Present   Chairman Cllr Robinson, V/Chairman Cllr  Aves, Cllrs  Harrison,    Pearson, Lambert, Reed and Davies;  also  C/Cllr Fitch and D/Cllr    Cane.

The  Chairman  welcomed  Charlotte  Cane  as  the  new   District Councillor.

Visit

Stephen  Plumb of Anglian Water Services came to talk to  the  PC about  the sewage works at The Hythe. He told the PC  that  Reach has  works  capable  of serving up to  500  people,  it  is  not overloaded  and they have never had a failure.  He explained  how the system works and confirmed that Anglian Water has no plans to re-site  but  could possibly help in landscaping the area  as  he agreed the lorries make a mess of the verge. Cllr Davies is to do a  survey re frequency of tanker visits and the  best  times  for this.

Reports

County Council

Cllr  Fitch  spoke  about  the  forthcoming  budget  which  would probably  see  an  increase  from 5 to 10%  of  1997.  The  small increase given is heavily weighted towards education.

Transportation - there is to be a loss of £700,000 net this  year which  will affect road surfacing (other than trunk  roads  which the government pays for). It would not affect pothole repairs but
things like dropped kerbs would not now be available.

Waste  disposal  - there is be an additional amount of  waste  to dispose of over that anticipated.

Social services - the government has decided Social Services need less  money.  4 homes for the elderly in  Cambridgeshire  are  at risk.  Cllr  Fitch commented that the new  administration  had  a 'dreadful job' finding ways of making savings.

Park  and  Ride - there has been a market survey,  the  two  most popular  being  Newmarket  Road and Madingley.  There  are  major access  problems into Cambridge from the North and East.  It  has been suggested to Cambus that park and ride users to the  Grafton Centre  would  be best served being picked up  at  Napier  Street which would save about 10 minutes journey time.