.
4. Claire; I too hope the public will make its view/s heard... hopefully it won't be the same people saying the same things that have been said oft before; but that's up to the public.If I have to do a report on the park and the cemetery, rest assured it will be short and sweet... unless people wish to ask me questions on those topics of course.
There is no need for all the Committee Chairmen to give reports. One concise all embracing report from the Council Chairman should suffice. This is the public's meeting and they can ask for expansion or clarification on any point.
Have you thought about the accoustics in the Hall? Why not have the meeting on the stage. The Old Police Committee used it to great satisfaction.