Amenities Committee Minutes - 17th February 2025

Amenities Minutes - meeting held on Monday 17 February 2025 at 7pm in the Parish Rooms, Hall Street, Crowland.

Present:            Cllr. D Kempton (in the chair)

Cllrs. B Alcock, J Boor, R Boot, and A Williams.

Also in attendance Clerk G Hawkes (minute taker)

DK thanked everyone for attending.

  1. Apologies for Absence

Cllrs P Davis and J Turner                                                                                                  

  1. Declarations of Interests - None

No.

 

Action

3.

Minutes and matters arising from the December meeting

On the proposition of Cllr Boor, seconded by Cllr Williams and agreed by all the minutes were approved.

DK advised that a meeting had taken place with D Vernon of Meridian Solar and a report will be circulated at the Full Council meeting.

The zip wire basket swing mechanism repair is a bigger job than originally expected we may need to revert back to the supplier.

 

 

4.

Tennis Courts

DK thanked Cllr Davis for his work on getting quotations. There appeared to be a choice of reground rubber or tarmac as the surface, a sturdy muga style fence was also preferable. Quotations in the region of £72,000-£90,000 had been received. Update report to next Full Council meeting so needs to be added to the agenda

 

 

 

 

TC

 

5.

 Electric Car Charging point

Cllrs agreed that the present position on usage needs to be reviewed as it is not generally known that the charging point is available. The Clerk and Asst Clerk will review.

 

 

GH/TC

 

 

 6.

 Pavilion working party update

 

 

DK reported that a preliminary report had been prepared by the architects and the working party will meet to review the recommendations and also review the draft survey

 

 

 7.

Play equipment repair and maintenance Routine Inspection report

 

 

The report is detailed about the frequency of inspections, what should be done and documentation. The Clerk will review against existing procedures and make recommendations back to the committee.

 

 

 GH/TC

 8.

Matters to be considered for inclusion on a future agenda

 

 

None

 

The meeting closed at 8.50pm