Buckland Monachorum Parish Council's new clerk!
Introducing Kelly Johns ...
Kelly has worked at West Devon Borough Council since 2001 up to September 2015. Her chosen career up until now has been working as an Environmental Health Officer, but decided it was time to move away from an enforcement role and do something a bit different. This has led to her taking on the role of Buckland Monochorum's new Parish Clerk, which she is really looking forward to. She lives in Tavistock, has two young girls, a husband who hails from Bere Alston, is desperately seeking a Spinone ( a type of dog !) and likes a challenge (she has taken part in a round the world yacht race).
Kelly took over the role from Debbie Ashton in January and is looking forward to getting stuck into the role. The clerk's email address remains unchanged (clerk@bmpc.info). The whole Council would like to record their appreciation for all Debbie's hard work on behalf of the Parish over the last five years.
Parish Paths
With funding coming from the Parish Council's application to a WDBC Community fund (the Tap fund for 2014 /15) a project is undertway to create a multi functional path at Yelverton to allow residents with mobile buggies and mums with buggies to safely access the shops. The original paths had become over grown with vegetation and very difficult to use. The paths will be finished in the new year and the Parish Council hopes to get more funding to do the same on the path from the Rock to Yelverton. (photo attached)
Community Energy Project
The Community Energy project's feasibility study has completed and 4 sites have been identified as having potential to generate power from solar panels. If the 'owners' of these sites, having studied the results of the study, remain keen to participate, the project will form a part of a wider scheme being run by the Tamar Energy Community and the Parish will be able to show that it is playing its part in meeting the Country's commitment to renewable energy.
Annual Parish Meeting
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held at Clearbrook Village Hall at 1900 on 20th April and include a presentation on High Speed Broadband and the Neighbourhood Plan's progress. Do come along and support the work your Parish Council does, let them know what you think about living in the Parish and how you would like to see things develop in the years ahead.