The last meeting of the year took place last Tuesday at the usual time of 2pm, with 16 members of the public turning up to listen.

The published agenda listed several parcels of land in Kalkan, that were to be discussed, in relation to planning matters.

At the start of the meeting, the Mayor told the Board that further time was required to fully understand the issues pertaining to these pieces of land, and he proposed that they should be dropped from the agenda.

The Board voted and agreed to this.  Consequently, there was a much slimmer agenda to work through.

The Board turned to financial matters. They reviewed the prices for many of the services that they provide - for example, the cost of renting out the wedding salon at the bus station. Some charges were kept the same, whilst others were increased by up to 10%.

They also agreed an internal inter-departmental budget transfer, which will allow them to purchase a couple of new bin lorries.

This appeared to be the end of the formal agenda, but a few more things were discussed.

Also, as a aside, KTLN readers may be interested to know that during Board meetings, when the call to prayer (ezan) is made, the meeting falls silent, and waits.

The Board talked about the new service road (Kışla Caddesi), that will run parallel to the D400 between Kalkan and Kışla. In particular, they discussed some of the technical issues around drainage and also the way in which the area around the road will look, from an aesthetic perspective.