Notices
THE PARISH COUNCIL
MEETS AT 7.00 pm ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF AUGUST .
NOTICE OF CASUAL VACANCY
Notice is hereby given that a vacancy has occurred among the members of the Parish Council. Any person willing to fill this vacancy should apply to the Clerk in writing on or before the 25 June 2010. The applicant's name must appear on the current register of the Voters List or the applicant should during the whole of the twelve months preceding the relevant date resided in or within three miles of the parish or the applicant's only place of work during the whole of the twelve months preceding the relevant date is in the parish. The applicant must not be debarred from standing as a Councillor.
Public elections cannot be held until the year 2011 but for the interim period election to the aforesaid Council will be voted for by the present sitting number of Councillors.
Janet Mitchell
Village Institute
High Street
Crigglestone
WF4 3EB
PUBLICATION SCHEME
At the November 2008 meeting, the Parish Council adopted the new Mandatory Publication Scheme. Many details of published information are available on this site.
Hard copies of
information are available for at the cost of printing - 10p
per sheet (black and white) and 40p per sheet (colour) plus postage.
COMMUNITY HERO AWARD
In 2009 the Parish Council agreed to present an annual Community Hero Award to a resident of the parish who had done outstanding voluntary work within the community for the benefit of the residents of the Parish. A committee was been appointed to oversee the award scheme.
At the Parish Council meeting on 12 January, the Chairman, Cllr Peebles , presented the 2009 Award to Keith Wainwright in recognition of his valuable contribution to the parish over many years.

GROUNDS
MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS In the interests of best
practice, contracts for the maintenance of the Park and for other amenity sites in the Parish are put out to tender to
local contractors.
The Parish Council
also puts out to tender the hanging basket contract
with some 54 baskets being displayed in the parish last year.
YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE The charity operates a lifesaving rapid response helicopter service across Yorkshire. They:
- Ensure seriously injured persons are never more than an average 10 minutes away from hospital
- Get paramedic care to patients within the crucial 'Golden Hour' and aim to attend critical cases within the 'Platinum Ten Minutes'
- Access areas which are difficult or impossible for road ambulances to reach quickly, i.e. coastal, rural or mountainous areas
Further information is available on 0845 1206060 or www.yaa.org.uk
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