Agenda and draft minutes

Only members of the core membership are eligible to be nominated as the Chair. Either the Chair or Vice-Chair of the Local Community Network shall be a Somerset Council Councillor.

Only voting members can make nominations. The nomination must be seconded to be valid.

To participate in the election of the Chair and Vice-Chair, as a core member of the LCN, you will need to be physically present at the meeting. (For more information please see Terms of Reference).

Due to insufficient number of core members in the room, the election of the chair and appointing of the vice chair was postponed until the next LCN meeting.

Only members of the core membership are eligible to be nominated as the Vice-Chair.

Either the Chair or Vice-Chair of the Local Community Network shall be a

Somerset Council Councillor.

Only voting members can make nominations. The nomination must be seconded to

be valid.

To participate in the election of the Chair and Vice-Chair, as a core member of the

LCN, you will need to be physically present at the meeting. (For more information

please see Terms of Reference).

Due to insufficient number of core members in the room, the election of the chair and appointing of the vice chair was postponed until the next LCN meeting.

Nathan Turnbull, Link Officer, presented the annual report, which highlighted the new partnerships and participation, the creation of the highways and traffic working group and the active travel working group, and the next steps for engaging with the wider community and the civil contingency.

The LCN link officer present provided an overview of the work of LCNs across Somerset.  More information is available in the slide pack here.

Mr Paul Bradley from Misterton Parish gave a short statement of his Parishes work on Civil Contingency Plans, and offered to visit and speak to other Parishes to show them what they have done and help create one for others.

Nathan asked for the attendees to get into groups to discuss the below questions. The information was gathered and applied below as well.

a.    Reflections from previous speakers and discussions
Continuation of the Highways and the Active Travel working groups.

b.    Are there topics / areas missing from the initial list?
Vulnerable adults.
Children who are isolated.
Public transport – how can people access services if they don’t have a car. 
Connectivity.
Planning (how can we have the same sort of transparency as we now have with highways)
Parish plans.

c.    How can we find out more from residents?
A survey
A suggest that we may already have a lot of information but talk with each other could be a good use of time.

Nathan then presented a questionnaire that was created by the Vale of Frome parish to gather feedback from the parishes and the community groups on their strengths, challenges, and aspirations. The participants were asked to review the questionnaire and see if it would be useful for the LCN to send it out and collect the information.

Wednesday 25^th September 2024
Monday 9^th December 2024

Wednesday 19^th March 2025

Wednesday 11^th June 2025