St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church - Ansdell

St Joseph’s Ansdell Parish Council

Minutes of Meeting held in the Hall on Sunday 22 June at 11:00am

Present: Liz Kelly (chair), Edwina Gillett (secretary), Fr Harry Holden (president), Michael Wren-Hilton (legal), Bill Cookson, Anne Coughlin, Joe Waters, Anne Waters, Kate Golightly, Bill Drake, Greg Ormerod, David Tansey, Anne Zammit, Mike Zammit.
In addition there were 3 other parishioners in attendance.
Apologies: Mary Johnson, Anne Cawthorn, Colin Ballard, Tony Crean, Paul Kelly, Stephen Moore and Kathy Moore

1. Liz Kelly opened the meeting and welcomed those present. Fr Harry led the Fit For Mission prayer.
2. The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
3. There were four matters arising:
a) Fr Harry reported that a compromise had been agreed with Fylde Counselling Services; in future their appointments will not start before 10:00am; a revised schedule is posted on the Office notice board.
b) Liz Kelly said that new rental fees for the Hall were now in operation at £40 per session; Rental was covering the increased cleaning costs; The cleaning regime of the Hall was now considered to be good.
c) Greg Ormerod reported that new Terms and Conditions for renting the Hall were in the draft stage. Bill Cookson said that under Protection guidelines it was necessary to ensure that external groups renting the Hall comply with Protection legislation.
4. Tony Crean supplied a written report in his absence:
a) Bank balance at the end of 31 May stood at £122,710.82
b) Gift Aid for 2007/8 had produced an income of £7,973.48, he thanked all those who contributed through Gift Aid
5. Liz Kelly said that the Parish Administration Team (PAT) had approved a budget for 2008/9, this will be presented to the AGM in October.
6. Liz Kelly drew attention to the PAT minutes and highlighted:
a) That a health and safety check of the bell chamber has been undertaken
b) The bell chamber was currently being re decorated
c) There the toilet facility on the ground floor of the Presbytery was now suitable for disabled users
d) New external notice boards were being considered
7. There were written reports from the following groups;
" Jokers
" Social
" Parish Development Team
" House groups
" Web Team
" Environmental Audit Team
8. Gerg Ormerod said that the back of Church and the porch were looking untidy and he proposed that the areas should be stripped of all literature pending cleaning/decoration/installation of new notice boards. There was general agreement to this suggestion. Greg and the PDT will take responsibility for the project in liaison with Joe Nickson
9. Anne Waters reported that the Liturgies for the Centenary Mass on 16 August and the Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving on 10 October were well advanced.
10. Edwina Gillett advised the meeting that she would not be continuing in her role as secretary to the Parish Council and the AGM in October would be her last meeting. A replacement was needed as soon as possible to ensure a smooth transition.
11. The next meeting will be the AGM and this will be on Sunday 5 October at 11:00am in the Hall
12. There being no further business Liz Kelly closed the meeting at 11:40 am

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