The meeting
of Narborough Parish Council met on Wednesday 3 April 2013 at the Church Centre. Three members of
the public were present which is nice to see.
It would be nice to see more members of the public attend. Remember, it’s your village, why not come
along and see how your Council works for you.
Councillor
Wilkinson will be assuming the position of Chair to the Council at the next
meeting. We thank Councillor Williams
for his guiding influence over the last 12 months and look forward to
continuing to work with him over the coming years. The Chair was pleased to announce that
Councillor Wallace hoped to be fit enough to resume his duties as a Councillor
at the May meeting.
An order has
been placed for picket fencing and fixings for the Narborough Aerodrome
Memorial.
Councillor
Collins is seeking quotes for the provision of a combined skate park and MUGA. It is hoped these will be received in time to
place before a steering committee in advance of the next Council meeting.
The traffic
survey on Chalk Lane has been completed and the results and final costings are awaited with interest.
As a result
of combined action by Councillors and residents, the pathway along School Alley
has been cleared of debris. Our thanks
go to Councillor Wilkinson, Councillor Collins, Councillor King, John Atkins,
David Watterson, and David Norman for their sterling efforts. The area looks a lot tidier now.
Councillor
Wilkinson is identifying places to position a number of flower boxes throughout
the village in support of the Anglia in Bloom competition. A separate article encouraging villagers to
become involved in the competition will be submitted to the Nar valley News by
Councillor Wilkinson. It is hoped that
pupils of the Primary School would also become involved in the competition.
Whilst it is
good to see residents using the bottle banks at the Community Centre, residents
are requested to take home the bags that they carried the glass to the
banks. Residents are also asked to pick
up any broken glass in the vicinity instead of leaving it on the ground as this
presents a serious risk of injury to other residents using the facility. It is
not the job of Community Centre staff to clean this area. The facility is for the recycling of glass
bottles and jars. The banks are not
designed to take double glazed window panels, glass doors or redundant
greenhouses. These articles should be
taken to the recycling depots at either Crimplesham
or Saddlebow for disposal.
The Clerk to
the Council will meet with the Highways engineers to discuss the provision of
seating in the bus shelters. He will
take the opportunity to also discuss the positioning of posts at the cross
roads, the poor drainage at the entrance to School Alley and the state of the
yellow school road markings outside the Narborough primary school.
It was noted
that subject to whether the debris came from adjoining land, the Highways
Rangers would be clearing the footway on the North side of Swaffham Road east
of the cross roads. He will also advise them that the footway alongside the
Rectory was also in need of cleaning.
.The Clerk
was in the process of submitting a grant application for the conversion of the
parish lighting stock to LED lights.
The next
meeting of your parish Council will be on Wednesday 8th May 2013 at the
Church centre, commencing at 7.30pm.
John Collins