Even with the poor weather there was a great turnout for the 2008 Carnival and everyone had a great day and the feedback given by some of the attractions was that there was a great atmosphere and they had thoroughly enjoyed their day. The BMX display team were greatly appreciated and the main attraction, Haurel and Lardy were superb. The procession this year was extremely colourful and a lot of hard work and effort went into all the floats, and in particular the winning float this year which was the Bugsy Malone float created by Kensworth Brownies, congratulations to them.
Other attractions on the day included a clown, tug of war teams, face painting, pottery and many others
Memorial Plaques
The Parish Council in conjunction with the Parish Church and the Methodist Church are investigating the provision of memorial plaques to commemorate the four residents who fell in the 1939-1945 World War. Quotations for this work have been obtained and are currently being considered by the Parish Council and the two churches.
April
Members discussed the general state of Common Road/ Clayhall Road and Spratts Lane crossroads which had not been included in the recent road works, it was decided that this issue be vigorously pursued with the highway authority.
The new BMX track layout was approved by members for installation at the end of the month.
Following a discussion on the continuing passage of HGV’s through Kensworth particularly those going to the new land fill site at Newton Longville it was agreed that a joint letter with Totternhoe Parish Council be sent to the main contractor requesting that they cease to use the two villages.
The Police provided details of the action that could be taken against individuals illegally riding motorcycles in and around Kensworth where information was passed on to them where anonymity would be maintained.
May
At the Annual Parish meeting all Members were re-elected to the roles they had held during the previous year.
Following the decision by the Minister it was confirmed that Bedfordshire County Council would cease from 1st April 2009 and be replaced by two new ‘unitary authorities’, this area would be covered by Central Bedfordshire.
Members discussed the grass cutting carried out by SBDC where a number of areas had been left uncut. This matter was to be taken up with the contractor.
It was confirmed at this meeting that the introduction of traffic calming measures on Isle of wight lane/ Common Road as published were to proceed.
Details were given of the funding that was available to the Parish Council under the Confident Communities Fund scheme.
June
In order for the Parish Council to give consideration to the NATS proposals for changes to the Air Traffic Routes they had invited Mr Brian Webb (LLATVC) to share with them and residents the views of the organisation. The meeting was extremely well attended with in excess of 40 residents in attendance. Following the meeting a letter objecting to the proposals was sent to NATS.
Problems with the provision of the bus service were discussed and it was agreed that a representative of the bus company attend a future meeting of the Parish Council.
Details were provided by a resident about the new HomeWatch scheme which had been set up in Kensworth.
It was reported that 8 crimes had been reported in Kensworth during the month of May with none to the current date for June. Inspector Steve Barrett was to attend the July meeting.
Preparations were progressing well for the Flower and Vegetable show to be held on 30th August 2008.
Councillors agreed to proceed with the purchase of aircraft noise monitoring equipment to assist in making a case for the reduction in the number of aircraft passing over Kensworth.