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Minutes of the Meeting of Brickhill Parish Council held on Thursday 3 November 2016 at St Mark’s Church & Community Centre, Calder Rise, Bedford commencing at 7.30pm

Present: Cllrs, Fitzpatrick, Blakeman, Johns, Bailes, Carter, Holloway, Bowler, Retout, Reeve, Charles Royden and Corinne Royden, the Clerk (Sue Bottoms) and two
members of the public were in attendance.
Absent: Cllrs Rider and Ward.

1. Apologies for Absence: Cllrs Rider and Ward sent their apologies. It was resolved to accept these.

2. Declarations of interest in items on the agenda
i) To receive written requests for a dispensation: none received.

ii) To consider any requests for a dispensation: Cllr Charles Royden declared an interest in items 14 and 15 on the agenda.

3. To note election of James Cross: Cllr Cross was welcomed onto the parish council. The Clerk confirmed that he had signed the Declaration of Cllr Cross
Acceptance of Office. It was resolved that he would join the Planning Committee and would contact Cllr Blakeman for further information.

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4. Minutes of the Previous Meeting: It was resolved to make a small amendment to the minutes of 6 October 2016. These would then be re- Clerk
issued and approved at the January meeting.

5. Public Open Session (15 mins):
St Thomas More Travel Plan: the resident present said that he was very much in support of the decision of the parish council at the October
meeting to write to the school, the Borough Council and the police to seek a co-ordinated response. He confirmed that he had met with the
Clerk, Mrs Bottoms and had raised some points for inclusion in those letters. He thanked the parish council for raising the issue of the Travel
Plan with the Planning Department of the Borough Council in December 2013 and was pleased to hear that the school had been offered Stage 3
cycle training. It was important that the school was encouraged to take this offer up. He asked that the travel plan be placed on the January
agenda.

6. To consider a Treasury Management Policy: Cllr Fitzpatrick explained that the reason he was proposing adoption of this policy was to regularise Clerk
the approach of the parish council to investment of funds and should the need arise in the future to that of borrowing. This policy would be
reviewed each year by the Finance Advisory Group and they would make any recommendations to the parish council for any changes proposed.
Following discussion, it was resolved to adopt this policy and for the Clerk to put it on the website.

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