Millom Town Council
Millom Town Council was formed in 1974 when the parish boundaries changed from Cumberland.
Present: Mayor Cllr Angela Dixon (AD), Cllr Ruth Peter (RP), Cllr Janice Brown (JB), Cllr Tony Dixon (TD), Cllr Sandra Carter (SC), Cllr Tess Fitzwilliam (TF), Cllr Richard Pattinson (RPa), Cllr Barbara Crellin (BC), Cllr David Billing (DB), Cllr R Cummings (RC), Cllr R Kelly (RK), Cllr Jennifer Jakubowski (JJ), Cllr Simone Faulkner (SF), Cllr Jane Micklethwaite (JM), Cllr Graham Brace (GB), Clerk V Bradley, Assistant Clerk C Jopson, 2 members of the public
Cllr G McGrath CBC, CCC Keith Hitchen
The Mayor opened the meeting stating that the last month had had its ups and downs and that the council were doing their best to support the community.
Following attending a 3-tier meeting at Waberthwaite Village Hall it had been discussed that better connections/communications with Town/Parish councils was imperative with CCC and CBC. Other parishes were finding it difficult also to liaise with the said departments.
Another drain flooding had occurred and the emergency plan was executed, this appeared to have worked well. In relation to future possible flooding events the Mayor stated that she would like letters sent out to neighbouring farmers asking if at all possible they could help with the pumping of excess water if called upon. Action: Clerk
The Mayor’s Civic Sunday Service will be held on 11 August in St George’s Church followed by refreshments in the Palladium.
There is also to be a coffee morning in the Guide Hut on 31st August and the Mayor asked if anyone could help with the running of this. All donations towards this would be greatly appreciated.
There were no Declarations of Interest.
It was RESOLVED that these minutes be signed as a True record. AGREED
It was RESOLVED that the minutes be signed as a True record subject to an amendment on item: 067/19 Apologies of Absence that Cllr S Carter and Cllr R Pattinson had sent in their apologies. AGREED
Irene Rogan informed the council about a project starting with the Arts Council of England aimed firstly at Millom to Broughton expanding the footprints of the cultural and art programmes in these areas. Some monies have already been allocated to the proposed projects such as stone carving and setting up of village workshops to help carve these stones. Firstly there are 3 stones to be carved: 2 for Millom area and one for The Green. The aim is to have several stone carvings for each village and voluntary help would be sought for funding, transport and siting these stones when finished. Burlington Slate Company has already stated that they would donate some of the slate stones for carving. The relevant Councils to be involved in deciding where to place the stones when finished. Support was also required to encourage tourism in the areas perhaps encouraging the schools to take part in upcoming projects to promote the areas.
A member of the public raised concerns regarding the buses from Millom to Haverigg and suggested that it could also pick up passengers on its returning routes for eg: 9.45 and 12.45. Action: Clerk
The Mayor announced that it was nice to receive an update from CCC representative Cllr D Wilson. A copy of his email was handed out incorporating a reply email from Ian McCoy of United Utilities stating that following an assessment of the recent flooding, “the pumps had been working correctly and they had found no evidence of sewer flooding either internally or externally at any of the properties involved”. They do, however, having secured grant funding, intend to carry out further investigations into options addressing the flood risks in Millom. They are hopeful that the appointed consultant will start work over the summer.
It was also felt necessary that following any meetings e.g. 3-tier meetings, the Council should receive updates from the CCC/CBC representatives if anything regarding our area was discussed. Formal letters requesting this to be sent. Action: Clerk
No report has been received.
Nothing to report
AD reported that following a meeting with Gareth Douglas-Brown regarding the play area our business report was nearly there although one or two issues had been raised in regard to the plan with the need to split this into sections before attempting funding from:
DB identified CCF as a possible funder (contact Helen Conway). This is a possible route for funding but the need for a business plan was imperative along with costings, a list of what already had been carried out, what funding had been received to date and what monies, if any, had been given in kind. Action: To form a sub-committee from A&R
Following a meeting of the 3-tier meeting held RC informed the council that other councils were experiencing the same problems as Millom.
It was also requested that all councillors be emailed when South Copeland Partnership meetings were going to be held. Action: Clerk
It was reported that one of the Youth Representatives was leaving the school to enrol in the Navy and although the other representative was invited to attend the meeting no-one had arrived.
RPa informed the Council that there were no new updates and that information was still being collated for the Strategy which was growing. Two main areas of investigation were energy saving street lighting and possible yearly tree planting.
It was mentioned that there were various sources of funding/match funding available for tree planting. Possibilities to reduce carbon footprint included the planting of memory trees in park areas and other themed planting areas. RPa also reported the possibility of working with the Tree Council on potential projects. SF proposed that the schools could be involved to design areas for planting. Action: AD, RP
DB proposed that traffic management/pollution should also be included in the Strategy. Action: Sub-committee to be formed at a later date
JM, DB proposed that another possibility was the installation of electric car points. RP reported from a NWE meeting that by using a designated area to install solar panels, ENWL would supply charging points possibly at Millom Station. Action: AD
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