GENERAL MEETING

 

The MINUTES of the GENERAL MEETING held in the Board Room, Town Hall, Derby Road, Peel on Thursday 25th May 2006 at 7.00 p.m.

 

Present:                        Mr. D J Lace (Chairman)

                                    Mr. T M Crookall

                                    Mr. R M Gimbert

                                    J E Lightfoot

                                    Ms. P Hardman

                                    Mrs. C A Moughtin

                                    Mrs. P Pugh

                                    Mrs. P S Sweeney

                                   

Apologies                     Mrs. T M Birkett

                                   

In attendance                Miss P L Bampton (Finance Officer)

                                                                                                                      

MINUTES                      06/020                The Minutes of the meeting held on 20th April 2006 were taken as read and CONFIRMED.

 

WARD LIBRARY          06/021                Reference was made back to Minute 05/468 regarding the setting up of a committee to organise the Ward Library celebrations Mr. Lightfoot suggested that a date should be set as soon as possible as time was running out.  The Commissioners AGREED to set one in due course.

 

MEA STREET                06/022                Reference was made back to Minute 05/471

LIGHTING                                                regarding the repairs to the street lighting in Peel which are currently being carried out by Manx Electricity Authority on the Commissioners behalf.  The Finance Officer reported that the Commissioners had received a response to the Town Clerk’s letter that morning Thursday 25th May 2006 in which the Manx Electricity Authority stated that it would not be cost effective to send their workers to Peel every time someone reported a street light that was not working.  Mr. Crookall asked if a copy of the Manx Electricity Authority letter could be brought to the next meeting.

 

BUS HOPPER                06/023                Reference was made back to Minute 05/473

SERVICE                                                  about providing a bus hopper service for the residence of Peel Mr. Lightfoot suggested that a meeting be set up with Mr. Maule to see what progress had been made with regards to this issue.  AGREED

 

KART RACING             06/024                Members requested that a meeting be set up with Mr. Hammond regarding this years Kart Races which were supposed to be taking place in Peel on 19th – 22nd July 2006.  The Commissioners had heard rumours that this years kart event was not going ahead due to lack of entrants.  It was AGREED that a meeting needed to be set up as soon as possible to confirm that current situation.

 

WESTERN CIVIC         06/025                Members studied a plan of the Western Civic

AMENITY SITE                                       Amenity Site provided by the Clerk to the site Mrs. C Faid, Mr. Gimbert also gave Members a copy of the Minutes of the meeting he had recently attended in his role as the Commissioners elected representative of the Western Civic Amenity site Committee.  The Commissioners were of the opinion that to have a new site that anyone island-wide could use would not be cost effective due to the increased man power that would be needed to run a larger site.  Members agreed that this matter should be discussed in greater detail at a future meeting.

 

DRAINS                         06/026                Mr. Gimbert requested that a letter be sent to the Department of Transport, Drainage Division regarding a street by street cleaning schedule of all the drains in Peel.  He had noticed that a number of the drains had become blocked and if the Department of Transport were to clean all the drains through a regular maintenance programme it was felt that it would stop the problem from occurring.  AGREED.

 

PARKING                      06/027                The Board were disappointed by the Department

CONTROLLERS                                      of Transport’s response that the Commissioners could not use the Town Warden as a Parking Controller.  It was AGREED  that the Finance Officer should write to Department of Transport asking if they could re-examine their legislation to enable local authorities to use their own Warden to deal with traffic matters in their area.

 

 

 

 

ST GERMANS               06/028                The Commissioners AGREED to the usual

CATHEDRAL FLOOD LIGHTING          request by St. Germans Cathedral give a donation towards the cost of flood lighting the Cathedral.

 

KERBSIDE                    06/029                The Commissioners discussed at length the

RECYCLING                                            logistics of kerbside recycling.  Although Malew Commissioners had offered to lend Peel Town Commissioners a vehicle there was still the problem of who was actually going to drive the wagon.  Mr. Gimbert suggested contacting Peel Traders as they would have a lot of cardboard and paper they would want to get rid of.  Mrs. Moughtin suggested that there could be a cardboard collection on a Thursday in Michael Street for traders.

 

                                                                  The Board decided before they could go any further with regards to the matter they should invite Malew Commissioners to a meeting to discuss how they organised their own kerbside recycling collections.  AGREED

 

DOG CONTROL           06/030                Members considered the format for a set of draft

BYE LAWS                                               dog control byelaws prepared by the Town Clerk for Peel.  The Board were still unhappy as to the exact definition as to what a dog at large meant.  It was AGREED to make further enquiries as to what at large meant.  The Commissioners felt that until they had an official definition in writing from the Department of Local Government they could not progress this matter any further.

 

                                                                  The Board was of the opinion that the whole of the Town should be included in the area where dog faeces should be picked up by the owner or keeper of the dog and disposed of in the appropriate manner.

 

HOUSING (FLATS)      06/031                Consideration was given to  a recommendation

REGULATIONS 1982                              from the Environmental Health Officer to register flats 2,4,6,7 and 8 Wharfside, Station Place, Peel.  The Commissioners had no objection to registering the flats as recommended and it was agreed to advise Mr. Mansell accordingly.

 

 

ST PETERS CHURCH   06/032                Members gave consideration to a request from

COLLECTORS FAIRS AND                   Mr. Moore of the Old Bonded Warehouse to

CAR BOOT SALE                                    operate collectors fairs and car boot sales at St. Peter’s Church.  Mr. Lightfoot expressed concern at the amount of litter this venture could generate and he felt it was unfair for the extra work to be placed on the Commissioners staff.  Mrs. Pugh also expressed reservations that it could lead to unauthorised food vans turning up to trade in the area while the markets were on.  There was also the question of whether Mr. Moore would need a Street Traders Licence.

 

                                                                  Although the Commissioners were in favour of the idea in principle the Board felt that they should set up a meeting with Mr. Moore to clarify all the details about the markets before making a decision.

 

HOUND OF THE          06/033                The Commissioners AGREED to the Isle of

BASKERVILLES                                      Man Arts Council using St. Peters Church for the pre-performance events as long as they removed any litter that was generated by their shows.

 

CHILDRENS                 06/034                The Board AGREED to the Children Centre

CENTRE                                                   using the headlands field for their out 2 play open access mobile play scheme during the TT school holidays.

 

VIKING FESTIVAL      06/035                The Board questioned whether they had received an official invite to the Press launch for the Viking Festival.

 

                                                                  Members expressed concern at the one way traffic system on the Promenade for the Viking Festival.  Mr. Crookall said he wished to propose an objection to the promenade being made one way.  The Commissioners felt they had not been given the full details of the road closures when they met with the Viking Festival Organisers.  The Board AGREED to write to the Department of Transport setting out their objections to the proposed one way system for the Viking Festival.  The Commissioners also AGREED to set up a meeting with the Viking Festival Committee to find out the latest situation with regards to the organisation of the event.

 

COOKIE CLOWN        06/036                The Commissioners gave consideration to a request from Cookie the Clown to do magic tours around the town.  The Board felt that further details should be obtained from Chris Burns before making a decision.

 

EAST QUAY                 06/037                Mr. Crookall suggested that the East Quay especially by Keowns Lane needs to be cleaned up as there was abandoned rubbish for example old televisions and Shoprite carrier bags full of rubbish.  Mr. Lace also said the boat park needed tidying up as there was an old dismantled boat which was making the boat park look extremely untidy.   The Board AGREED that a letter should be sent to the Department of Transport, Harbour Division asking them to clean up these areas.

 

COMMISSIONERS      06/038                The Board set the date for the next

SURGERY                                                Commissioners Surgery which to is to be held on 17th June at Derby Lodge.  The surgery would be run by Mr. Gimbert and Mrs. Moughtin and would take place between 11.00a.m. and 1.00p.m.

 

                                                                  This part of the meeting ended at 7.40p.m.