General Purposes Committee
14 GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE Minutes of General Purposes Committee held in Ty Nant, Nant Hall Road, Prestatyn on Wednesday 3rd June 2009 at 6.15pm- 7.40pm. PRESENT Councillors: S. Frobisher (Chairman), G. Frobisher, M. Eckersley, G. Green, P. Duffy, M. German, I. German, A. Pennington, G. Jones, J. Morris, J. Davies, J. Thompson-Hill, A. Sampson, L. Muraca. IN ATTENDANCE Mr N. Acott – Town Clerk/Financial Officer, Mrs L. Hewitt – Committee Support Assistant, Mr T. Brown – Internal Auditor, Wendy McGuin – Youth Worker, Denbighshire County Council , plus representatives of Prestatyn Youth Forum. APOLOGIES Councillors: A. Horobin, G. Percival, P. Curtis Staff : Ms S. Edwards, Ms D. Hughes. 20 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SESSION Councillors were reminded this was a discretionary fifteen minute open session allowing local residents to address them directly prior to commencement of meeting. a) Scala Cinema and Arts Facility – local resident had obtained details of build costs and revenue support grant following a freedom of information request to Denbighshire County Council. An earlier verbal request to Prestatyn Town Council had not been answered satisfactorily and reference made to confidential information. The resident was informed Denbighshire County Council were the responsible body to deal with such requests and information provided by County was compiled following recent completion of construction works. ACTION Town Clerk/Financial Officer to send letter to resident detailing Council’s contribution of twenty thousand pounds and later £1.08 million to Denbighshire County Council. b) Prestatyn Youth Forum – Councillors welcomed Wendy McGuin together with four representatives of Youth Forum. Following previous visit to Council a trip had been arranged for youths to view CCTV control room and youngsters had indicated they found this both interesting and reassuring.
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