MELBOURN PARISH COUNCIL 28 Station Road Melbourn Cambs SG8 6DX Telephone 262494 e-mail: parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Chairman Donald Mowatt 23, High Street SG8 6AL
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Vice-Chairman Maureen Townsend 32 New Road SG8 6ER
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Clerk & Office Avril Mellor, 28 Station Road, SG8 6DX
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E-mail parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Website www.melbourncambridge.co.uk Councillors Val Barratt 2 Station Road SG8 6DX 261227 Irene Bloomfield 78 Russet Way SG8 6HF 222558 Colin Charter 58 Bramley Avenue SG8 6HG 262278 Janice Guest 1 Mortlock Street SG8 6DB 260894 Rosemary Gatward 94 High Street SG8 6AL 261225 Dean Hardingham 1 Portway SG8 6EU 232757 Michael Linette 11, Chapel Lane 262534 Donald Mowatt 23 High Street SG8 6AL 268388 Clive Purbrook Glebe House High Street SG8 6DZ 260899 Andy Qulina 77 Orchard Road SG8 6BB Jocelyn Robson 91 High Street Mike Sherwen 3 Hale Close SG8 6ET 260070 Christopher Stead 70 Russet Way 260743 pm Maureen Townsend 32 New Road SG8 6BY 260959 Richard Wakerley 32 Chalkhill Barrow SG8 6EQ 262247 Employees Handyman and Caretaker Peter Andrews Emergency mobile. 07778-682245 Village Ranger Keith Rudge, 4 Dolphin La, SG8 6AF Internal Auditor Peter Chilvers, 68A High Street, SG8 6AJ
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County Councillor David Charles McCraith 104 North End, Bassingbourn D-Rmccraith@supanet.com (send agenda by e-mail) County Hall 01223-833555 District Councillors Janice Guest, 1 Mortlock Street, SG8 6DB Val Barrett, 2 Station Road
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South Cambs M.P. Andrew Lansley
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South Cambs M.E.P. Robert Sturdy
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The Parish Office at 28 Station Road, is entered by the door at the front of the building directly opposite Sheene Mill. The Parish Office is now open on Mondays from 9 am to 1 pm, on Tuesdays from 2 pm from 4 pm, and on Thursday from 9 am to 1 pm. The office is not normally open on Wednesdays or Fridays. As the Clerk is sometimes out on Parish business it is better to ring 262494 to ensure that she is in the office. Meetings of the Planning Committee are normally held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month commencing at 7.15 pm. Council Meetings are normally held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7.15 pm at Vicarage Close Community Centre. The Press Royston & Buntingford Mercury Tom Ship, Media Centre 40 Ware Road, Hertford, SG13 7HU 01992 526639 Royston Crow Heath House, Princes Mews, Royston, SG8 6RT 245241 Fax 242231
From the Parish Clerk – Avril Mellor Do you, like me, wonder where this year has gone? It is nearly Christmas, so I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas period. You will, I am sure, have seen the new Parish Notice Board by The Cross. It is a beautiful piece of work, made of oak with hand carved letters. In order to stop any vandalism to the board it has been decided that it be kept locked. Any posters or notices which you would like to be put on the board need to be given to me or put through the door of the Parish Office on Station Road. I will then put these on the board for you and, of course remove them when the event is past. Stockbridge Meadows Riverside Park has now been legally handed over to the Parish Council. I do hope that you have been and enjoyed a walk around. Due to the wild flora and fauna of the site, all dogs must be kept on leads and owners are requested to clean up after them and use the bin provided. The Parish Council was approached by the River Mel Restoration Group with a request to use the Pavilion on the Recreation Ground as a base from which to provide refreshments for a litter picking session held in November. They will also use it as a base to provide refreshments for working party sessions, which will commence in January 2009. The Council was very pleased to be able to help with this matter. There seems to have been some problems with the emptying of bins in the village. Some of them do not seem to be emptied on a regular basis. I think this is due to cuts to the service being made by SCDC, which has resulted in three areas being rolled into two. This means that only two people now do the job of what used to be three. On top of that we do not get the same employees on the round all the time, which of course means that the round is unfamiliar to some. Unfortunately this results in certain of the bins in the less obvious places getting missed. I hope that by the time you read this, things will have settled down, but if you are aware of any problems, please report the matter to me. I can then phone SCDC Environmental Department and request that the bin be emptied.
From the Chairman of the Parish Council Donald Mowatt A warm hello. My name is Donald Mowatt, and I have only very recently become Chairman of Melbourn Parish Council. Given that I am amongst the fledglings, and not long in the village, I feel particularly honoured to have been asked to take the reins.
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