{"content":[{"text":"Minutes of the Appleshaw Parish Council Meeting held on Thursday 16th January 2014 in the \n Appleshaw Village Hall at 7.30pm.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.055123,"width":0.857099,"height":0.032876999999999997}},{"text":"Present :","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.103873,"width":0.08461999999999999,"height":0.015938999999999995}},{"text":"Cllr Mr D Bloom-Davis - Chairman \n Cllr Mrs A Cowlin - Vice Chairman \n Cllr Mrs J Weeks \n Cllr Mrs J Hopkins \n Cllr Mr D Green \n Richard Waterman - Parish Clerk \n County Councillor Mrs P West \n Members of the Public - 4","bbox":{"left":0.190558,"top":0.103873,"width":0.31640999999999997,"height":0.12713000000000002}},{"text":"Apologies : Cllr Mrs L Black, Cllr Mr J Clement and Borough Councillor Mr P Lashbrook.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.246853,"width":0.805224,"height":0.01593899999999998}},{"text":"WELCOME. The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.278677,"width":0.589014,"height":0.01593899999999998}},{"text":"STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN \n It was no surprise when the results of the election on 5th May 2011 for the Parish Council were \n announced to find that Bruce Parker had received the most votes by some way with 209 \n votes. It was also not surprising when the first business of the newly elected Parish Council \n on 13th May 2011 was to elect Bruce as its Chairman.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.310324,"width":0.857314,"height":0.079517}},{"text":"From that moment to 11th November 2013 Bruce was the most outstanding Chairman of the \n Parish Council. Not only did he rightly command the respect and confidence of the parish but \n he ensured that the business of the Parish Council was carried out for the benefit of all \n parishioners. By virtue of his determination, negotiating skills and persuasiveness he was \n able to get things done. It is thanks to Bruce that the village road has been resurfaced from \n the county border at Biddesden to the A342 including the road through Ragged Appleshaw. \n He has been able to get Southern Water, at last, to carry out the necessary remedial works to \n the drains so as to avoid excessive leakages within the system. Time will tell whether this \n work has been successful. When the telephone lines went down in Redenham during the \n autumn 2013 storm causing residents to be without a land line, it was Bruce who telephoned \n the Chairman of BT to persuade him to get his engineers to fix the problem. Within a matter \n of hours engineers were on site rectifying the problems.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.404577,"width":0.857527,"height":0.191703}},{"text":"It was with sadness that the Parish Council was informed on 8th November 2013 that the tree \n planting ceremony after the Service of Remembrance on 10th November 2013 would be the \n last act that Bruce would undertake as Chairman and Councillor.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.611015,"width":0.857484,"height":0.04884300000000008}},{"text":"During his short but highly productive time as Chairman and Councillor the parish has seen \n considerable improvements in the highways, the general appearance of the village has \n improved and the status of the village within the County has been greatly enhanced.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.675743,"width":0.8516180000000001,"height":0.04758600000000002}},{"text":"Bruce will be a very hard act to follow. I do not know how Bruce managed to combine his \n work as Chairman with all of his many other interests, hobbies and positions of responsibility \n but he did. I hope that with the support of my Vice-Chairman, Anne Cowlin, the whole \n Council and the parish that I will be able to act as Chairman in a way that builds on the \n significant legacy left by my predecessor for the benefit of all concerned.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.739179,"width":0.8570800000000001,"height":0.07951700000000006}},{"text":"DECLARATION OF INTERESTS. \n Cllr Mrs J Weeks declared an interest in the Playing Field as she is a Trustee. \n Cllr Mrs J Hopkins declared an interest in the Village Hall. \n Cllr Mr D Green declared an interest in Randall Parker Foods. \n Cllr Mrs A Cowlin declared an interest in ARC and the WI.","bbox":{"left":0.071371,"top":0.834546,"width":0.7155450000000001,"height":0.07939800000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}