Reports & Minutes

  MINUTES OF THE DERWEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2024 IN THE CHAPEL    VESTRY, DERWEN AT 7.30 PM 

       1: PRESENT:-

  Councillors Llefelys Rees (Meeting Chairman), Hywel Jones, John Crowhurst, Robert Hughes, Clwyd Jones, Gaynor Jones together   with the Clerk.

       1:APOLOGIES:-

 Councillor Thomas Griffiths. 

  1. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ON THE AGENDA ITEMS LISTED BELOW.

  None received.

  1. CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING.

  Members confirmed 18th July 2024 minutes as a true record and signed by the Chairman 

  1. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA.

  A: Due to the pressure of work commitments, Denbighshire County Council are unable to provide the new Clawddnewydd Village       Nameplates in the foreseeable future. Members resolved for Councillor Hywel Jones to oversee the replacement village nameplate   opposite the entrance to Bryn Coch in Clawddnewydd.

  1. Both the Derwen and Clawddnewydd Defibrillators have received replacement pads and batteries.       Members resolved for the Clerk to order defibrillator signs via Mr Tomos Hughes for the former BT Kiosk in Derwen which house the defibrillator. 

 

  1. ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE 10TH NOVEMBER 2024 ARRANGEMENTS.

Members resolved that the Remembrance Sunday Service will take place in Derwen on 10th November 2024 at 10.45 a.m. on the same order of service as previous years. 

  1. FINANCE.

  A; Bank balances £5,922.90.

  1. Receipts since the previous Council meeting:-
  2. HM Revenue and Customs – VAT Refund £1,769.40.
  3. Denbighshire County Council – second Precept receipt for the 2024/25 financial year £2,570.00.
  4. Authorised payments:-
  5. Two £5.00 monthly HSBC Bank charges £10.00.
  6. Defib Store for the Derwen Defibrillator replacement pads and batteries £378.00.
  7. White Oak Property Services for three community grass cuttings £342.00.
  8. Mr Dylan Rhys Jones, Internal Auditor for the year ended 31st March 2024 £75.00.
  9. Clerk’s salary for the quarter ended 30th September 2024 £400.00.
  10. HM Revenue and Customs – PAYE for the quarter ended 30th September 2024 £100.00. 
  1. ONE VOICE WALES TRAINING COURSES.

  The Clerk circulated members with the One Voice Wales training courses for the quarter ending 30th December 2024.

  1. PLANNING APPLICATIONS.

  Application: 12/2024/1136/HH – Erection of a detached garage, workshop, home office and hobby room building, alterations to existing vehicular access and associated works at Gwyndy, Clawddnewydd – no observations.

 

  1. CORRESPONDENCE.

  A: Grant aid appeal from Cor Nantglwyd based in Llandyrnog. Members resolved not to grant aid.

  1. The One Voice Wales Annual National Conference will take place on Wednesday 16th October 2024 in the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Showground at 9.30 a.m.
  2. The Cambrian Rally will take place on Saturday 26th October 2024.

 

  1. DISCUSSION WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.

  None in attendance. 

  1. HIGHWAY ISSUES.

  Members raised the following highways issues for the Clerk to write to the Highways Department of Denbighshire County Council:

  A: Serious dip on the highway next to the river bridge on the Bryn Saith Marchog to Derwen highway by Station House.

  1. Serious pothole next to Bryn Saith Marchog Smithy highway just off the A494 in Bryn Saith Marchog. 
  1. URGENT MATTERS UNDER SECTION 100B(4) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972.

  There were no urgent matters for consideration.

 

  1. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING – WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2024 IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM, CANOLFAN CAE CYMRO, CLAWDDNEWYDD AT 7.30 P.M.