The Clock is back on time!
Thanks to Tony Edney.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PARISH 23 May All invited! Free Refreshments!
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
will be held at
Nether Stowey Village Hall
on Monday 23rd May 2016 at 7pm
ALL ELECTORS OF THE PARISH ARE
INVITED TO ATTEND
HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT LOCAL ISSUES OR
RAISE MATTERS OF CONCERN
MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS
FREE REFRESHMENTS!
The Parish Meeting may, by law, discuss all Parish affairs and pass resolutions about them. The following matters have so far been placed on the agenda:
1. Chairman’s Report
2. Reports from Local Organisations
Please contact the Parish Council to add a matter to the agenda.
Each year an Annual Parish Meeting is held at which residents can air issues and ask the Parish Council to investigate certain matters which are of concern. The meeting is NOT a formal Parish Council meeting but it is facilitated and funded by the Parish Council for the benefit of the community. The draft minutes from last year’s meeting are now available at Annual Parish Meetings
NETHER STOWEY PARISH COUNCIL AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN
Our Annual Return for the financial year to 31 March 2016 is now published – see the link below.
Please note that the accounts and Annual Return are as yet unaudited. The period for the exercise of the Public Rights to inspect the Accounts is Monday 6 June to Friday 15 July. Please click the links below to download the documents.
Links:
- Annual Return March 2016 UNAUDITED
- Audit Notice 2016 – Notice of Date of Commencement of Period for the Exercise of Public Rights to inspect the Accounts
- Declaration of status notice 2016
- NAO Guide to Your Rights (links to National Audit Office website)
NETHER STOWEY MAY FAIR 2016
The May Fair will be held on 30 April 2016 and this year we will have more stalls than ever before and have now reached our maximum capacity and have a waiting list!
If you can help on the day – just a couple of hours of your time would be a great help – please contact Mel or John via the Parish Office – telephone 01278 733779 or e-mail us at mayfair@netherstowey-pc.gov.uk.
Members’ Interests Register now published
The Members’ Register of Interests forms have now been scrutinised by the Monitoring Officer (Sedgemoor District Council). Click this link to see the published list.
PARISH OFFICE CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER MONDAY
In case of emergency please contact any Parish Councillor – contact details are here or on the Parish Council notice boards.
A further update on the Gas Disruption.
Clive Book, Wales & West Utilities Head of Emergency Service said:
“We have made good progress in restoring gas supplies to Cannington and Nether Stowey after they were interrupted due to third party damage, and have now restored gas supplies to almost 1200 houses.
“Our engineers are going door to door to safely turn the gas supply to the rest of the homes back on, and relight their appliances. We are asking people to please give them access to their homes so they can do this. We would urge customers to wait for our engineers visit and not try to turn the gas on themselves.
“If you are out when we call at your home, we will leave a card with contact details for you to ring when you get home. We will then come out and turn your gas supply and your appliances back on safely.
“We are working as safely and as quickly as possible to get our customers back on gas. We have distributed alternative heating and cooking facilities to vulnerable customers in the area, as required. If anyone needs assistance, or knows of a neighbour who may, please let us know – our Customer Service Team is ready to take your call. You can contact us on 0800 912 2999 or by enquiries@wwutilities.co.uk. Alternatively, you can contact us on Twitter @WWUtilities or Facebook.com/wwutilities.
“We will keep people updated on our progress by posting information on our website, on social media and updating local media outlets, including local radio stations.
“We would like to thank people in Cannington and Nether Stowey for their patience, understanding and support while we restore their gas supplies as safely and as quickly as possible.”
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Disruption to Gas Supply – UPDATE from Wales & West Utilities
Stephen Pitman, Wales & West Utilities Area Engineering Manager for South West England said:
“We have made good progress in restoring gas supplies to Cannington and Nether Stowey after they were interrupted due to third party damage.
“We restored gas supplies to almost half of the affected homes last night. Our engineers are now back out and going door to door to safely turn the gas supply to the rest of the homes back on, and relight their appliances. We are asking people to please give them access to their homes so they can do this. We would urge customers to wait for our engineers visit and not try to turn the gas on themselves.
“If you are out when we call at your home, we will leave a card with contact details for you to ring when you get home. We will then come out and turn your gas supply and your appliances back on safely.
“We are working as safely and as quickly as possible to get our customers back on gas. We have distributed alternative heating and cooking facilities to vulnerable customers in the area, as required. If anyone needs assistance, or knows of a neighbour who may, please let us know – our Customer Service Team is ready to take your call. You can contact us on 0800 912 2999 or by enquiries@wwutilities.co.uk. Alternatively, you can contact us on Twitter @WWUtilities or Facebook.com/wwutilities.
“We will keep people updated on our progress by posting information on our website, on social media and updating local media outlets, including local radio stations.
“We would like to thank people in Cannington and Nether Stowey for their patience, understand and support while we restore their gas supplies as safely and as quickly as possible.”
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Wales & West Utilities have promised a further update later this afternoon.
Disruption to Gas Supply – Statement from Wales & West Utilities
Stephen Pitman, Wales & West Utilities Area Engineering Manager for South West England said:
“We are sorry that people in Cannington and Nether Stowey have had their gas supplies interrupted due to third party damage.
“We are now in the process of finishing the repair to the damaged pipe. When this is done, we will be visiting every home to safely turn their gas back on and relight their appliances. Our engineers will be going door to door, and we are asking people to please give them access to their gas meters. All our engineers will be carrying identification. We would urge customers to wait for our engineers visit and not try to turn the gas on themselves.
“We have more than 70 engineers from right across our network on site working as safely and as quickly as possible to get our customers back on gas. We have distributed alternative heating and cooking facilities to vulnerable customers in the area, as required. If anyone needs assistance, or knows of a neighbour who may, please let us know – our Customer Service Team is ready to take your call. You can contact us on 0800 912 2999 or by enquiries@wwutilities.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can contact us on Twitter @WWUtilities or Facebook.com/wwutilities.
“We will keep people updated on our progress by posting information on our website, on social media and updating local media outlets, including local radio stations.
“We would like to thank people in Cannington and Nether Stowey for bearing with us while we restore their gas supplies as safely and as quickly as possible.”
Ends
Further enquiries to Wales & West Utilities Press Office on 0800 644 1000
Planning agenda 24 February
Owing to a technical problem, I regret that the update putting this agenda on the website was lost. The agenda is now available here