MINUTES  of a meeting held at The Recreational Hall on the 3rd day of December 2007   PRESENT. Messrs. J. Baiss, C. Mowbray, W.Morris and V.Ley, Mrs. J.Williams and B.Talbot and Mr. R.K.Evans ( Clerk ). In the absence of Mr. Oliver, Mr. Baiss took the chair.   APOLOGIES  FOR  ABSENCE  Mr R. Oliver, Cllr. P. Hood-Williams, and Mrs. S. Phillips RESIGNATION  Mrs Lynn Holmes had written to resign from the Council for personal reasons. This was accepted with regret, and the Clerk was instructed to write to her to thank her for all her work as a member. Mr Ley agreed to be Planning Officer until the AGM THE  MINUTES   of the previous monthly meeting were approved as a true record and signed by the Chair.   MATTERS  ARISING none   SWANSEA COUNCIL  MATTERS.   Mrs Talbot had attended a recent Community Councils Forum, which had included a tour of County Hall, and an explanation of the new customer services arrangements there which should involve all customers being dealt with expeditiously upon arrival. The archives and library services have been updated, and there is a new coffee shop. Swansea Council does seek to encourage liaison. Mr. Michael Moody from the floor enquired whether members had any knowledge of proposals for 67 Edgemoor Close, but noone had.     HALL  MANAGEMENT   Mrs Talbot advised there had been a recent Hall Management Committee meeting at which figures were being reviewed in readiness for next year’s budget meeting. A contractor has been retained to carry out work to the fencing near the cattle grid.   PLANNING   It was resolved to support revised  plans for 28 Hen Parc Lane , involving smaller dormer windows than the original application which had beeen refused.   FINANCES   It was resolved to pay the following:-                         £     p  Caretaker                                                                 499     20 Wybone                                                                     85    29 Gestetner                                                                    17    04 Prestige Builders                                                      200     00 The following payments direct from the Bank in November were ratified :- Security Centres                                                         50    68 SWALEC                                                                   63    00 Welsh Water                                                              25    00 Powergen                                                                   77    00 Security Centres                                                         50    68   There followed a brief discussion of the first draft budget guidelines prepared by the Clerk. Mrs Talbot said that greater playground expenditure might be needed, and also that hall income for the current year was unlikely to exceed £6500. Mr Morris felt expenditure could be needed upon the outside of the hall.                                                             ANY  OTHER  BUSINESS   1.Mr Owen Elliott from the floor introduced himself as a potential candidate for the Fairwood ward of Swansea Council     There being no further business, the meeting was closed.   The date of the next meeting would be 7th January 2008