Resolved to accept the Minutes of the Meeting of 10th May 2005 as a true record and to take them as read and also those of the Extra-ordinary Meeting of 18th May.

The Chairman asked Cty. Cllr. Oliver to inform the Meeting of any relevant actions from the County Council and he reported on the induction courses for new County Council members, his visit to the new Police headquarters in Wilmslow and on his appointment to the Environmental Scrutiny Section.

In the absence of Boro. Cllr. Kolker, the Clerk raised the issue from the last Meeting on the vandalism to a Residents garden on which there was nothing to report and Cllr. Owen passed on Cllr.Kolker's request to Councillors to report any problems on the roads of the Parish for action by Joint Highways, it being agreed that these should be identified with marker paint.

AMENITIES: There had been no meeting since the last Parish Council.

FINANCE: There had been no meeting since the last Parish Council

VILLAGE HALL: The items requiring consideration by the Parish Council were:

a). The purchase of new carpeting for which 3 quotations had been received, namely £900, £1,500 and £1,500 and on a proposal by Cllr. Ball, seconded by Cllr. Leake and carried unanimously, the lower tender was agreed to be accepted.

b). In view of the work necessary by the Caretaker to clean up after a recent wedding, it was agreed that all future weddings would carry an automatic cleaning levy increased from the normal £15 to £25.

Cllr. Leake took the Meeting through Planning Report 119 and also reported on some recent planning decisions.

Resolved to accept Payment Schedule 06.05.

The Clerk referred to Appendix 06.05 listing his actions resulting from the last Meeting and the correspondence received. Of the latter, Item b)., the offer by Mr James Wood the new District Engineer for Joint Highways Service to attend a future Meeting of the Parish Council was welcomed by all and the Clerk was asked to invite him to the July or September Meetings.

There were no items in Appendix 06.05.

a). On a proposal by Cllr. Salmon, seconded by Cllr. Ball and agreed unanimously, the accounts for 2004/2005 were formally approved.

b). On a proposal by Cllr. Ball, seconded by Cllr. Leake and agreed unanimously, the Statement of Assurance for all undertakings in the preparation of the accounts for 2004/2005 was formally approved.

Having attended a pre-start meeting with the Contractors and the School, the Chairman reported that there is currently no deviation from the original plan.

It was agreed that there was nothing further report regarding the re-instatement of a Village Post Office.

On a proposal by Cllr. Ball seconded by Cllr. Richardson, the purchase of the archive film from ITV plc was formally approved, the cost now having been reduced from £1,000 to £600 although in this case the normal procedure of obtaining three quotations could not be followed.

Whilst it was agreed that these would initially be kept in the Parish Office, this item prompted a wide ranging discussion on the identification, acquisition and storage of any other relevant Village archives and it was agreed that this should be the subject of an item in a future Parish Newsletter and be revisited at a later Meeting.

As a short term action required within the Parish Plan, Cllr. Salmon reported that he had been in contact with Inspector Chris Jones and had concluded that equipment such as mobile or static speed indicators would be likely to remain under the direction of the Police, although Inspector Jones had undertaken to come back to him on this. There then followed some debate on the relative merits of speed signs versus speed guns and it was agreed that a whole package of measures should be considered, to this end Cllr. Salmon to invite Inspector Jones, or Sgt. Lye, to attend a Meeting of the Parish Council to discuss options.

a). Cllr. Owen reported that he had attended the last meeting of the School Governors as an observer but asked that this issue be an Agenda Item for the next Meeting in order to elect a representative of the Parish Council as a Governor.

b). Cllr. Owen reported that there is to be a further meeting of the Liaison Committee regarding the Rail Works and this should be an Agenda Item for the next Meeting.

c). Cllr. Owen tabled details of a conference of Friends of the Station in Manchester on 23rd June and it was agreed that Martin de Kretser should r epresent the Parish Council as a delegate, the Clerk being asked to try and obtain a free place for him.

d). Cllr. Robinson reported on her attendance at a meeting with Chalky White regarding Quality Status and it was agreed that this should be an Agenda Item for the next Meeting.

e). Cllr. Richardson asked that the Community Safety Partnership should be an Agenda Item for the next Meeting.

g). Cllr. Salmon reported that implementation of the Parish Plan was being progressed through the Focus Groups who would then present their proposals for approval at a meeting of the full Steering Committee in July.

h). The Clerk reported on Cllr Henley's application for a Home Front Recall grant.

It was confirmed that the date of the next Meeting would be 12th July 2005.

The Chairman closed the Meeting at 9.35pm

There were further issues raised by the member of the Public.