Arkendale, Coneythorpe & Clareton Parish Council Parish Councillors  [as of 1 December 2009] Peter Topham (Chairman)    Sarah Shipman    Peter Houseman    Amanda Cuthbert    David Smith    Financial Officer / Parish Clerk Mrs Zillah Hopps  01423 331723

Minutes & Agendas PC Agenda 26th July 2010 PC Minutes 18th May 2010 PC Minutes 16th February 2010 Next Meeting 26th July 2010 PUBLICATIONS LIST FUTURE MEETINGS Documents are in PDF format

Coun John Watson (NYCC) gave an update on the issue of the waste incinerator at Allerton Park Quarry. There will be an announcement of the preferred bidder in the first week of June, followed by debates at NYCC and HBC, all the usual planning stages and then possibly a judicial review.

This will be a £1billion contract, and if it goes ahead it will process 450,000 tonnes of domestic waste each year from all over North Yorkshire, via sorting, anaerobic digestion and incineration.

Alternative suggestions for waste disposal were also discussed. The Parish Council will be kept informed of developments at each stage of the planning as the quarry falls within our parish.

Gavin Holman, who is responsible for the Arkendale website, confirmed that all minutes of Parish Council meetings from many years ago are now available on a CD, with extracts on the website, and people are very welcome to contact him via the website if they are interested in reading any of these.

Requests were made to look into the following:- a replacement Neighbourhood Watch sign on Shortshill Lane, new village signs perhaps using old millstones, and for overhead electric cables to be put underground. Concern was also expressed about the lack of fast broadband in the village.

The chairman of the Parish Council then asked for suggestions for projects for a new 'participatory budgeting' fund of up to £2,000; all suggestions need to be given to the Parish Councillors before June 30 after which a special meeting will be held to discuss how best to proceed.

The next Annual Parish Meeting was confirmed for Tuesday, May 10, 2011 and the meeting closed at 8.50pm after which the annual meeting of the Council was held.

Peter Topham was elected as chairman and he will also be the Village Hall Representative; Dave Smith was elected as Vice-Chairman and he will represent the Council at the Police Liaison Group. The accounts and statements of balances for the past financial year were approved.

The next meeting will be held on Monday, September 20 at 7.30pm and all residents are very welcome to attend.