Welcome new councillor  M Hills was welcomed as a co-opted parish councillor and N Northcott regretted that J Burrows (Smithson) had to tender her resignation due to pressure of work.

Approve and sign Minutes  (previously distributed)   Prop. M D'Arcy, sec. H Hutton

Matters arising  (not covered in the minutes)
Clerk would ask G Surman to file railing tops near walnut tree, to repair broken seat back and obtain a skip and clear ditch near village hall and bus stop.
Clerk would obtain quotes for tree tidying, lopping etc at Broadhurst Gardens.
An action plan with outline costings for recreation equipment repair and maintenance would be prepared and tabled at the next parish council meeting.
Clerk would write to County Highways regarding the broken railings guarding the Northfield Brook, the graffiti under the bridge at Brick Kiln Lane, the broken Heyford Hill Lane sign, and the missing sign for Oxford Park Homes.

Matters for consideration

	Broadhurst Gardens recreation ground. The residents had still not notified the clerk of dates suitable for a meeting so that one could be convened with councillors M Norton, M Inston and P Tuson. The resident present at the meeting agreed to arrange this.
	Traffic matters. N Northcott had been in email correspondence with R Tudor-Hughes and county councillor David Robertson re October meeting. New directional signs for parking should be in place by this February. It had been suggested that the new leisure facility be closed on match days to alleviate the parking problem. Additional parking places were being allowed along Grenoble Rd. The proposed mini roundabout for the Henley Rd / Brick Kiln junction was still in hand. Clerk to write to David Young regarding the proposal that Sandford have a 'parish champion' for these items who would be asked to attend at monthly parish council meetings and report on progress. Clerk to write to M Brown, secretary of Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium to suggest that the scheme adopted at Southampton be adopted. This involved football tickets being sold combined with a local bus ticket which would act as a pass to the stadium from any Oxford bus coming that way. M Inston suggested that as many councillors and residents as possible attend the area forum meeting to be held in the village hall on 7th January to air local grievances. He, M Hills and H Hutton would attend.
	Jubilee garden and sign. There was no progress yet. A contractor had been contacted, shown the site and given a schedule of works but had not yet prepared an estimate. Clerk would contact a new resident of River View who had experience in garden works.

Income and expenditure  Prop. H Hutton, sec. M D'Arcy

Income		Expenditure Scion Estates (grass cutting) E Shatford (back pay) E Shatford (salary and expenses)	424.42 43.32 814.14
Total		Total	1281.88

For information
M Hills is archiving the minutes on to disc. He would investigate putting them on to the web site but he pointed out that there was a vast amount of material and it would be costly in time.
Clerk to write to the Henley Rd car sales to say there had been complaints about their powerful rear floodlight being left on all night and requesting that it be put on an intruder switch.

Date of next meeting  - Monday 3rd February 2003     7.00pm in the village hall

Meeting closed at 8.05 pm