Agenda and minutes

Venue: St Anne’s Hall, Aylesbury Road, Wendover, HP22 6JG

Contact: Michelle Parker (Community Board Manager) 

Items
No. Item

1.

Chairman's Welcome and Introductions - Cllr Steve Bowles

Minutes:

Councillor Steve Bowles welcomed all attendees to the first face to face meeting.  He thanked the outgoing chairman Councillor Mike Collins for his work over the last 2 years as chairman of the Community Board.

2.

Apologies / Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors M Baldwin, B Chapple OBE and J Ward, and from Paul Frost (Climate Action Wendover).

3.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 189 KB

To review and agree the minutes of the meeting held on 9 February 2023.

Minutes:

Councillor Bowles checked with the attendees of the meeting that the draft Minutes were a true reflection of the discussions held at the last meeting on 9 February 2023.

4.

Priority Planning Workshop for 23/24 – Michelle Parker

Minutes:

Michelle Parker – Community Board Manager led a facilitated session on the priority areas for 23/24.

 

The priority areas agreed for the Wendover and Villages Community Board were as follows:

 

-       Health and Wellbeing

-       Supporting Young People

-       Supporting Older People

-       Environment and Climate Change

-       Community Pride

 

Discussions were had in regards what was working well now, current concerns and issues, and then project ideas that can be developed to address these issues.

 

The flipcharts would be typed up by Michelle Parker - Community Board Manager and circulated to the Board.

5.

Funding Overview – Michelle Parker

To be presented Michelle Parker, Buckinghamshire Council.

Minutes:

Michelle Parker presented the report to the Board.  The report listed all projects the Community Board had funded since inception and their status.

 

The Board was informed of the current budget for 23/24 which was £141,509.  To date £3,119 had been spent over 3 projects.

6.

Community Matters – Michelle Parker pdf icon PDF 131 KB

·       Questions from the Public

·       Corporate Update

Minutes:

Michelle Parker informed the group that there were no questions received in advance of the meeting. However, a resident, present in the meeting asked if there was a Highways and Transport Action Group still in existence.  Michelle Parker informed them this was no longer a priority area for the Board and the Action Group had closed.

 

The Corporate Update was presented to the Community Board and the main areas of interest locally were highlighted.

7.

Date of next meeting – Cllr Steve Bowles

Thursday 19 October 2023

Minutes:

Councillor Bowles stated that he was unable to make the published date of Thursday 19 October.

 

Michelle Parker Community Board Manager would cancel this date and would re-arrange and provide an alternative meeting date.