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The Constables of the Parish of St. Pierre du Bois hereby notify the Ratepayers and Electors that they will apply to the Royal Court on Friday 16^th March 2018, at 9.30 a.m. for permission to levy the following sums in accordance with the deliberations of the said Ratepayers and Electors at their meeting on 7^th March 2018, by means of:-

Refuse Rate, the sum of £103,984.16 at the rate of 51.9p per unit of Assessable Value of all dwellings and tenement houses in Cadastre Categories B1.1, B1.2, B2.1, B2.2, B3.1, B3.2, B4.2; and

1. Owners Rate, the sum of £53,960.01 at the following rates per unit of Assessable Value in Cadastre Categories – B1.1, B1.2, B2.1, B2.2, B3.1, B3.2, B4.7, B7.1, B9.1, B13.1 @ 20p; B1.3, B2.3, L3.3, L3.4 @ 3p; B1.4, B2.4, B3.4 @ 10p; B4.1, B4.2, B4.3, B4.5, B4.6 @ 30p; B4.4, B6.1, B6.2, B10.1 @ 70p; B5.1 @ 278p; B8.1 @ 10p L1.3, L1.4, L1.5, L1.6, L1.7, L1.8, L1.9, L1.11, L1.12, L2.1, L3.1, L3.2, L3.6 @ 5p, for the following items:

• ECCLESIASTICAL NEEDS:
• Ordinary repairs to the Parish Church……………………………………………….£5,000.00
• Quinquennial report on Parish Church………………………. £5,000.00
• Insurance of Church, Rectory and Maison de la Cure………£5,500.00
• Tax on Real Property on Rectory and land belonging to La Cure.. £1,500.00
• Upkeep of bells and remuneration to bell ringers on public occasions.£80.00
• Cost of publishing Parochial Notices……………………………………………………… …£800.00___                                                                                                                          £17,880.00

• SECULAR NEEDS:
• Ordinary upkeep of Parochial Cemeteries:
• Gardening Contract…………………………………………… £13,132.20
• General Maintenance……………………………………………. £3,900.00
• Parochial Administration
• Ordinary upkeep of other Parish Properties………………. £14,820.28
• Administration, Clerical and Legal Expenses………………. £27,192.00
• Cost of publishing Parochial Notices……………………… £3,800.00
• Street Lighting……………………………………………………………… £760.00
• Rente due to Rector…………………………………………………………… £9.53
• Public Needs to be approved by the Parish
• Grant to La Houguette Primary School Library………………… £450.00
• Grant to La Mare de Carteret High School Library…………… £350.00
• Grant to Floral St Pierre du Bois…………………………………. £1,800.00
• Contribution to States Cadastre………………….. £1,265.00_
• Less: Income from rents, grants, underspend, etc. 2016. £33,149.00                                                                                                                        £36,399.00
•         Income from Cemeteries – burials, etc.3,250.00_                                                                                                                       £67,479.01
• £53,960.01
• (Reserve Funds) (Guernsey) Law, 1997, as amended………………………………………………………… £5,000.00

M DE LAUNE      J BRAY

Constables

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PUBLICATION

    PARISH OF ST PIERRE DU BOIS

The Rector and Churchwardens of the above parish request the Ratepayers and Electors to meet at La Salle Paroissiale, Les Buttes, on Wednesday 7^th March 2018, at 7.30 pm, to transact the following business:-

1. To pass the Trésor Accounts in the presence of the Dean of Guernsey, or his representative.
2. To pass the Churchwardens’ parish accounts, which have been duly audited. *The accounts will be available in the Douzaine Room from 28^th February, and at the meeting, for inspection by the Ratepayers.
3. To appoint Auditors for the Churchwardens’ Accounts for the year 2018.
4. To decide if they are in favour of voting the following sums of money to be levied by means of Owner’s Rate:-
5. (a) Ordinary repairs to the Parish Church …………………… £5,000.00

(b) Quinquennial report on Parish Church……………………………….. £5,000.00

(c) Insurance of Church, Rectory and Maison de la Cure…………….. £5,500.00

(d) Tax on Real Property on Rectory and Maison de la Cure………… £1,500.00

      (e) Upkeep of bells and remuneration to bell ringers on public occasions. £80.00

      (f) Cost of publishing Parochial Notices………………………………………. £800.00

5. To authorise the Constables to apply to the Royal Court to levy the above sums.
6. To take all such measures relating to the above which the Ratepayers and Electors may deem advisable.

W PIPET

Retiring Peoples Warden                                                                                                                     C ATKINSON

Incoming People’s Warden

                  PUBLICATION

PARISH OF ST PIERRE DU BOIS

The Constables and Douzaine of the above Parish invite all Ratepayers and electors to meet at La Salle Paroissiale, Les Buttes, on Wednesday 7^th March 2018, following the meeting of the Rector and Churchwardens at 7.30pm, to transact the following business:-

1. To approve the accounts of the Treasurer of the Parochial Cemeteries Committee, which have been duly audited.
2. To approve the accounts of the Trustees of the Parochial School Fund, which have been duly audited.
3. To approve the Constables’ accounts, which have been duly audited. *The accounts will be available in the Douzaine Room during opening hours from 28^th February, and at the meeting, for inspection by the Electors and Ratepayers of the parish.
4. To approve the accounts of the Parish Procurers, which have been duly audited.
5. To approve the sum of £103,984.16 to cover the cost of Household Refuse collection and disposal for the year from 1^st January 2018, to be levied by means of Refuse Rate.
6. To decide if they are in favour of voting the following sums to be levied by means of Owners Rate:-

1. Ordinary upkeep of Parochial Cemeteries:

1. Gardening contract                                                               £13,132.20
2. General Maintenance                                                              £3,900.00

1. Parochial Administration

1. Ordinary upkeep of other Parish Properties                        £14,820.28
2. Administration, Clerical and Legal Expenses                       £27,192.00

1. Cost of publishing Parochial Notices                                       £3,800.00
2. Street Lighting                                                                                  £760.00
3. Rente due to Rector                                                                             £9.53
4. Public Needs to be approved by the Parish:-

1. Grant to La Houguette Primary School Library                        £450.00
2. Grant to La Mare de Carteret High School Library                   £350.00
3. Grant to Floral St Pierre du Bois                                           £1,800.00

1. Contribution to States Cadastre                                                £1,265.00

1. Transfer to Reserve Fund in accordance with the Parochial Taxation

(Reserve Funds) (Guernsey) Law, 1997, as amended ____5,000.00

1. a) To authorise the Constables to apply to the Royal Court for permission to levy the above sums by means of the Refuse Rate and Owners Rate;
2. b) To decide that the said Owners Rate, together with that approved at the meeting convened by the Rector and Churchwardens, shall be levied applying the relative factors (as approved at the Ratepayers Meeting on 11^th March 2009) a copy of which is displayed on the Douzaine Notice Board at St Peter’s Post Office and available in the Douzaine Room.
3. To elect two members to the Parochial Cemeteries Committee for three years to replace
4. Mr N Colmer and Mr N Baudains, whose terms of office will expire in March 2018.
5. To elect two rate payers to the Parochial Church Management Board to serve for an annual term.
6. To take all such measures relating to the above as the Ratepayers and Electors may deem advisable.
7.  Constables                                                                                                         27^th February 2018

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