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Annual Parish Meeting 2017

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Welcome to the Long Itchington Annual Parish Meeting 2017

Councillor Bob Stevens & Councillor Dave Riches

Parish Council Finances

Financial report

• LI’s Band D Parish Precept in 2016 / 17 was £83.65
• Equates to only c5% of Stratford District’s Council Tax bill to households
• Band D charges for other comparable Local Service Villages:

– Harbury £90.18 – Bishops Itchington £105.24

• Total precept = £68,184 (total charge to Long Itchington householders)

Long Itchington’s Local Precept How much is it – how do we compare?

Equates to £1.61 per week for a Band D household

Financial report

• £68,184 – Precept from LI householders
• + £5,150 – Tax Reduction Grant from Stratford District Council
• + £2,700 – Grass Cutting Grant from Stratford District Council
• + c£1,000 – Other incomes / facilities hire
• £77,034 – Annual budget for 2016/17

Long Itchington Parish Council’s Budget

This is our total budget - April 16 to April 17 - to cover General Council, Open Spaces and Street Lighting Parish services

How is our Parish budget spent?

£ Key activities Staff / Clerical 26,234 Parish Clerk, Village Maintenance staff Office costs 2,196 Stationery, Telephone / Broadband, Audit fees Village Maintenance 12,331 Materials, Repair work, Car park resurfacing Play areas 5,360 Specialist repairs, Annual inspections Grants to local groups 1,500 Annual awards to community groups Grasscutting / Trees 8,510 Open spaces and playing fields, tree inspections / surgery Insurance / Subscriptions 1,950 Asset insurance, Local Council advisory support Professional advice 2,750 Planning and legal advice Communications 2,495 Village diary, website, welcome packs Utilities / Repairs 7,608 Street lighting and maintenance, utility services / energy Street light replacement 6,100 Ongoing programme to replace ageing street lights 77,034

The PC provides a wide range of services for our community Many demands on our finances

Seeking outside grants results in major additional benefits for our Parish

• 2015 / 16 - £55,600 total secured for village projects

– Community Centre toilets, LILAC field paths, Youth Shelter, Outdoor Gym, Leigh Crescent play area / refurbishment, Woodland management, Tree / hedge planting

• 2016 / 17 - £24,500 total secured

– Neighbourhood Plan survey, LILAC Wetland Feature, Memorial Garden

• 2017 / 18

– Leigh Crescent Play Area – £44,000 (in final stages), Defibrillators £4k (Donation from Heartstart), Model Village Play Area £??

Significant effort is put into securing grants from other sources Extra volunteers / skills always welcome to support new projects

Financial report

• Our village is growing fast– how will this impact our services?
• SDC likely to pass on more costs – e.g. 26% reduction in Tax Reduction Grant
• Examples of current projects / improvements to be tackled:

– Green End public toilets rebuild – Sports Pavilion replacement – Ongoing street light upgrade / replacement – highways to then adopt – Additional maintenance equipment – Neighbourhood Plan – consultancy support – Refurbish / new children’s play areas

Future challenges

Always plenty of worthwhile community projects Always aim to make best use of our available funds

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Emergency Planning

Jon Venn

Dealing with emergencies

• WCC has responsibility for

resilience across county

• Sub-regional Resilience

Team with Coventry and Solihull

• Co-ordination of blue light

and other agencies in an emergency

• Parish Community

Emergency Plans then fit it with these

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COMMUNITY EMERGENCY PLAN for Long Itchington

Developing Long Itchington’s Plan

• We’re not the emergency

services! But we do have a role

• Our Parish Community Plan

helps us make our contribution

• Local knowledge
• Information in one place kept

up to date

• Communication and signage
• Coordinate local activity eg

evacuate people

• Flood pump
• Exercise Sahara

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Personal Resilience

• Important to think about what you and your

family would do in an emergency

• Be safe
• Information; telephone numbers
• Medication (details)
• Torch; phone charger
• Home emergency plan, grab bag..?

http://cswprepared.org.uk

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HS2 – what happens now…

Christopher Purser

A Neighbourhood Plan for the Parish of Long Itchington

Our plan, our community, our future

• The overwhelming reason people enjoy living in

the parish is the natural environment & open spaces within the built-up area

• These must be preserved & many feel work is

also required to improve them (wildlife, woodlands, footpaths / bridleways / towpath)

• Other features within the built-up area are

also important, including the pavements / footpaths & litterbins, but these are also felt to require action (litterbins relating a lot to dog mess bins) along with traffic calming

• The shops are also important to residents

& some would like more (without indicating how they could be viable)

• Inevitably there is much criticism of the

current expansion of the village, but people still see a need for affordable housing for both the young & elderly

The Process: where are we now?

……………………It can take up to 2 years to complete……………..

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Our plan, our community, our future Thank you

Over to you…………………

Time for Questions, observations and comments