Present :
		R Holt - Chairman D Evans M Hodgson A Hughes J Oliver P Roberts Alan McKie CW&C Ralph Oultram CW&C
	Apologies :
		S Pardoe H Bayley Lynn Riley CW&C

1 Public Matters

Two members of the public were present, Mr D Hall and Mr C Fifield.
i). State of the grass verges along Milton Rough and the safety aspects of vehicles parking on the verges affecting the exit from the service road to the houses behind the verges.

The Chairman reported that Highways had been in touch and that they had been to view the site. Highways had stated that they had no objection to the white bollards being installed but the Parish Council would have to pay for the bollards and the work. The cost was given as £100 for the first bollard and £10 per bollard there-after.

The Parish Council were not happy with this response, particularly over the matter of safety on the road. Clr Oultram offered to raise the matter with Highways. Action Clr R Oultram Completed.

It was reported that Highways do not appear to like the bollards. Clrs Mc Kie and Oultram will follow this up. However it was decided by Clrs McKie and Oultram that the CW&C Councillors would fund the provision of the bollards from their discretionary budgets.

2 Minutes

Minutes of the meeting held on 4th Oct 2010 were accepted and signed

3 Matters arising

a) Proposed Ward in CW&C. The Clerk had sent a letter to the Weaver Ward MP (Mr G Evans) setting out the dissatisfaction of Acton Bridge as requested by the Council. Action Clerk and Chairman Completed
A response was awaited and Clr Mc Kie said he would check with Mr Evans.

b) SID's and Speed gun. Clr Hughes has been in touch with the Police to clarify issues of the Speed Watch Group formed by the Police and the status with the Police of the data already collected by the Parish Council. Action Clr A Hughes - Completed
Clr Hughes reported that he has been in touch with Insp Hodgson and a Sgt Mark Tait who has taken over from Sgt Boothby. The Police had said that the information already obtained was very useful and there was no need to repeat the campaign again. The Parish Council were interested to know what would be the strategy for the enforcement campaign. Clr Hughes said that he would wait for Sgt Tait to get familiar with the set-up and then request him to attend a Parish Council meeting.
Clr Roberts raised a point on the basic signing of 30mph limit at the entrances to the Village. It was agreed that the Clerk would write to Mr Flood Highways to request provision of the road based 30mph signs to give earlier warning of the start of the speed limit. Action Clerk

c) Pot holes, Hazel Pear. No correspondence received from Network Rail regarding the ownership of the land.
Also item d) Smelly grid, outside Hazel Pear Inn. Mr Oultram was under the impression that the work had been done but will contact Highways again. Action Clr Oultram - On going.

d) Network Rail are still investigating the widening of the entrance to their site adjacent to the Hazel Pear pub.

e) Refurbishment of Parish Room. Clr Hodgson reported that there was good news on the grant application and the full amount had been approved. The Clerk gave details of the Parish Council funds and forecast outgoings to the end of the financial year. These showed that the Council had sufficient resource to pay the matched funding requirement to WREN. The sum to be paid is in the order of £2000.
The Parish Council expressed their appreciation to ABCA for all their efforts in obtaining the grant. The scheduled work would be of great benefit to the Parish Rooms and thus the Village. The work covers renovation and maintenance of the outside of the Rooms which is the Parish Council's responsibility.

f) Item 10e) of June meeting re new notice board - nothing found as yet. It was agreed that the Chairman would contact Mr E Nagle to arrange for manufacture of a new board.

g) Item 9c of August meeting). Weaverham High School - nomination of Mr D Hall for appointment to the governing body. Mr Hall was asked to speak to the meeting. Mr Hall said he was pleased to confirm that he had been selected and appointed to the Board. There was a lot of work for him to do in getting a grasp the responsibilities of the position and the demands of the various sub-committees.
The Parish Council congratulated Mr Hall and thanked him for taking up the position. It was thought to be a very significant appointment and a valuable voice for Acton Bridge. The Parish Council gave Mr Hall their best wishes for success in his appointment.
Mr Hall thanked the Parish Council for their support in his nomination.

h) Item 10a) ABCA lease. There has been no contact from Moss and Haslehurst.

i) Item 10d of the Sept meeting) The scores and results of the 'Best Kept Village' competition had been received. Generally the Village had done well. It was again a disappointment that items outside the control of the Parish Council were marked low and thus affected the overall position, e.g. the ponds in the Hazel Pear Wood which Woodland Trust refuse to clear as they wish them to be 'left to Nature'.

j) Item 10a of the October meeting, re a web site advertising a competition for short videos of local communities. The scheme is believed to be run by CW&C. Clr Oultram offered to investigate the scheme and who is paying for it. Action Clr R Oultram - On going

4 Planning Applications

None.

5 Planning Decisions

None.

6 Financial Matters

None.

7 CWAC Ward Councillors

It was reported that CW&C had been awarded a Local Enterprise Grant with Cheshire East and Warrington. The partnership would direct the grants to improvement of business in the region.

It was also reported that the bridge forming the Mersey gateway had been approved.

8 Reports from other meetings

a) The Joint Cemetery Committee had met. The minutes are with the correspondence file. It was stated that the fees will not be changed for the next financial year.

b) Clr Pardoe had forwarded a report of the meeting of the Weaverham and Acton Bridge Trust held on the 21st Oct. The present financial situation had caused a fall in the value of Funds assets. Grants totalling over £1000 had been able to be granted. A grant to the Acton Bridge WI senior citizens party had been granted

9 Correspondence

a) Disability Newsletters Nos 54 and 55 received.
b)CW&C _ Partnership West Oct 2010 received.
c) CW&C rural Support programme - news of successful applications.
d) Minutes of Cemetery Committee received.
e) Play ground equipment leaflet received.
f) CW&C New Local Transport Plan - Have your say. Questionnaire to be completed.
g CW&C Clr Lynn Riley Date of next Network event 18th Nov - titled 'Changing Times'.
h) CW&C leaflet 'Become a Waste Reduction Volunteer'.
i) Letter re Society of Local Council Clerk received.
j) Wickstead Play Schemes - Brochure received.
k) Best Kept Village results received.
l) Leaflet re resurfacing of play areas received - forward to ABCA.
m) CW&C Information on rural grants - forward to ABCA.

10 Village Matters

a) Clr Hodgson reported on an event that had affected the River Weaver and caused the loss of a great depth of water along the Acton Bridge length. The loss had resulted in significant damage to moorings and the river bank. The loss had been caused by fauly programming of a computer controlling the operation of the sluices.

b) Clr Oliver mentioned the new initiative to urge rural areas to press for an increase in speed of Broadband. The BT scheme called 'BT Infinity' requires 1000 people to register to justify the necessary work for the increase. End date 31st December.

11 Any other business

None.

Date of next meeting

The next meeting will be at 7.30pm on Monday 6th December 2010.