PCC Meeting Dated - 18th May 2010

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Minutes from meeting following APCM
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Last Tuesday’s meeting of the PCC was the first following our annual meeting and welcomed Tina Clark to the PCC and Paul Cartwright back to the PCC after a year off. We spent some time establishing ground rules for PCC members and then considered the results of an insurance inspection that we had earlier in the year. The PCC were pleased to note that the action required has largely been implemented. This involved:

Hall and church having an up to date wiring check and all portable electrical equipment checking

Replacement of portable water boilers (hall replaced – the PCC agreed to purchase a similar boiler for the church)

Wheelie bins have to be located at least 10 metres away from buildings and secured in place so they are now located by the perimeter wall and padlocked to the wall

Cleaning materials in the church to be kept in a lockable storage

Two fire extinguishers should be carbon dioxide based and we are in the process of acquiring these

Wooden ladders in the hall have been disposed of

The curtain over the Ashton Room fire exit has been removed.

The PCC expressed its thanks to Tabitha Holt for all her hard work for this. We also noted that the main notice board for the church had been removed for updating.

We received an up to date financial report from David, our treasurer. We have been faced with a number of large bills all at once (partly arising from the insurance requirements) but we have been able to maintain our payments for the parish share.

We then considered what we might do with the bequest money we received earlier this year. Several suggestions have been made for use of this money, and these are listed below:

Some money to put aside for our 50th anniversary celebrations

Replacement of the access path surface

Redecoration of the church hall

More stock for the greetings cards

Acolyte candle stands

Replacement or refurbishment of the servers benches

Replacement or refurbishment of the railings around the pools

We can’t do everything, especially as we want to put some money aside for the future. PCC members are going to give Fr Stephen a list indicating their priorities. If you would also like indicate what you think are the priorities, please have a word with me.

Fr Stephen thanked the PCC for allowing him time to go on sabbatical. Following that time, some aspects of his work have now been devolved to other people as follows:

Churchwardens now deal with every aspect of building work

Sue Fleshbourne is in charge of ordering new supplies

Peter Sherlock will take over editing the weekly sheet from June

The PCC agreed to appoint a parish safeguarding officer to work with Paul Cartwright, our vulnerable adult and child protection officer. Cay Sherlock offered to fill this role and will be working with Paul on our policies and monitoring of this important side of church life. A plea was also made for more help with flower arranging in church.

We also agreed to purchase a plaque to remember Joyce Blythe, and, following representation from several people, we also agreed that our used stamps will now go towards raising money for Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. We noted that we had not decided on charity for this year so the congregation will be asked to suggest charities over the next few weeks.