Present : Councillor I Shaw – Cotgrave Town Council (Chairman), Councillor S Gardner –Cotgrave Town Council, Councillor B Tansley – Cotgrave Town Council, Councillor R Butler – Cotgrave Town Council, Councillor C Chewings, Councillor Y Wilson – Cotgrave - Town Council, Julie Stephenson - Cotgrave Town Council, PC J Reason – Notts Police, Catherine Sowter – Rushcliffe Borough Council, Neil Bettison – NCC, Jacky Shaw – Cotgrave Advice Centre, Alan Wilson – Burhill Allotments, Joe Rhodes - Resident, Pat Greaves – Radcliffe-on-Trent Community Speed Watch.

Apologies Received: Councillor D Daws, Councillor L Daws, Councillor L Attewell, Councillor S McGinley, Hilary Strasburger, Janet Tanner, Roger Edwards, Matthew Trickett, Marianne Pickett, John Ludlam, Phil Smith.

The meeting was chaired by Councillor I Shaw, and was held in Studio 4 of the Leisure Centre and started at 7.00 pm.

044 Resolved : "That the minutes of the meeting held on 7th September 2011 be received and confirmed as a true record".

045 M030 Cotgrave Festival Sport

Regular meetings for the Festival of Sport are taking place and the plan for the week’s events is now taking shape.

046 The working party are now trying to interest local celebrities to be part of the event.

047 Councillor S McGinley is working on a window box competition for the local school children who would be judged at the finale.

048 Report from PC J Reason, Nottinghamshire Police

The crime rate for Cotgrave has fallen again this year as it did in the previous year. Cotgrave is within the targets set by Nottinghamshire Police.

049 Crime and anti social behaviour has fallen apart from a period in July and August.

050 Regular Police meetings are to be scheduled each quarter and some members of the public will be invited to attend.

051 Positive Futures has started with a new group of young people and is working with local Police.

052 A recent survey in Cotgrave stated 60% of people complained regarding anti social behaviour incidents and 40% of people stated there were no problems. Some residents had commented on speeding as a concern.

053 Speeding is an issue Cotgrave Police is going to address and will be part of the next Week of Action in March 2012 with vehicle checks and speed cameras in operation.

A resident asked why speeding doesn’t get dealt with like anti social behaviour. The police commented that most motorists see the marked police cars and slow down before the need to take action, but speeding is a criminal offence.

054 Street Lighting Switch Off In Cotgrave

Cotgrave has been divided into 5 areas for the introduction of the light switch off which is still in the consultation period. When the consultation period is completed all residents will be notified.

The first area to be considered for switching off of street lights between midnight and 5am will be White Furrows, Daleside and roads leading off Daleside, Owthorpe Road and Bakers Hollow.

Police have crime prevention information for these areas which include trimming back large shrubs and trees, locking garages and sheds and the promotion of Neighbourhood Watch groups.

055 Cotgrave Advice Centre

Cotgrave Advice Centre recently celebrated 25 years service to Cotgrave with a celebration evening. The centre has actually been running in Cotgrave for 27 years.

Cotgrave Advice Centre is offering a new session each week on a Monday night from 5^th December at 5pm until 7pm.

The Advice Centre will now have three sessions each week with three staff for each session supported by Rushcliffe Advice Network and a specialist in Welfare Benefits will be available.

056 Community Safety Event

A community safety event will take place on 14^th February 2012 at Cotgrave Welfare.

The theme of the event is Love Yourself and Belongings and Personal Safety.

The event will consist of a lunch served at Cotgrave Welfare by the Positive Futures group to the older generation of Cotgrave.

Stalls with safety information and speakers will be included in the event.

If the event is oversubscribed a second evening event may be added.

057 Owthorpe Road

Resident, Joe Rhodes asked if HGV lorries could be stopped from taking a short cut through Cotgrave and damaging the road surface and pavement at the Lynch Gate when turning out on Plumtree Road.

Councillor R Butler explained Cotgrave is having a 7.5 tonne weight limit imposed but it takes time for all paperwork and signs to be completed.

Councillor R Butler will make enquiries if signs can be installed Wolds Farm directing the HGV lorries onto the A46.

A resident asked the police to look at the parking around the junction of Owthorpe Road and Daleside, the junction is difficult to pull out from because of parking issues.

058 Candleby Lane School Zebra Crossing

The zebra crossing planned for outside Cotgrave Candleby School is to be installed in February half term break and the no parking zone will be extended.

059 Christmas Events

The Cotgrave Christmas Lights Event is taking place on Friday 2^nd December at the precinct from 3.30pm.

The Christmas Tree Event is taking place at the Methodist Church on 3^rd December, local groups are asked to place a tree in the church and the public can view all the trees on Saturday 10^th and 17^th December.

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School are having their school Christmas fair on Friday 9^th December.

Cotgrave Church of England School is having their Christmas fair on Friday 25^th November.

The residents of Cotgrave are invited to join in and sing Christmas Carols around the Christmas tree on the precinct on Friday 23^rd December at 6.30pm. The Church School and Candleby Lane children and the Church choir will be joining in.

A local resident is hoping to bring a snow machine for the Carols around the Tree Event.

060 Community Speed Watch

Pat Greaves of Radcliffe on Trent community speed watch gave a talk on how to set up a speed watch group in Cotgrave.

6 people would be required to start up a group. All volunteers have to be trained and are required to recognise makes and models of cars and vans. Volunteers would have to be CRB checked and may need data protection checks if required to go into the police station to help with the administration.

The equipment needed to start a group is a speed gun, high visible coats and documents distributed by the police.

The speed gun costs around £900 and has a range of 600 metres.

The Nottinghamshire County Council have to do a risk assessment and this has to be agreed with the local police on all places where the group can set up the speed gun.

Pat Greaves has offered to train any volunteers if Cotgrave sets up a Community Speed Group.

PC Reason has agreed to this training and is happy to try to help.

Cotgrave Police do have access to a speed gun, it is shared through several villages in the Vale.

Thanks were given to Pat Greaves for his talk and information.

There being no further business, the meeting ended at 8.22 pm.