Last night was the last Full Council meeting of 2009. We had a couple of speakers from the public: Joe Puttick gave an interesting presentation about sign posts in the village and their heritage value suggesting that the Council should do more to ensure the historic posts around the village are kept in order; he also told us about how the finials are an important part of the signs and add to their historic interest.

Kay Ellis, who to some may be known as the schools "lollypop" lady pleaded for better traffic control down by the school due to the problems she has in delivering her service to the parents and children at the primary school. It was agreed that the Clerk should write to Dorset County Council to highlight the issue Ms Ellis highlighted to see what can be done to help.

District Councillor Martyn Colvey gave us an update on PDC's thoughts for potentially offering plastic recycling facilities in the village. At the moment there are three potential sites for smaller recycling bins that need to be considered by the Council at the 4th January Environment & Highways Committee.

The 2010/2011 budget was signed off with hopefully a 0% increase in the precept.

More details about these points and for a fuller report on the meeting can be found in the meeting minutes which will be posted in the minutes section of this site.