Issue - meetings

(Voting: unanimous in favour)

The Locality Officer, Service Delivery, introduced the report for a community grant to extend the porch on the village hall at Chaffcombe and replace the fascia boards.  He introduced two representatives from the village hall committee who were attending to answer questions. He concluded that since writing his report, bats had been discovered roosting in the roof of the village hall, however, this would not affect the work to be carried out. 

Councillor Linda Vijeh, as the County Council Ward Member, said both she and the District Council Ward Member, Sue Osborne, supported the grant application.

In response to questions from Members, the Locality Officer and the representative from the village hall committee confirmed that:-

·         The work on extending the porch would be started shortly but the replacement of the fascia boards would be delayed by 2 months to allow time for the bats to leave the roofspace as they would naturally leave during colder weather.

·         The Village Hall Committee was a charity and was separate to the Parish Council.

At the conclusion of the debate, Members unanimously supported the grant of £5,455 to Chaffcombe Village Hall.

(Voting: unanimous in favour)