Council Meeting, 1 October 2013

HELMDON PARISH COUNCIL
All Councillors are summoned to an
Extra Ordinary Meeting of Helmdon Parish Council to be held in the Reading Room, Church Street, Helmdon on Tuesday 1st October 2013 commencing at 7.30 pm.
Members of the public and Press are invited to attend and to participate in the Open Forum
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interest
3. Open Forum
4. Finance a) To consider a request from HSGWAG for a donation of £4000 towards Wind Farm Inquiry costs b) If resolved to support the request, to consider the budgetary heading for the expense c) To approve a cheque for any amount resolved under 4) a) and b) above.
Signed _______________________
Dated________________________
Liz Hart, Parish Clerk
[address removed]

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HELMDON PARISH COUNCIL
Draft Minutes of the Extra Ordinary meeting of Helmdon Parish Council held on
Tuesday 1st October 2013 in the Reading Room, Church Street, Helmdon at 7:30pm
Present: Councillors Burns, Barnes, England, Moody, Garner, Adhemar, Duncombe
Four members of the public were present.
Action
1 Apologies for Absence
Cllrs Coatsworth and Simpson had sent apologies; these were accepted by the meeting.
2 Declarations of Interest
No declarations made.
3 Open Forum
Keith Jones, Chair of HSGWAG clarified that the group needs additional funds to provide expert witnesses at the inquiry into Broadview Energy Limited’s application to construct 5 wind turbines near Helmdon.
4 Finance a) To consider a request from HSGWAG for a donation of £4000 towards Wind Farm
Inquiry costs
It was noted that there is a substantial majority of the parishioners who are opposed to the application and that the Parish Council had previously objected to it.
It was resolved that the Parish Council approve a donation of £3,800 to HSGWAG with the following conditions:
•The entire sum to be used towards the services of Mike Muston, Planning Consultant for the forthcoming public inquiry.
•In the event of the whole or part of the sum not being required for this purpose, that sum to be returned to Helmdon Parish Council from HSGWAG.
b) If resolved to support the request, to consider the budgetary heading for the expense
It was resolved that the donation would be listed under s137 of the budget.
c) To approve a cheque for any amount resolved under 4) a) and b) above.
It was resolved to raise a cheque payable to HSGWAG for £3,800 (number 500363)
The meeting closed at 7:48 pm
Clerk