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The Village News February 2018 Covering Farlam, Milton, Kirkhouse, Forest Head, Hallbankgate, Coal Fell, Tindale and Midgeholme February 2018 Happy new year, welCome to the first edition of 2018. January was Certainly a little cold and wintery, and the long-term weather forecast is predicting a snowy start to February. Next month you will notiCe a new look to the advertising page(s), as it’s being given a Centre spread double page revamp. If any businesses would like to advertise in the village news please do get in touCh, its £25 for the year. We can also offer a one off full page advert with a photo for £20. We print approximately 400 Copies of the village news each month, 10 months of the year. As a reader if you do use any of the services the you see in here, please do mention that you found their details in the village news. My ContaCt email for anything to do with the newsletter is, [email protected] *** Hallbankgate WI This one for the ladies (sorry fella’s). Have you thought of joining our village WI? We meet on the 4th Thursday of every month at 7.30 pm, in the village hall (with exception of January where we meet in the pub). We have lots of interesting speakers throughout the year and are often invited to visit other loCal WI’s thought out the year. We are a friendly bunch, and you will be given a warm welcome. Our suppers are deliCious, as we all bring a little something along whether it’s a packet of Crisps or sCrumptious homemade Cakes or quiChe, I Can promise you won’t leave hungry! If you would like further information, please get in touCh via [email protected] or phone or message me on 07868740224 ! Can$you$help$–$Volunteers$needed! The!Hub!is!reliant!on!volunteers!to!ensure!that!it!continues!to!flourish!as!a! comminuity!enterprise.!Our!core!business!of!the!shop!and!cafe!is!growing! month!by!month.!But!we!still!need!more!volunteers!to!help!us!realise!our!full! potential.!Do!you!have!a!few!hours!to!spare!each!week?! We!need!help!in!the!shop!and!our!café!and!!are!looking!for!friendly,!reliable,! enthusiastic!people!who!want!to!develop!new!skills,!meet!new!people!and!get! involved!in!a!community!resource.!! Is!this!you?! Then!see!the!Volunteer!section!on!our!website:!www.hallbankgatehub.org;! contact!Claire!Skeates!–[email protected]!or!pop!in!and!see!us.!! Hallbankgate!Hub,!Hallbankgate,!CA8!2NJ! ! ****! Police!Community!Support!Officer!–!(PCSO)! Amy!Lambert!is!the!PCSO!for!this!area!and!can!be!contacted!on! 101!–!option!2!–[email protected]!! Amy!will!be!holding!a!surgery!in!the!Hallbankgate!Hub!sometime!in!March,! (date!to!be!confirmed!in!next!months!issue!of!the!Village!News)!Do!feel!free!to! phone!or!email!should!you!need!her!before!then.! Please!remember!IN!AN!EMERGENCY!ALWAYS!DIAL!999! ! This is your HUB., and as with the shop itself, the Library Link will only continue IF it is used a lot, and by many people. If you are like me, and use books as a way of un-winding and relaxing, the library link is loCal and easy to use. It means that here is no need to use money in order to fuel the Car in order to get into Carlisle and baCk, or even set out to get a bus (odd and poor service times don’t help here either), so just do some shopping at the 1 year old HUB, and please take out a book or two while there. If you don’t have a library Card already, it is very easy to join (forms are available to complete, simply requiring your address and phone number. These will be dealt with by the librarian from Carlisle, Fiona Blake, and a new Card will be put in the post top you). Books are ideal if you know anyone under 8 or so, every Child loves listening to a story. And if you are a Carer, stories are ideal here too. I use short stories to read to a house-bound friend. They Can trigger Conversation on many topiCs, and enCourage forgotten memories. Putting the kettle on helps as well ! So please Come along to the Hub, take out a book and use the wonderful cafe to sit and read it. The more people who use the Library Link the better, as the usual term applies “use it or lose it”. And also to the Cafe and Hub itself. Maybe we Could set up a ‘reading Club’. If anyone is interested in trying something like this , please leave suggestions along with your name and phone number on a pieCe of paper plaCed in the box under the table with the Computer, with the title ‘Reading Club’. What do you think ? Many thanks, Anne RadCliffe ! 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Bowles (Chairman) (in the Chair) Councillor C. Marsh Councillor S. Dalton Councillor R. Hinton Councillor A. Shaw IN ATTENDANCE – Clerk ALSO ATTENDING – Councillor S. Bowman, Carlisle City Council 39/17 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE RESOLVED to note that apologies for absence were received from:- Councillor A. Murray (hols) and C. Raine (work) 40/17 REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATION RESOLVED to note that no requests for dispensation were received. 41/17 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST RESOLVED to note that there were no declarations of interest. 42/17 MINUTES 42/17.1 Minute of the Meeting held on 12th July 2017 was submitted. RESOLVED to authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting held on 12th July 2017, confirmed as a true and accurate record. 43/17 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 – RESIGNATION It was reported that Mrs. A. Radcliffe had resigned from membership of the Parish Council. The statutory advertisement was given to Councillor Shaw to be displayed on local noticeboards and the City Council’s Monitoring Officer would be informed by the Clerk. Councillor Bowles expressed concern at the low number of members and that sometimes it was difficult to be quorate. RESOLVED to note the resignation and that members would give some thought as to how to attract new members. 44/17 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RESOLVED to note that there were no members of the public present. 45/17 REPRESENTATIVES' REPORTS RESOLVED to note that there were no representative’s reports. 46/17 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING APPLICATIONS Applications for planning consent were considered. RESOLVED to advise the appropriate Planning Authority of the Council’s comment as follows:- 46/17.1 LAND ADJACENT BRAEMAR, HALLBANKGATE (17/0762) – Erection of 1 bungalow. No observations. 47/17 FINANCIAL MATTERS 47/17.1 BANK RECONCILIATION to 14.08.17 There was submitted a report by the Clerk on the reconciliation of the Council’s financial records with its bank account statements. RESOLVED to receive and note the bank reconciliation and balance of the HSBC Account to 14th August 2017 of £4,893.56. 47/17.2 EXPENDITURE TO APPROVE RESOLVED to authorise the following expenditure for payment:- ● £330.32 A. Riddell – net wage to 30.09.17 ● £165.20 HMR&C – PAYE ● £183.57 P Bell Services – grass cutting ● £50.00 Joanne Batey – Internal audit ● £120.00 BDO Stoy Hayward – External audit ● £35.00 CALC – member training 47/17.3 INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT The internal Auditor’s report for the Accounts for the year ending March 2017 was submitted RESOLVED to note the report and that no issues had been raised. 47/17.4 EXTERNAL AUDITOR’S CERTIFICATE & OPINION The external Auditor’s certificate and opinion for the Accounts for the year ending March 2017 was submitted. RESOLVED to note the certificate and opinion and that no issues were raised. 48/17 HALLBANKGATE HUB RESOLVED to note an update on Hallbankgate Hub from Councillor Bowles which included the following points:- ● Official opening on Saturday 16th September 2017 ● Not quite achieved break-even point yet ● Lots of positive comments and remarks have been received 49/17 PLAY AREA Councillor Hinton reported that since the resignation of Mrs.