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Farewell toLong-ServingCouncillors
In theParishCouncil Annual Report, youwill have readof the retirement of ParishCouncillor June
Woods after 46 years of service to the community. Another of our long-serving councillors, Terry
Clough, also decided to retire beforeMay’s election. Terry has been aparish councillor since 1990and
has also, of course, served the village for 16 years in his additional role of District Councillor.
Wewould like to thank both councillors for their outstanding contribution.Wewill miss their knowledge
andwise counsel and send them all best wishes for the future. It’s beenaprivilege to serve onBuckden
ParishCouncil with you both.
Information fromWISERRecyclingElectricalWasteKerbsideCollectiononbehalf of Buckden
ParishCouncil
NetworkRail - Level CrossingClosureStudy (S.W. Cambridgeshire)
In the 4th Juneedition of theHuntsPost, therewas a public announcement on theabove study saying
that informationwill be posted on theNetworkRail website.
www.networkrail.co.uk/
ecmllevelcrossings
The announcement also states that this organisationwill be at OffordVillageHall
on 19thand 24th July toanswer any questions. Representatives of theParishCouncil will, of course,
attend this road showand feedback any information thatmay affect our residents.
Any questions or comments on this report can beaddressed to theParishClerk JohnChase, Clerk to
BuckdenParishCouncil, BuckdenVillageHall, BurberryRoad, BuckdenPE19 5UY, Telephone (01480)
819407, Email
clerk@buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk
Donot forget our website at
www.buckdenparishcouncil.org.uk
Themonthlymeeting of the
ParishCouncil, includinga15minutePublicForumwill beheldon
Tuesday8
th
July2014 startingat 7.30pm
in theVillageHall. Members of the public arewelcome to
attendand raiseanyBuckden related issues..
If required, the
ParishCouncil’sPlanningCommittee
will meet on
Tuesday8th andTuesday22nd
July
starting 7pm. Agendas for themeetings areposted on theParishCouncil notice boards not later
than theSaturday preceding themeeting.
Do you have electrical items that you no longer useor want?WISERRecycling can help you, and
you can help your ParishCouncil?
WISERRecycling are a local recycling companybased inSt Ives andwill be conducting a collection
of householdWasteElectrical andElectronicEquipment (WEEE) on
Thursday18thSeptember
2014
. Electrical itemswill be collected in themorning byWISER vehicles. Theywill collect any elec-
trical item (including non-working) from hairdryers, videos, microwaves, to televisions and fridge/
freezers - basically, anythingwith a plug on.WISERRecyclingwill collect from right outside your
houseAll itemswill be taken to their fully licensed treatment facility. TheParishCouncil will receive a
revenue for theWEEEWaste collected, to be spent onCommunityProjects.
PLEASEPLACEYOUR ITEMS ‘KERBSIDE’ BY10:00 – IFPOSSIBLE, PLEASEAVOIDPLACING
OUTSIDETHEEVENINGBEFORE.
If you are unable tomove your larger items outside, please contact us 01480 464 111 – andWISER
Operativeswill attend your property to assist.WISERhas partnershipswithmany local and regional
charities includingEmmaus, Lighthouse, i-Trust andEco-Computer Systems throughwhich it sells
working items back to social groups and low income families. They are full permittedandauthorised
by theEnvironment Agency and operate to international standards; ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO14001
(Environmental) andOHSAS 18001 (Health&Safety), ensuring a professional recycling and recovery
service, second tonone. Please look out formoredetails in the coming newsletters. In themeantime,
formore information aboutWISER’s services, please visit their website: www.wisergroup.co.uk
