Minutes of the committee meeting – 25th November 2018

The committee sadly announces that Dave Teasel has passed away. Condolences go out to his wife Elaine and his family.

Minutes of previous meeting

Louise Kirkley apologises that in the previous meeting a list of questions was raised by Paul Elvey in response to the meeting with the mayoress on 20/09/2018 which were not included in the minutes. Any points raised can be addressed at the next meeting. See attached.

Site Adoption

Louise Kirkley attended the Town Hall for an update and spoke with Manuel the architect and the secretary to the mayoress. Louise thanked them for sorting out the street lights which are now working.

Regarding the state of the bins the Town Hall says that any work required is cosmetic and will not be undertaken at this time. However, the instancia is still in place and Louise pointed out again the health and safety issues with regards to the bins with holes in them.

Our lawyer Guilliermo has had a meeting with the technical staff and has presented a document about first occupation licences when Louise receives feedback, she will pass it on.

The Mayoress has said that an update on the AVAL balance and an update on the outstanding works will be sent out, but this has not happened yet.

There was a discussion with reference to the current court case but there is nothing new to report. It was reiterated that Guillermo thinks the appeal could take one to two years at least.

Update from Pete Whitbread

Pete had a meeting with the technical staff at the Town Hall about the situation with the weeds they came back to say that nothing will be done by the council at present.

Pete will arrange a further appointment with the deputy Mayoress to see what works we could carry out ourselves. He will ask specific details about what weed killers we can use and to see if we can strim the weeds ourselves or what company they could refer us to who could do the work on our behalf.

They stated that the notice board at the entrance to the urbanisation is in hand, but this has been the case for the last three years.

Louise pointed out the health and safety issues with regards to the weeds which are now breaking up pavements and are now beyond the capabilities of the residents to hand weed. The council have stated that they will only weed twice a year. Louise pointed out that the work needs to be done up to Garofers they have made a note of this and will investigate it.

The purchase of a strimmer by the association was mentioned, but as yet there is no answer. Pete will have a follow up meeting.

It was noted that the empty properties have now had their gardens cleared and should be ready for sale soon.

Treasurers Report

Cash flow for the period 1/1/18 – 25/11/18

Amount spent this period                196.64

Income this period                            440.00

Cash in hand at end of Sep 18          -36.88

Balance at bank 6/10/18                   9,234.55

Balance at bank at commencement of this period (1/1/2018)   = 8,877.27

An explanation of any transaction or cash movement is always available, as well as the auditors report, as issued prior to the AGM.

NOTE: members subs 440 euros this period

NOTE: Bank now changed to La Caixa IBAN ES88 2100 7970 2602 0009 2593

Membership Report

There are 335-member households.

Peter Bayliss has provided each rep with a list of members for their area and he will keep the reps updated as to any new members.

Social Committee Report

Dec 13th charity bingo at Munroe’s.

Any donation for the raffle such as chocolates wine etc can be left at Munroe’s.

Dec 15th Christmas Market. Starts in the evening 4.30pm there will be some food, a local beer company Gatera beer will be present and a stall with home made goodies. There will be popcorn for the children and Santa will be there. The English School and music school will be doing performances.

The walking group continues.

AOB

John Bishop asked about any update with reference to habitation certificates. Guillermo has presented the council with a document and is awaiting a reply. If there is no progress, we will discuss with Guillermo about taking this to the ombudsman.

Maria Del Valle Arroyo states that there are local and national Ombudsman in Spain and asked if we could clarify with Guillermo which one he would be approaching Louise will speak to Guillermo on this matter.

It was noted that household are receiving voting forms and should the wish to vote they will need to register to do so.

The next meeting will be 13/1/18

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