Apologies for absence  Cllr. P Tomlinson.

Approve and sign Minutes  prop. M Hills.   sec. M Robinson.

Matters arising
The lock bridge had been closed and work appeared to be progressing slowly. Yellow signs had appeared in many places after the bridge closed and it was thought they were confusing as well as ill spelt. It was considered that the whole project could have been better managed.

County Councillor's report   The Viridor application for a waste processing plant which had been refused was still under consideration following some changes to the application.
The intention to extract gravel from many places just south of Sandford was gearing up and vigilance was called for or huge areas of countryside would be changed forever. Although there weren't any extraction proposals very close to Sandford, the associated traffic movements would be great and cause a lot of noise, congestion and disturbance for many years.

Matters for consideration

	Andy Hackett was co-opted by unanimous agreement as a new councillor to replace Hazel Hutton who had retired some time ago. Nigel Northcott had formally resigned from the parish council as of this meeting and the vacancy notice would be posted tomorrow. Nigel was thanked for his work over many years and wished well for his future move to Abingdon.
	Traffic calming,: Following suggestions made by P Ronald at the last meeting, Clerk would write to him with parish council's proposal that bollards be placed along grass verges in village hall area and the wharf area of Church Road and to consider white line removal.
	It was agreed to buy two new notice boards to replace existing ones at Church Road by postbox and Heyford Hill Lane by post box. The existing boards had all been vandalized and were not of a construction which afforded easy repair.
	Audit return 2009/2010 : Parts 1 & 2 Audit return 2009/2010 - the accounts were accepted and the annual governance statement approved and signed. In respect of Section 2, item 5, all known risks have been assessed and external insurance through Norwich Union is in place. This includes Fidelity Guarantee of 100,000.00. The playgrounds are inspected annually by RoSPA and reported risks assessed and remedial action taken as appropriate.

Planning
P10/W0380   75 Henley Road.   Single storey rear extension for disabled shower room.   Agreed that this should be approved.

Income and expenditure   Prop. M Robinson,   Sec. K Welch.

Income Bank interest Refund from SODC (dog bins)	3.09 134.67	Expenditure SODC dog bins St Andrew's (Welch Rm rent) E Shatford (Sal, exp. Etc) SODC dog bins (revised figure)	134.67 60.00 1,085.61 81.33
Total	137.76	Total	1,361.61

Matters raised  
M Robson had tidied planter near to Heyford Hill Lane and would take charge of keeping it planted in future, it was agreed that the remaining planter should be put on the corner of Rock Farm Lane and Henley Road. The area at the southern entrance to the village needed some tidying up and it was agreed that future maintenance of planters would be discussed at the next meeting.
M Hills drew attention to an article in the Oxford Mail about the City possibly wanting a new cemetery near Sandford Brake.

Items for agenda of next meeting  
Planters.
S Paine would check ownership of the piece of land opposite H.H. Lane.

Date of next meeting   10th May 2010   7.00pm in Welch Room   (AGM and Annual Parish Meeting)


Meeting closed at 8.15pm