These are draft minutes that have not yet been approved by the council. The minutes are subject to change and will be confirmed at the next meeting.

ET24/047 PRESENT

Councillors Mears, Johnson, Banks, Lowe, McCulloch, Robertson, Russell and Watson

A Keppel-Green (Town Clerk) and Cllr Dalzell.

 

ET24/048 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

All members were present.

 

ET24/049 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

No member declared an interest in any item.

 

ET24/050 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Cllr Russell joined the meeting.

A resident spoke in relation to littering, stating that more litter picking needs to take place.

 

ET24/051C ONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

It was RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 18th November 2024, subject to correcting the date of the planned bee trail to 17th May in ET24/041.

 

ET24/052 REVIEW OF YEAR TO DATE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

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

 

ET24/053 NATURE ACTION PLAN: KNUTSFORD BEE TRAIL

Cllr Johnson outlined the working groups proposals for the bee trail and the launch event on 17th May. It was RESOLVED to approve the proposed trail and launch event as set out in report ET-24-18.

Cllr Dalzell left the meeting.

 

ET24/054 WINTER GRITTING

It was agreed that it could be beneficial for certain pavements, such as in the town centre, to be gritted during extended cold spells, that grit bins needed to be inspected before the winter season to identify those which have not been filled and that the town council could re-fill grit bins where Cheshire East Council does not. It was noted that it was not always understood that grit bins can be used to grit pavements.

It was agreed that the town council leading some winter preparedness measures should be explored, to include public awareness, checking grit bins and promoting useful contacts for problems. It was also agreed that the council’s operations team undertaking targeting gritting and refilling grit bins should be explored.

 

ET24/055 STRATEGIC PLAN

Progress on actions in the current year action plan was noted and it was noted that a workshop to identify the council’s priorities was planned for 4th February. It was agreed that better use of volunteer support should be employed to progress certain actions.

 

ET24/056 OUTSTANDING MATTERS LOG

The log was noted.

 

ET24/057 QUESTIONS TO THE CLERK

The Town Clerk responded to questions stating that QR codes would be included on the planned lost streets signage and that a Cross Town heritage board could be explored and that he would obtain updates from Cheshire East Highways in respect of the suspected sinkholes.

 

ET24/048 DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING

It was noted that the next scheduled meeting would be held on 31st March at 7:30pm.