YORKSHIRE-SCARBOROUGH

Secretary's Report

The Secretary reported a successful year. There are now 95 members of the Branch, 78 of these being Local Authority members and 17 Branch members. This was an increase of 17 Local Authority members, the Branch membership remaining the same.· Treasurer's Report

The Treasurer reported a reasonably healthy Balance Sheet and recommended that branch membership fees should remain at 5/-. This was approved.

The thanks of the meeting to the Secretary and Treasurer was recorded.

Self-Service Petrol Pumps

A long and useful discussion on the question of prepayment self-service petrol pumps took place and various views were expressed by members. It was pointed out that the Association had already published a Model Code of Conditions relating to these pumps and that the Home Office Model Code was still awaited which, it was believed, would vary considerably from the Association's recommended Conditions. Members were not certain which Code they should recommend their Authorities to adopt. It was resolved that no decision be taken on this matter until the Home Office Model Code had been published and fully discussed. Any other Business

The value of the experiences of other inspectors relating to incidents in the use of latched nozzles and post payment and pre-payment petrol pumps was expressed and it was suggested that the information regarding all incidents involving the storage of petroleum should be collated and discussed at subsequent meetings. The Secretary was instructed to take the necessary steps.

As a result of views expressed by Mr. Chester, of Eaton R.D.C., which were seconded by Mr. Huxtable, ofClacton U .D.C., that the Branch was too large, it was resolved that officers of the Branch look into the question of the setting up of smaller discussion units and not excluding complete division of the Branch. Time, Date and Place of Next Meeting

It was resolved that an invitation by Mr. Parcell of Huntingdon and Godmanchester M.B.C. for the Branch !o visit Hun~i~gdo~ be accepted and the Secretary mstructed to ha1se with Mr. Parcell regarding a suitable date and time. Visit

After lunch the meeting visited the Works of the Wayne T~nk and Pump Company Limited at Bracknell, Berkshlfe, where all types of Petrol Pumps and Flow Meters in co~rse of co?struction ~ere seen and their operation explamed. Particular ~ttent1on was paid to coin operated and .note acceptor devices serv1ce petrol pumps. for use with pre-payment self-

Members were gues~s of t~e Wayne Tank and Pump Company for tea, d u_nng which a very useful discussion was held on the policy of both pre-payment and postpayment self-service dispensing of petrol. The Chairman thanked the Company for ~h~ir hospitality made for the v1s1t. Wayne and for Tank and Pum the arrangemenfs

Yorkshire

The Annual General Meeting of the Branch was held at the Town Hall, Scarborough, on Wednesday, IOth April, 1968.

The Vice-Chairman, Mr. F. Gledhill, opened the meeting in the absence of the Chairman, Mr. S. Gascoigne, who was unable to attend due to a bereavement. A total of seventeen members and visitors were present. Six apologies for absence were received.

Minutes

The minutes of the last Annual General Meeting held· at Sheffield on the 25th April, 1967, had been posted to each member on the 27th March, 1968. It was moved by Mr. Hendry and seconded by Mr. Sample that they be taken as read and signed as a true record. The motion was carried and the Vice-Chairman duly signed. Chairman's Report

The following Chairman's Report was then read by the Hon. Secretary. "The past year has been the third year in the history of the Yorkshire Branch and I have been pleased and honoured to be of the Branch. the second person occupying the Chair

The ye~r h~s been one of slight advancement but mainly of consohdat10n of the pioneer work done in the first two years by Mr. Sample and Mr. Peacock. ~~mbership has increased slightly from 22 to 26 by the add1t10_n of three _me1:11bers of private firms an? one local au!honty. There 1s still room for improvement m members~1p and ~ must thank the West Riding County Council Fife Service for_ th~. Jetter they now enclose with th~ir c.orrespondence 1!1v1tmg authorities to join our Associa!10n .. Membership will increase only if present members m the1~ personal contacts with employees of non-member authontJes _recommend membership very highly for the benefits which accrue to the authority by joining and to a less extent wh~t the Branch will gain by their membership. I trust you will see a sharp rise in membership; if nonme~~~rs can see how enthusiastic we are regarding the activ1t1es of the Branch, the Branch will virtually sell itself.

The y~ar star.ted with myself as speaker in what I hope was a? m_terestmg lecture, but I think the Report in the Bu!letm did a great deal to boost the Branch. Since then we have had two meetings at the Fire Service Headquarte~s, ~eeds, ~nd two at the West Riding County Council_ Fi.re Service Headquarters. This predominance of hosp1taht~ from the Fire Service was tempered a little by the meeting at Sheffield and the one today at Scarborou~h: I would ask delegates to consider whether their authonties areas. would be willing to have the meeting in their . This increased number of meetings has been the main difference from the accepted routine of previous years and I am very pleased to say it has been accompanied by '.l good att~ndance record, so I assume members have been mterested rn the subjects discussed.

This is what I call consolidation of the pioneer work of J1!Y pr~decessor ~nd l hope the next year will see a contrnuat10n of the mterest shown in the Branch and an increase in the membership because of this enthusiastic interest.

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