Millom Town Council
Millom Town Council was formed in 1974 when the parish boundaries changed from Cumberland.
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF MILLOM TOWN COUNCIL HELD ON WEDNESDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2023 COMMENCING 07.00PM IN THE TOWN COUNCIL OFFICES
PRESENT: Cllr G McGrath (Chair), Cllr S Faulkner, Cllr R Kelly, Cllr J Brown, Cllr B Crellin, Cllr B Amos, Cllr A Gager-Leibhart, Cllr J Micklethwaite, Cllr J Kellett, Assistant Clerk/RFO Mrs Gillian Hoyle, Cumberland Cllr A Pratt, Speaker Hannah Kessler and one member of the public
Apologies were received from Cllr D Billing (Holidays), and Cllr E Ormesher (sickness) and Cllr D Barry (work commitments)
No items on the agenda needed the exclusion of the press or public.
Chair:
The chair informed the council the meeting was being recorded, for the purpose of minuting as the clerk was not present at this meeting.
Mayor:
This month the mayor’s time has been taken up with the Allotments and the Emergency Planning.
There were no declarations of interest
Unfortunately, a copy of the minutes from this meeting had not been included in the councillor’s working papers. This item has been deferred until the next meeting.
Cllr Brown proposed that the minutes from the extra-ordinary meeting held on 17th August 2023 be signed as a true and correct record. This was seconded by Cllr Faulkner and agreed.
The Chair informed the council that all the office actions had been completed.
The following updates were given to the councillors by the Chair:
The member of the public who was in attendance asked why no councillors had attended the GDF meeting in the Lighthouse Centre, Haverigg recently. Cllr McGrath informed him that there were three members of MTC on the panel for the GDF and that the council were fed information back via this panel. If other council members wanted to attend as a public member, then they could do so but there was no obligation for them to attend on behalf of Millom Town Council.
The Chair invited Hannah Kessler (CPP/Engagement Activities) to give a short presentation of her project “All Kindz”. Following this presentation, the Chair gave a vote of thanks to Hannah for her information and said we would look forward to working with her, to combine one of her pebble projects within our park project.
The RFO presented the following to the Council for approval:
Councillor McGrath explained each project and the council were all in agreement to seek funding for the projects. Final decision of where to site the band stand will be made once the funding has been sought.
Cllr McGrath explained to the council about the new Procurement Policy in connection with Tenders for project work and as this was a large policy it should all be deferred for further discussion.
The councillors were all in agreement for the clerk to arrange an Extraordinary Meeting to discuss this. Action: Clerk to arrange extraordinary meeting
Cllr Amos informed the council that he would like to look into the costs for Millom to have Public Wi-Fi and a new CCTV system. This would also replace the Park CCTV as this is a very substandard system.
Cllr Kelly asked about seeking information from the Police and Crime Commissioner and if they had any funding to link in their CCTV operators. Action: Cllr Amos to see further information
One application had been received for the vacancy in the Newtown Ward following resignation of Cllr Peter. This application was submitted by Alfred McDonald. All Councillors were in agreement that Mr McDonald be co-opted onto Millom Town Council. Action: Clerk to inform Mr McDonald of his success and sort out the relevant paperwork.
Cllr Amos reported that the Stage Coach Service that was currently being operated was not actually what the public wanted. He has been in liaison with Blue Works Bus Company who are proposing to run a 17-seater bus from Waberthwaite into Millom and out to Broughton/Foxfield. This will call in all outlying areas. Alongside it will run between Haverigg Prison and Millom. This will be a CIC Funded Service. Users will be able to use their bus passes. Cllr Amos is continuing to pursue this service. Cllr McGrath proposed to use the fee currently paid to Ricky’s Travel (£200 p/month) to help fund the service. This was seconded by Cllr Amos and agreed.
Cllr Kelly informed that he had attended meeting this week but at this time had no new information to share.
Cllr Billing had raised an issue. Email attached about Millom Town Council being better represented on the GDF Panel. Cllr McGrath explained the recruitment process and who is currently on the panel. Cllr McGrath explained the recruitment process and who is currently on the panel. Cllr McGrath stated that at present MTC are well represented on the panel. Cllr Kelly felt that it appeared that Cllr Billing had been misinformed. Following a short discussion it was agreed by all Councillors that MTC remain within the partnership.
This item has been put on the agenda by Cllr Faulkner – the item has been removed due to ongoing discussions with Cllr Kelly.
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