The meeting was held a week early this month, which meant we were unable to welcome our new parish councillor Jennifer Bower, who is also Tideswell’s Derbyshire Dales district councillor. No members of the public attended.
Routine payments were made, and the council is on target and within budget. The current account stands at £27,756.33.
A special meeting of all councillors is to be convened to discuss the legacies of Eric Simpson and his mother. The investments are losing money at present and the council will debate the options available.
The council has ordered a funeral announcement board, which will be erected next to the Parish Council Notice Boards, on the wall of the Co-op. This will be crafted especially for the purpose to give the respect which the announcements deserve. When the board is in place, any resident of Tideswell or district may submit a notice to the council chairman Phil Swarbrick (01298 871862), who will place the notice on the board. The service will be free of charge.
The cemetery group reported that grave diggers have not always dug the graves in the allotted spaces,which has caused distress to residents. Some graves are too large and encroachment by headstones has caused problems to neighbouring graves.
The village has enjoyed the work of volunteers in the village who have made the flower beds as colourful and pretty as any in the area. If any amateur gardeners are ordering seeds and thinking about next year’s blooms, please would they consider putting a few extra plants to one side for the gardening group. Spring will soon be here. It is so good that the donation of plants was such a success this year. We are hoping to build on that success and do even better in 2013. Please let Julie Walton have details (07815 582522) if you are able to support this community venture, and make Tideswell an even more beautiful place to live.
Sue Barber on behalf