Eastleigh Borough Council Bursledon Windmill Joint Management Committee Meeting

The Chair opened the meeting and thanked Cecily Sutton, from Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust, who was retiring, for all her hard work with the Committee over the years.

RESOLVED –

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 25 November 2021 were agreed as a correct record.

Emma Banks, the Community Manager representing the Hampshire Cultural Trust, presented a report (Agenda Item 3) on activities at or relating to Bursledon Windmill covering the period from November 2021 to January 2022.

She stated that she was moving on to a different role and a new Community Manager would be in place for the next meeting.

The Chair thanked Emma Banks on behalf of the Committee for all her work over the last few years.

The Principal Architect from Hampshire County Council Property Services provided a verbal update on the tender process and a timeline for repairs to the windmill.

Consideration was given to the Finance Report (Agenda Item 5) by Jessica Reilly from Hampshire Cultural Trust, which provided an overview of the Windmill’s performance during the Quarter 1- Quarter 3 period against the 2021/22 budget.

ACTION: Councillor Penn requested that the last line in the Income section of the Finance Report be changed to read that the grant came from Bursledon Parish Council, and not Bursledon Windmill.

It was agreed that, if possible, the next meeting would take at Bursledon Windmill on 14 July 2022 at 10:30am.

Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice and Hound Local Area Manager, Ross McClean, updated the Committee that the Chief Executive for Hampshire Cultural Trust was due to discuss the windmill at the Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice and Hound Local Area Committee’s team meeting in March.

The Hampshire Cultural Trust Community Manager, Emma Banks, informed the Committee that they were planning to continue community fundraising for the windmill and utilising any available grants that they could receive.

Councillor Broomfield thanked the Hampshire Cultural Trust Manager for showing himself and Ross McClean around the windmill recently.