November 2018 Minutes

OWMBY & NORMANBY COMMUNITY PARK COMMITTEE

Minutes of the meeting held at 19.30 on 27 November 2018 at The Bottle & Glass, Normanby by Spital

1.   The meeting was attended by:

Keith Hanson (Chairman)
Danny Mellor (Hon Sec)
Isabelle Brooke
Sara Carter

Apology for absence:

Barbara Moulson
John Moulson
Denise Leah (Treasurer)

2.   Minutes of the meeting dated 15 October 2018

The minutes of the previous meeting dated 15 October were accepted as correct and were duly signed by the Chairman. The Honorary Secretary to circulate and publish them as appropriate.

ACTION: DH

3.   Matters Arising

Service Level Agreement has been signed

Adjustment to financial report – book sales excluded

Bids for grants to WLDC have been made

ACTION: KH

4.   Financial Report

Designated OPC account currently at £11,500

Invoice due for payment £2687.24 including VAT

Suggestion made to request NOCT may want to pay for the Bandstand/gazebo

 

5.   Grant Applications:

AVIVA application not successful

2 applications made to WLDC

ACTION: DL

Investigation of suitable grants:

Community Gardens

ACTION: IB

Community grants – Tesco & Waitrose

ACTION: DM

Community Lincs

ACTION: DM

Join the Dots workshop – Review papers

ACTION: SC

Contact Grant White at WLDC to seek assistance

ACTION: DM

6.   Charitable Status/Gift Aid

Set to go. £263 raised at Community Event paid over to NOCT.

7.   SLA/Trust discussion

Agreed and signed on 14 November

8.   Field Preparation

Preparation now completed.

Gates locked; key holders – Graham Crompton Howe, Roy Bellamy, Paul Arden and Keith Hanson

7.   Children’s Play Equipment

£2000 paid to Kompan for play equipment to be installed in the spring after grass seeding completed.

8.   Any other business

It was agreed that future Agendas should include a regular item regarding an opening event to be held in July/August.

Initial suggestions for events to be included at the event:

• Fun Dog Show

• China smashing

• Tug of War

• Stocks

• Fun Run (May), Fun Walk, Fun Hack

• Scarecrow Competition

9.   Date and venue of next meeting

28 January 2019 at the Bottle & Glass

The meeting closed at 8.50. Minutes taken by I. Brooke