Election of Vice Chairperson  (deferred from last meeting)   K. Welch agreed to stand and was elected.

Apologies for absence  Mr S Paine,   Ms M Robson,   Cllr. P Tomlinson.

Approve and sign Minutes  prop. M Hills   sec. S Wilson.

Matters arising
The good news is that Vale House has now got planning permission for redeveloping Orchard House.
The bad news is that the bridge will now be closed at least until July 31 due to problems with the concrete decking. Clerk would express dissatisfaction of parish council at delay and poor notification and contact Kennington/Radley to perhaps make a joint protest.

County Councillor's report   Viridor appeal against planning refusal for waste disposer at Ardley was to come up in September.
The 'PAGE' campaign against minerals extraction near Dorchester was in full swing, A substantial Roman settlement had been discovered by a geophysical survey which was very exciting, it doubled the estimated size of the Dorchester site.
There was no hard news about the cuts which would come yet.   [Subsequent report appended below]

Matters for consideration

	Planter box management.   It was agreed to ask Geoff Surman to manage the planter boxes. Neither BCB nor the Littlemore contractors were able to take them on. A Budget would be agreed.

Planning
P10/W0651   Heyford Hill roundabout alterations.   Agreed this should be approved.

Income and expenditure   Prop. M Hills,   Sec. S Wilson.

Income Bank interest VAT refund	9.05 1,653.98	Expenditure Insurance Mirage Display (notice boards)	847.34
Total	1,663.03	Total	847.34

Matters raised  
J Markham asked what could be done about the huge increase in illegal and dangerous parking in Church Road. Clerk would ask PCSO Dawn by email about yellow line enforcement and K Welch would tackle it at NAG;
70 NAG Questionnaires would be coming in July.
Clerk would contact BCB re weeds in verges and Highways re faulty speed sign.
It has been reported that there is an increasing problem with dog fouling in Broadhurst Gardens rec.

Items for agenda of next meeting  
NAG questionnaires,
budget for planters.

Date of next meeting   Monday 5th July 2010   7.00pm in Welch Room.


Meeting closed at 8.15pm

County Council issues 8 I am afraid the financial picture is pretty gloomy both in terms of the state of the national economy and, because of the national position, for all of local government, including Oxfordshire County Council. I need to report to you on four aspects of our finances. 9 Firstly, you will remember that we announced towards the end of last calendar year that we were expecting some very tough times ahead as the government was forced to cut spending, regardless of the outcome of the general election that we knew was in the offing. We took over £100 million of savings over the five year medium term plan; we re-invested two thirds of it in services where we expect the highest pressure and the remaining one third - a bit over £35 million represents real cuts we will have to make over the five years from 2010/11 to 2014/15. We are now implementing those budget savings. 10 Secondly, you will know that the national coalition government announced in- year savings of £6.5 billion of which £1.2 billion was cuts in funding to local government. I cannot remember a time when government imposed cuts in this way after the budget had been set and the financial year had started. We are starting to get details of how much of the £1.2 billion is coming our way and it looks like a little under £11 million. We are working hard to identify how we will deliver those cuts and make them work as quickly as we can. The longer we leave it, the harder it will be. Remember we spend almost a billion pounds a year in revenue. 11 Thirdly, it is clear that public capital spending is going to be very tight because of the huge financial deficit the government has inherited. The County Council has been spending a little more than £100 million per year on capital schemes. These comprise schemes for schools, highways, libraries, museums, day centres and a whole host of other service areas. The capital programme is funded from a combination of borrowing, government grants, asset disposals and developer contributions from large housing schemes. It is very clear that we are going to have a lot less from all of these sources over the next five to ten years. We have therefore instituted a comprehensive review of all of our capital spending that is not already committed. We are going to face some very tough decisions, including some spending planned locally as well as the rest of the county. Final decisions will not be taken until we set the capital programme in February 2011 but we must put on the brakes early if we are to "turn round the super-tanker". 12 Fourthly, the government will conduct a Comprehensive Spending Review later this year, reporting in the Autumn. This will determine our financial allocations for the next three years. As I said at para 9 above, we have already made a lot of savings but we have no idea whether they will be enough. My best guess is that they will not be and we will be scouring our service areas to see what more we can do. 13 It is quite worrying but I do need to reassure you that the County Council is much stronger than many because we took early decisions to get ahead and stay ahead. There will be considerable public consultation and I will keep you and my other Parish Councils posted. 14 Apart from this, it is relatively quiet at County Hall!