January 2020 Minutes
Minutes of Parish Council meeting held on Thursday 23rd January 2020.
Present: Cllr M George (MG) (in the Chair), Cllrs P. Dunning (PD), J. Salmon (JS), K. Salmon (KS), S. Swain (SS) and P Thornburn (PT) plus Dist Cllr Spray. There were 3 members of the public present.
MG welcomed all present and advised that Agenda item 9 would be deferred due to late correspondence being received.
19/90: Declarations of interest: There were none.
19/91: Dist Cllr Spray – boundary review consultation is on the NK website if anybody wishes to comment. Norton Disney rendering factory – site meeting on 27th January and hearing on 3rd February at Bentley Hotel. Thurlby crematorium appeal on 11th February at NKDC. Member of the public asked if any gate put up on our land near the Church would restrict pedestrian access and was assured that it would not. There is an application in for a (second) polo training centre at Leadenham near the old waste site – anyone wishing to comment can do so on the website. Request that Minutes are put in the noticeboard at a lower level – mentioned that they are on our website.
19/92: Apologies –Dist Cllr Green.
19/93: Minutes of the meeting held on 10th December 2019 had been read and approved, and it was resolved that they be signed. (SS abstained as he was not at that meeting).
19/94: Resignation of Paul Orrock has been reported to NK and we are actively looking for a new councillor – we have had one applicant so far.
19/95: Highways –there was no update to any of the outstanding matters and we still wait to hear from Marianne Overton and Highways with a date for the walkabout – Clerk to chase this. There are a number of areas that need re-surfacing and potholes filling in but the work they have done on potholes is very poor quality. Discussion took place regarding the areas of grass that NK cut (Swans Lane and West Street). It was resolved that we let these go into LCC’s grass cutting programme for now and monitor.
19/96: SID– Both SIDs are in place and we have had the invoice from Westcotec – resolved that this be paid (£4,800). MG is chasing LCC to see if we can get any S106 monies to offset against the cost of these SIDs and the new village entrance gates. Parishioner has asked whether the SID at Welbourn end of the village is calibrated correctly as she was travelling at 30 mph and it read 35 mph. Clerk to write to Westcotec.
19/97: Parish/Rectory field: Deferred to next meeting.
19/98: Assets and liabilities: the Millennium sign is now in place – no invoice received for parts cost (£32.50) as yet – clerk to chase.
19/99: Planning - 19/1442 – Tree works at 2 Church Walk - approved.
19/1689/1690 – Tree works at 36 High Street, BB – approved.
20/0024 – tree works at the Church – no objection.
19/100: Complaints policy – resolved unanimously to accept the amendment to this policy to mention the Vexatious Complaints policy.
19/101: Cluster meeting – SS had circulated notes of the recent meeting and gave a short report on Police comments made at the meeting. Next meeting is 6th April and MG and PT will attend.
19/102: Correspondence from PFA – advised that if anyone has any comments or concerns regarding the playing field or pavilion they should email : bbplayingfield@gmail.com or ring Laura on 07921 054974. Any input is valued.
19/103: Finance:
[i] Bank balance at 31.12.19 = £19,659.00
[ii] Resolved to sign bank reconciliation, + income/expenditure/budget reconciliation.
[iii] Clerk advised that we will need to update signatories at the Bank as two councillors who were signatories have left.
Grant letters will be sent out and grants made will be published.
Payments since last meeting:
Salary and expenses £613.85; Bank service charge £18.
19/104: Next meeting – 5th March at 7.30 pm. This will be recorded so that clerk can do Minutes from that recording otherwise SS will take Minutes.
Meeting closed 8.45 pm.
Resolved to go into Closed Session to discuss private correspondence. A resolution was made and the response agreed.