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MINUTES of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of ST AUSTELL BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE held on WEDNESDAY 25th March 2015 at the Gurkha Restaurant, Biddicks Court, St Austell at 6pm
1. Welcome from the Chair – Dave Halton
2. Minutes of meeting held on 25th of Feb 2015 – Minutes Approved
3. Parking Update – Mike Stanford
Since the last meeting, I had contacted Cornwall Council with regard to the parking amendments over 2 points:
1. Change of use for North Street car park to become 7 day permit holder use only. I objected on the grounds of the cost of the permits and on the loss of the car park at the weekends. The order has been amended so that the public can still use the car park free of charge on a Sunday and the cost of the permit has been set at £475 rather than £558.
2. The Countywide Rover Ticket is able to be used in every town centre car park in Cornwall except for St. Austell. This has now been changed and the Priory is included.
4. BID Update – Mark Lewis
The new updated and corrected town guide has now gone to print and will be out soon.
The town centre App is now live in the Android version. The Apple version will go live soon but for now, if you have an Android 'phone you can try out the app.
BID finances are running to target.
Events team have been busy and there are several events coming up. Christmas planning is quite advanced.
David Pooley is still working on the town radio system which will add security by linking all the businesses. The cctv monitoring suite in Newquay is being upgraded over Easter.
The Chamber Hustings was promoted to the board but sadly none were able to attend.
BID have formally commented on the Trewhiddle development proposed by Kingsleys. The response is broadly in favour.
The BID have decided to support the town centre Hustings which is being held in April by offering logistic and practical help.
There was a meeting held to promote membership to potential board members as there are several vacancies. The turnout was disappointing.
The Chairmanship and other board positions are up for re-election in April and an announcement of an AGM will come soon.
5. Annual Report – Dave Halton
6. Annual Accounts – Ian Chalmers
7. Appoint an accountant for the following year - Ian Chalmers from Philips Frith Accontancy appointed
8. Discuss and ratify the subscriptions for the following year –
Members voted to have a 3 tier system introduced from the 1st of April.
£25yr for new businesses (less than 10 employees), to increase the current £36yr to £48yr and if a business has 10 or more staff the charge would be £72yr.
The increase was justified as we will shortly need to pay a secretary.
9. To consider and vote on any proposals properly raised of which not less than 21 days’ notice has been given in writing. (None made)
10. To elect representatives to serve on the associations to which this Chamber is affiliated.
(BID Representative) – Mark Lewis elected, plus Gurkha given one year free membership to show appreciation for usage of their premises for our meetings.
11. Elected officers/management team for the forthcoming year.
Officers,
No President (deferred until further notice)
David Halton - Chair
Mike Stanford - Vice Chair
Mark Lewis - Jnr Vice Chair
Ian Chalmers - Treasurer
No Secretary (management will promote position within the coming weeks).
Management Committee, Jacky Swain
Pete Moody
Jessica Milln
Kevin Parks
Richard Austin
Anne Chapman
Clive Acraman
12. Date of next chamber meeting, plus any other diary dates.
Treliver Minerals presentation – 29th April 2015
Cornwall Business Fair - 13th May 2015
End of Meeting
