As there were only 5 nominations for the Parish Council, the 5 nominees were duly declared as elected. Following the plea for more residents to come forward to fill places on the Council, 13 people expressed an interest. The Council is pleased to report that, using voting procedures recommended by the Association of Local Councils, a further 5 councillors were selected at the Meeting on Tuesday 9th May. The Council now has a full complement of 10 members, listed below, and would like to thank all those who were willing to serve a 4 year term as a Councillor.

Chairman	Mr Gordon Salmon
Vice Chairman	Mr Martin Leake
	Mrs Shirley Collins
	Mr David Craggs
	Ms Doris Mitchell
	Mr Malcolm Nicholls
	Dr Mandy Padley
	Mr Ray Richardson
	Mrs Mary Robertson
	Mrs Anne Sturman

For contact information please see the Parish Magazine.

Parish Council meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month except August at 7.30 in the Village Hall and all residents are welcome to attend.

The Parish Council was pleased to host the Annual Parish Meeting of 2006 on 25th April and would like to thank the 56 residents who attended and contributed to a lively and informative evening.

Apart from the usual business items the subject of the proposed new Youth Centre was discussed at length with arguments for and against being presented. The Chairman closed the debate by expressing the hope that all parties would work to seek common ground.

The fact that the Station Building is in danger of demolition (or at the very least having its canopy removed) was reported. Every single person at the meeting was in favour of saving the station building and steps are being taken to determine if it could qualify for listed building status. Volunteers are urgently needed to form a 'Friends of Goostrey Station' group. Would anyone interested please contact the Parish Clerk.

Speakers included Jonathan Robinson, the Goostrey Homewatch Co-ordinator, who has recently had Homewatch information distributed to every home in the Village. He explained how the network of members provide a two-way information and warning link with the Police.

Chris Mallet, the Goostrey Tree Warden, explained his role in monitoring and preserving local trees and asked for suggestions for planting of trees and shrubs in public areas in the Autumn.

Helen de Lemos, Cheshire County Council's Waste Strategy Manager, turned the subject of waste into a very entertaining topic in order to promote awareness of the three R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)