ET23/046 PRESENT

Councillors Russell, Banks, Johnson, Lowe and Robertson.

A Keppel-Green (Town Clerk).

 

ET23/047 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Apologies were received from Cllrs Coan and Mears (personal business) and Watson (health)

 

ET23/048 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

No member declared an interest in any item.

 

ET 23/049 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

No members of the public were present.

ET23/050 CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

It was RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 20th November 2023.

 

ET23/051 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

The committee income and expenditure year-to-date was noted.

 

ET23/05220 MPH SPEED LIMITS

It was noted that the committee disagreed with the Cheshire East Council approach to 20mph limits which require engineering solutions to slow traffic on roads where traffic travels in excess of 24mph, but notwithstanding this the committee would identify approximately two roads per ward to put forward for a 20mph limit. A number of roads were suggested and it was agreed that members would suggest roads for their ward to the Town Clerk and the SID would be used to measure the existing average speed, the committee would then consider what roads to put forward.

 

ET23/053 COMMUNITY ENERGY GENERATION

It was RESOLVED to:

  1. note the information and success of community energy projects
  2. agree in principle support to the emergence of any community energy project in Knutsford
  3. refer the information and idea of establishing a community energy project to the working group to be formed in the 2025/26 civic year

 

ET23/054 COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SCHEMES

The committee received information on the Knutsford Community Transport Association, Knutsford and District Good Neighbours scheme and Cheshire East FlexiLink scheme. In respect of the two Knutsford community schemes it was RESOLVED to:

  1. Feature both organisations in community newsletters to promote them to potential users/volunteers
  2. Create a poster for KDGN to display in noticeboards to promote the scheme
  3. Creating a section on the town council website to promote both schemes and support this with scheduled social media posts about the schemes

 

ET23/055 STRATEGIC PLAN

The progress on delivering the committee’s agreed actions was noted.

 

ET23/056 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG

The log was noted.

 

ET23/057 QUESTIONS TO THE CLERK

The Town Clerk responded to a question advising that a meeting of the CIL Projects Advisory Committee was being convened to consider the proposal for the Ladies Mile path upgrade.

 

ET23/058 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

It was noted that the next scheduled meeting would be held on 15th April 2024 at 7:30pm