Penyffordd Community Council Meeting January 2009

To the Meeting
We turn up dead on 6.25pm so that we don't have to put up with too much awkwardness.
I am at war with the council over its refusal to deal properly with a 1000+ speeding cars each day through the village My last letter published in The Leader on our unique method of choosing councillors not helping matters. All Cllrs are there excluding Cllr Cindy Hinds and Cllr David Williams. David has developed into a fine art turning up late, whether it be 10 minutes or an hour

Meeting is started prompt by Chairman Cllr Joe Bell by 6.40pm everyone is in place.
Lisa, Red Den and myself sit facing Cllr Joe Bell the plus point that you do not get the
icy stare of Cllr Colin Bithell the minus point is the icy draught from the ducting under
our chairs that chops you off at the ankles.

Item No. 2 Minutes.
Various minutes are discussed. At one point Dennis who is not part of the meeting makes a point which is immediately jumped upon by The Chair Cllr Joe Bell who tells Dennis to "shut up." Cllr Stan Davies pipes in shouting "get out!" Dennis is out of order as he knows but so is Stan and the chairman Cllr Joe Bell. What should have been said by the Chair ' members of the public are not allowed to speak and will have to leave the room if it continues.'

Item No 3. Matters arising from minutes. One Item of the minutes discussed was action against me Colin Hughes for material I have put on my blog.
Cllr Hines informs the meeting that she will not go along with this item as it is illegal.

Item No 4 Police Liason. CBM Chris Pullen informs meeting there is little criminal activity in Penyffordd. One councillor reminds Chris of a recent break in which is then discussed. I had my car damaged for the second time a month ago. I have emailed Chris twice to which he has not replied. This is one method how North Wales Police keep crime statistics low. Cllr Colin Bithell is to be applauded for his continuing pressing of North Wales Police over anti social behaviour in the village. Chris says he awaits " metal mickey" the webcam that can be put in street light posting. I heard this said 6 months ago.

Item No 7. Penyffordd Community Council asked the WAG about whether County Councils can impose its own restrictions without consent from Cardiff. The correspondence was passed around After this item I still didn't understand the answer.

The facts are the following Wrexham Council has 20 mph compulsory limits all over Wrexham
Queens Park is nearly all 20 mph compulsory.
Flintshire County Council has compulsory 20 mph speed limits in Shotton.
FCC will make any feeble excuse to avoid the above. Perhaps its a matter of who is going to pay for it.

Item No 11. I have asked for digital copies of Penyffordd Community Council minutes which are public domain. Nigel has been around to the house we have discussed this. Cllr David Williams proposes that this is not allowed. This is the luddite you have elected residents.

Cllr Tom Jones proposes that it is allowed but kept under review.
I think Tom's proposal wins through. The above item took over 20 minutes. Anyone who is computer literate knows that folder copying is a secondary process that once set
into motion would take a few minutes. all files would be kept in a folder so it would just be a matter of copying the folder to a CD. It was also discussed that this mat set a precedent for 100's of people to ask for a digital copy and that this would add greatly to Nigel's workload. Again those who are computer literate relise that this isn't so.

Any Other Business.
School Governorship. The impressive Cllr Margaret Jones brought up a letter that had been sent by Cllr David Williams to all those involved. Cllr Margaret Jones pointed out that many people sent the letter were extremely upset and angry over its contents.
At present we have a new Head Teacher at a Penyffordd school who is going to be subject to an OFSTED inspection and is currently without governors to support her.


Cllr Linda Vidamour valliantly persists with the dangers of Lower Mountain Rd where cars hurtle through. The legal limit is 60 mph. I do not walk along this road it is highly dangerous, it is a single track in many places. It needs lowering to 30 mph and the police need to hammer Airbus and Raytheon shiftworkers.
More councillors are needed that are in the Linda Vidamour mould.

Item 16
Mr. Colin Hughes - The Clerk will report any information received from the Monitoring Officer with regard to what is considered to be false reports and information put out by Mr. Colin Hughes.

Cllr Tom Jones moved that the item be deleted. Cllr David Williams agreed saying my actions were politically motivated. Cllr Colin Bithell was much aggrieved by my blog. Cllr Bithell should read what Guido says about our Prime Minister. A vote was taken on Tom's proposal which was carried. Cllr Colin Bithell abstained. Cllr Stan Davies did not vote.

During the above debate Cllr Colin Bithel declared that Cllr Cindy Hinds is not subject to any criticism from myself.
As Cindy is well aware this is not true. I criticised Cindy for saying in her newsletter that traffic matters were better. This I think referred to the Vounog but was not specified..

Chairmain Cllr Joe Bell declares meeting closed.

I chat to Cllr Edwina Davies outside in the smoker's room afterwards. Edwina always pleasant.
I currently have a toadying letter on the launching pad regarding comments made by Cllr Tony Sharps that well known Labour councillor with regards public transport not turning up.