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14. A O B:
a. Jubilee Mugs: Mr Lamb had two samples of mugs which he passed around to the Council
members to have a look at. The bone china type was priced at £3.20 per min. Quantity 250 +
VAT + Inscription charge whereas the other type was ;priced at £2.60 per min. Quantity 250
+ VAT + Inscription charge. The bone china type was thought to be the better version. There
was a discussion about reclaiming the VAT and Mr Kelly was requested to check this point.
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b. Bonfire Beacon: Mrs Hall-Drinkwater confirmed that the Church would not be happy to
have the beacon bonfire on the church tower because of the safety aspect. A different site
will have to be found.
c. Structure of Chiltern/South Bucks. District Council: Mrs Vahey referred to the letter
dated 8 th . March jointly signed by Councillor Nick Rose (Chiltern District Council) and
Councillor Adrian Busby (South Bucks District Council) advising of the restructuring to bring
together the 2 Councils under the shared Chief Executive of Alan Goodrum. The aim being to
create savings, improve front line resilience and therefore provide better services to the
public.
d. Mrs Vahey also referred to the Community and Voluntary Awards nominations.
e. Parish Council Snow Programme: Mr Lamb referred to the E-mailed Newsletter from
CAME & Co. dated 3 rd . February (which had been copied to him and Mrs Vahey by Mr
Kelly) in which CAME & Co. were recommending that Parish Council’s publicise their Winter
Snow Programme with emphasis on Public Liability. Mr Kelly has had discussions on this
matter with CAME & Co. and advised them that since Fulmer Parish is only a small village it
has no specific Snow Programme Policy of its own but relies on the District Council Highways
Winter Snow precautions programme. Thus Fulmer Parish Council has no Public Liability on
this issue. It was agreed that this should be minuted and published on the Fulmer website.
f. Code of Conduct: Mr Kelly drew to the attention of the Parish Council the E-mail dated 1
March he had received from Lynne Reardon, SBDC Head of Legal Services in which changes
to the Standards Regime (Code of Conduct) resulting from The Localism Act 2011 receiving
the Royal Assent on 15 November 2011, are highlighted. LR will supply the PC with a copy of
the report that SBDC will be submitting to the Standards Committee in March and the Code
that SBDC will be recommending for adoption. LR advises that the PC may wish to adopt the
SBDC Code of Conduct as its Code when published.
15. DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday 10 th . April 2012 at 8.00 pm in the Village Hall.
There being no further business the Chairman closed the Meeting at 22.10 pm
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Chairman
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