ISSUE 16 Linda Thompson Que Sera, North Street, Flixton YO11 3UA Tele/Fax 01723 892162 [email protected] Please see notice board at top of North Street. Parish Council Meetings are held every first Tuesday in the month unless otherwise stated in the minutes displayed in the 4 Village FOLKTON AND FLIXTON Y.C.A. Noticeboards :- Outside the Village Hall, Programme For 2011 Meeting are on 1st Tuesday in each Top of North Street month.You don’t need to be a By post box on A 1039 member. ALL ARE WELCOME. Main Street Folkton The first 15 minutes is an OPEN MEETING which November 1st SLIDESHOW BY R. CHILD- anyone can come to then the Council set about BOOKED FEE. the business on the Agenda. December 6th. WREATHES AND GARLANDS Parishioners are welcome to stay but can play no further part in the proceedings. If you ROANNE NURSERY. would like to view items on the agenda they are available in the Village Hall on the THIS YEARS CHRISTMAS SUPPER IS ON Saturday prior to the meeting 10:30-11:30 Your Parish Councillors are:- Chairman Mr.M Brown 01723890516 25TH.NOVEMBER Vice Chairman Mr.B.Found 01723891256 Mr. T.Cresswell 01723890752 Mr.A. Bower 01723890101 IN THE VILLAGE HALL STARTING AT 7:00P.M. Mr.C. Hodgson 01723859000 THE DECK DENE SINGERS WILL BE ENTERTAIN- Mr.K.Robinson 01723890731 Mrs. J.Carroll 01723891548 ING US. TICKETS ARE £7:50 EACH AND ARE Mrs L.Thompson 01723892162 AVAILABLE FROM ANY Y.C.A. MEMBERTELE Mr. T. Moxlow 01723891236 Parish Clerk Mr.C.Adnitt 01723513949 LINDA THOMPSON 01723892162. The N.Y.C.C. Councillor is Mr. J. Blackburn The S.B.C. Councillors are :-Mr.G.Allanson Mr. N. Harvey. COUNTY COUNCILLOR JOHN BLACKBURN WRITE Since I wrote my last article for the Parish News, my life has taken on a major change. As many of you will know I have been elected to the position of Mayor of The Borough of Scar- borough and this is indeed a great honour. There has been a Mayor of Scarborough since 1836. He/She is the first citizen of the Borough, the Queens representative in the Borough and the Chairman of the Council. I am delighted that this year the Mayor is a resident of the Southern Area of the Borough, and as the County Councillor for the Hertford & Cayton Division I hope to be able to attend at least one official function in each village. I will of course continue to represent Folkton and Flixton as your County Councillor. There is no doubt that being Mayor takes over your life. The Mayor acts as an ambassador for the area, working to promote the Borough within and outside the area. Thus having both a democratic and ceremonial role to perform in the Council and the Borough. Vital to Any Mayor is the support of the Mayores or Consort and my wife Jackie and I will have attended over 150 engage- ments by the time you receive this Parish News. We do not choose were we go, we go were we are requested, but we enjoy the experience of meeting lots of people at many varied events.The Mayoress' also has the responsibility of Chairing her community fund which raises money for many local organi- sations during the year. As I have already said our engagements are many and varied, and it is not always the high profile events that we enjoy the most. I particularly enjoy visiting schools as Mayor and also showing some of them around the Town Hall. I am particularly looking forward to hosting the children from Hunmanby School gardening club, following their success as the top mvbn school in Yorkshire in Bloom. Our first engagement was the 80th anniversary of the miniature railway and I particularly enjoyed performing the opening ceremony at the smallest pub in Yorkshire by pulling the first pint and drinking it. Armed Forces Day was a very memorable occasion as was our visit to the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Every Mayor is expected to have a theme for his or her year and this year I have chosen to have two, those being Sport and Happiness. With regard to sport, I am keen to see improved facilities were necessary throughout the Borough. Naturally I am keen to see progress with the new sports vil- lage and in particular the new football stadium. I recently visited the KC stadium in Hull, together with officers from the council and directors of Scarborough Athletic football club. The object of the visit was to learn how the council, the foot- ball club and rugby league club had worked together on their project, and I was particularly keen to learn more about their hybrid pitch, which in my opinion is just what we need in our new stadium I have received a request for a running track and I have already made enquiries regarding land and fund- ing for such a venture. It is my opinion that facilities for ath- letics are lacking in Scarborough. I have also visited the swimming pool to discuss our plans for a new pool in Scar- borough. I am keen to meet with anybody who wishes to dis- cuss the provision of sports facilities in the Borough. Being Mayor and Mayor’s is hard work, but it is enjoyable. People are always pleased to see us, and in my opinion it is vital to bring a little happiness into people lives. Yes being Mayor has a serious side to it but if we can have a laugh with the many people we meet it is so much more rewarding. Well that is it for now. 5 months down and 7 to go, many more engagements, lots more people to meet and functions to per- form, I cant wait. Around the various Committees briefly {only one to report on] Southern Parish Cluster Minutes Present: - Councillors- Cayton - John Blackburn (Chairman) & Roberta Swiers Muston - Godfrey Allanson & Brian Stevenson Filey – Tony Willis Osgodby - Peter Southward & Eileen Vickers Folkton - Jill Carroll & Linda Thompson Reighton & Speeton Linda Wilson Hunmanby – Philip Todd & Harvey Stockdale Also present were: - Jo Ireland (Regeneration & Planning Services) & Ian Anderson (Head of Legal & Support Services) Scarborough Borough Council; Councillor Simon Green (Cayton Ward); Michelle Donohoe-Moncrieff Chair Hunmanby Parish Council ; Clerk to the Cluster Helen Carter & one mem- ber of the public. Prior to the start of the meeting John Blackburn welcomed Tony Willis, Harvey Stockdale, Brian Ste- venson & Simon Green to their first meeting. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN for 2011/12 Councillor Blackburn was nominated by Eileen Vickers & seconded by Roberta Swiers. There being no other nominations John Blackburn was elected chair- man. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN for 2011/12 Councillor Allanson was nominated by John Black- burn & seconded by Roberta Swiers. There being no other nominations Godfrey Allanson was elected the vice-chairman. APOLOGIES had been received from – Candida Kirby &Tricia Peake - Reighton & Speeton; Diane Glanvill - Filey; Councillor Mike Cockerill; Councillor Sam Cross & NY Police. POLICE REPORT was circulated at the meeting. Members discussed the breakdown of the figures in that village crimes are included with those that happen at the camps & separate figures would give a better indication of what is happening in each village. The clerk is to contact the police to request separate figures on future reports. LT advised the information in the Flixton paragraph was incorrect; the 2 flower display tubs had been taken from the bus shelter not a garden. This to be mentioned to the police. The police had been seen in Cayton using the speed gun; EV requested that a session is arranged with Osgodby members, the clerk will ask the police. A copy of the police report is at- tached. MATTERS ARISING from the minutes of the last meeting:- Maintenance & Caretaking Survey members were reminded their Parish Councils need to com- plete this & return it to Jo Ireland by 30/6. The clerk will remind the clerks by email. CONSTITUTION & GOVERNANCE Ian briefed members on the present position. The documents have been referred to YLCA & they in turn have referred them to NALC. YLCA have spoken with him & they are supportive of the cluster & what it is doing but had reservations about the wording of the draft constitution & agreement - terms of reference may be used instead of constitution. The re- sponse will be made to the cluster clerk & to each individual council as it is they that are members. Folkton membership of YLCA has lapsed & they presently do not have a clerk, any response is to be sent to Linda Thompson by the clerk. AREA COMMITTEE GRANT/OPTIONS FOR FUNDING Jo requested that the paper discussed at our last meeting was taken back to each Parish Council for discussion by their members. The parish views will then be discussed at our August meeting. Jo went onto discuss the Community, Environment & Economy Development Plan documents (Filey & the Southern Parishes) which have been circulated to all clerks. Exhibitions are being arranged & the consultation commenced on 10th June for 6 weeks. It is important these are discussed at parish level & she is to arrange for several copies to be made available to each parish in order that they can be distributed to individual members. Tied in is the updating of Parish Plans; if any parish needs assistance to do this contact they can contact Jo or Matthew Joseph & involve forward planning. CLUSTER FINANCE the clerk reported:- Financial year end 31st March 2011 - end of year figures were circulated. Income £1,967.62 expen- diture £350.57. Balance held £9,623.62.