St Agnes Parish Council Parish Clerk: Lee Dunkley BA (Hons), MPhil, FSLCC Parish Rooms, 17 Vicarage Road St Agnes, TR5 0TL

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Parish of St Agnes Annual Meeting – 29th April 2019 Minutes of the meeting, as above, held in the Parish Rooms, 17, Vicarage Road, St Agnes TR5 0TL at 18:30. In attendance: Cllr Clark (Chair); C Callaway, Officer; 35 members of the public. ------1. Approval of Annual Parish Meeting minutes: 12th April 2018 The Minutes were proposed and seconded and carried by a majority.

2. Report: Parish Council Chair The Chair read out her report which included information on devolution of services and assets from , an overview of community and civic events in the parish, and the challenges facing the Parish Council. The Chair also extended thanks to staff, Cornwall Council Officers and Parish Councillors for their hard work over the past year and warmly welcomed new staff to the Parish Council team.

3. Report: Parish Council End of Year accounts (provisional – subject to audit) The accounts were noted in lieu of final auditor approval. Total expenditure was £257,700 and total income was £346,079.

4. Report: Cornwall Councillors and other Community Groups Cornwall Councillor P Mitchell read out his report which included: information on the new cycle way; devolved services update and noted his thanks to the Clerk for his hard work towards the successful transfer of these services; the Transport Working Group’s key focusses and that Traffic Regulation Orders were being progressed; thanks were noted to the NDP group. A Ley, Manager of St Agnes Library, gave thanks to the Parish Council on behalf of himself and his team for the successful library transfer. D Rodda spoke on the current Parish Youth Worker project. R Radcliffe, Chairman of St Agnes Museum, gave an overview of events at the Museum and explained that grant aid had been received for an exciting new virtual reality tool. J Crossland spoke on behalf of the Goonown Playing Field group and advised that grant funding had been sought for new play equipment and toilet facilities. Fundraising events were planned. D Murrish wished to thank the Parish Council for their grant donation made to the Christmas Lights Committee for the purchase of LED bulbs. J Barrow gave thanks to the Parish Council on behalf of the Porthtowan Beach group for their help in retaining the beach’s Blue Flag status. B Forbes gave sincere thanks to Cllr Jinny Clark for her leadership of the Parish Council over the past four years.

5. Presentation by C Benney: The Railway in St Agnes Parish As above, an extensive presentation was given on the history of the Perranporth to railway line, from its original construction/opening in 1903, the train route, through to the line’s removal and how it looks today.

6. Refreshments were served and this was an opportunity for parishioners to discuss any local issues they had. No issues noted.

Meeting closed at 20:30. Signed ……………………………. Date…………………………………..