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Parish Notices
Council Meetings
The next meeting will be on Wednesday 8th September - see here for the agenda.
Future Parish Council Meetings will be held as follows:
10 November
12 January (2011)
9 March (2011)
Community Speed
Watch
The Community Engineer is supportive of 20mph
in the village but judging by the response to the Dec/Jan newsletter article we
do not have a speeding problem. If we think
there is, then we should back it with some real data and show some commitment
to reducing speed and improving safety.
It is not too late to start Community
Speedwatch – we require 20% of the electoral population to support the project,
a volunteer coordinator and a minimum of 10 volunteers to be trained to use the
laser speed gun to monitor traffic speeds.
Please contact any parish councillor if you
would like to help,
Mike Lewis,
Chairman WPC
Also to obtain a lorry weight limit we need
hard data on lorries using Whilton as a through route, any volunteers to carry
out a lorry survey over a couple of days to support the automated traffic count
carried out last year. Aims
- reduce excessive speed
through the village
- change people's
attitude to speeding
- create a safer
environment
If we wish to
curb speeding in the village, this scheme is a good idea; we could get:-
- monthly visits from
the Safety Camera Team
- use of portable speed
indicator devices
- high visibility
Community Speed Watch boards on lamp posts etc
- loan of hand held gun
for use by locally trained community volunteers
To participate
in the scheme we need:-
- 20% of the electoral
population to 'sign up' for the project to go ahead
- a minimum of 10
volunteers to monitor traffic
- one nominated person
to be the co-ordinator
In consultation with the police, three places in the village have been
identified as suitable for using the hand held laser speed gun and the Speed
Watch team can come out to give us a short presentation on the scheme and
demonstrate the equipment.
So, if speeding is really a problem we should start with the
co-ordinator - any volunteers?
Please contact any parish councillor or myself
Mike Lewis, Chairman Whilton Parish Council (01327 842404)
Other Vacancies
Parish Councillor
Parish
Councils represent the interests of the community and try to improve the quality
of life and the local environment. We
try to influence other decision makers like the Daventry District Council with
respect to planning applications and the West Northants Development Corporation
with respect to the long term development of Daventry and its impact on us. We may not have a loud voice but try to
prevent/mitigate any potential development that we think may harm our quality
of life. We also levy the Parish Precept
which may only be a few percent of your community charge but we decide where to
spend and how much.
The
days of ‘parish pump' policies and politics are over and the Parish Council has
got to be professional and proactive to meet its statuary obligations and the wishes
of the parishioners. We still have to
cover the same activities as a larger parish like Long Buckby but obviously on
a smaller scale and so it is essential that we have the full complement of
Parish Councillors to try to share the work out in an amicable and equitable
manner. Parishioners have decided not to
have an election for the vacancy so the Parish Council can now co opt a new
member. So, is there anybody who is
interested in serving the community in which they live and to help in
preserving the distinctiveness of our parish now and for the future?
Please
contact me to express an interest and for more details,
Mike
Lewis, Chairman
Whilton Parish Council, 01327
842404. General Maintenance Worker
Someone
is needed to carry out repairs and maintenance as occasion arises
throughout the year (e.g. varnishing village benches etc). If you're
interested or require further information, please contact Alison Nicoll, Parish Clerk, on 01327 879194.
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