View of Penistone and top of Viaduct

Mayor’s Charity Chinese Banquet Night!

Come and join us on Sunday 26th February @ 7.00pm in Cherrydale Restaurant, Penistone for a fabulous 4 course banquet meal and help raise funds for Penistone Mayor Steve Webber’s Charities – Woodhead Mountain Rescue and Ward 19, Barnsley Hospital.
At only £15 per person this is a great value night in a good cause. Please contact Nadine in the council offices on 01226 370088 to book your place now. A £5 non-refundable deposit is kindly requested.

From the minutes of the 19th December 2011 meeting

The following are extracts taken from the minutes of the most recent meeting which are most likely to be of interest to the general public. These are deliberately brief - for full documentation, please download the PDF version.
The minutes section also contains an archive of minutes published since October 2011.

Town Council meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm, in the Council Chamber (except August) at the Town Hall building on Shrewsbury Road. These meetings are open to the public and members of the electorate can address the council.

Minutes are always published following their approval at the subsequent meeting, i.e. one month after the original meeting.

Penistone - Outdoor Leisure Equipment; the Old Lesiure Centre

The outdoor leisure equipment had now been installed which had resulted in the securing of the show field and toward the prevention of future development.
Plans had been submitted for the redevelopment of the old leisure centre and donations had been received.

Penistone - Green Park

The roof was being installed on the Green Park; it was envisaged the building would be open by April 2012.

Penistone - Traffic

Funding had been secured for the traffic scheme in the town centre.

Penistone - Skate Park

Funding had been applied for through the community support fund to provide new lighting on the skate park and make it vandal proof.

Council Tax Bills

Future council tax bills from Barnsley MBC would be re- worded to make payment of bills will less confusing.

Safer Neighbourhood Team

At a recent meeting with the police the composition of the Safer Neighbourhood Team was discussed. A new Inspector in the return of Julie Mitchell would be responsible. The team would be based in Barnsley. Penistone will gain Darton and Dodworth in the boundary with Wombwell joining Hoyland. The PACT meetings will now be reduced from ten meetings per year to nine.

Roads - Resurfacing

At a recent meeting with the police the composition of the Safer Neighbourhood Team was discussed. A new Inspector in the return of Julie Mitchell would be responsible. The team would be based in Barnsley. Penistone will gain Darton and Dodworth in the boundary with Wombwell joining Hoyland. The PACT meetings will now be reduced from ten meetings per year to nine.

Correspondence

The following items of correspondence were NOTED as members had been circulated with the information for their perusal prior to the meeting: South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue briefing note; Market Mill; Voluntary action Barnsley; Business Link Yorkshire; Historic Town Forum; Letter - Mrs. Barkworth; Penistone RBL