Present : Jean
Langley, Doris Pritchard, Bev. Turner, Linda Lewis, Veronica Price, Rachel
Thomas, Sara Griffiths, Maria Abell, Helen Williams, Rhian Bisson
Messrs. Dennis Brown, Trevor
Phillips, John Bromley, John Griffiths.
Apologies received
from: Cllr. Andrew Crump, John Randel, Simon James, Mesdames Margaret Lawrence,
Jenny Swattridge, Myrna Thomas, Janet Thomas, Joan Barrington, Catherine Brown,
Ann Randel Bob Watkins.
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on the 15th March 2005 were agreed
and signed by the chairman, Mr. T. Phillips.
Matters Arising
A solicitor, Geoff Townsend from Usk, has been
retained to oversee the conveyancing and any agreements regarding the proposed
new village hall.
Mrs. Rachel Thomas has been confirmed as treasurer
for the proposed new village hall.
Election of Public Members:
The following were elected as
public members: Messrs. T.D. Phillips, D.J. Brown, J. Randel, B.Watkins,
J. Bromley.
Mesdames: J. Barrington, M.
Lawrence, J. Swatteridge, M. Thomas, R. Thomas, S. Griffiths.
Election of Officers:
Chairman, Trevor Phillips
Vice chairman, Dennis Brown
Secretary, Doris Pritchard
Were all proposed and seconded
and unanimously appointed.
John Randel has agreed to continue
to act as treasurer.
Treasurer’s Report
Trevor Phillips read out the
treasurer’s report in the absence of John Randel.
It was proposed and
unanimously agreed that the architect’s fees come out of the main Raglan
Village Hall and Recreation Association funds.
The time scale for any new
investment bonds is to be considered carefully in light of the plans for the
new hall.
Mrs. Rachel Thomas showed the
balance sheet for the new village hall. £2218.08 is in the Nationwide Account.
Mr. D. Brown proposed the
adoption of the treasurer’s report. This was seconded by Mrs. D. Pritchard and
passed unanimously.
Report of the Proposed New Village Hall
Planning permission has finally
been granted. Negotiations with the county are still on going for the lease of
the land.
Raglan Village Hall and
Recreation Association has been approached by the county council to collaborate
with them in a joint scheme to incorporate the modification of the primary
school with the building of the proposed village hall. This would attract extra
funding both for the school and the village hall project.
A proposal was then put to
the meeting: This Association agrees in
principle to work with the County Council on a combined project for the
remodelling of the primary school and the proposed new village hall. The
proposal was unanimously agreed.
The all weather play area,
with floodlighting, is to be funded by the money given to the village by the
property developer and has to be completed by October. This still has to go to
planning.
Fund Raising
Letters had been sent out to
all organisations asking for ideas for fund raising.
A donation of £270 has been received from Mr. & Mrs. Morgan.
Raglan W.I. has set up a
‘Spare a Penny – or two’ collection.
Raglan Gardeners’ Association
have donated £100 from their February Coffee Morning.
Raglan Day raised just over
£1600.
Another Raglan Day is planned
for August 28th 2006.
Community Bus Pensioners
with bus passes will be able to travel free from April.
More drivers have been
trained and more will be able to train in Newport. The number of routes
available is increasing.
A.O.B. The
licence for the community hall has still not been granted. The application was
submitted in October but has still not gone to the licensing committee.
The date for the next meeting is Thursday 6th
April at 8.00p.m.
The meeting closed at 8.50 p.m.