03 June 2021
Notes from the public forum held on 03 June 2021
There were no members of the pubic present.
County Cllr Bowkett gave the following report:
a. A full written report will be emailed to the Clerk for circulation to Councillors.
b. Following re-election Cllr Bowkett is now on the Executive Board for Adult Care and Public Health.
c. On 01 June there were no new Covid 19 cases in Lincolnshire and only three people in hospital with it.
d. LCC are working on a new highways initiative as the current contractor is not doing the works required, they have been fined and may still loose the contract.
e. 8000 people in Lincolnshire are still furloughed. Jobs can be found online and at career fairs.
f. Rather than recycling at the tip, residents will be encouraged to donate items to charity shops rather than throw away things that may be useful to others.
g. £70m in grants has been received from the Government for improving Skegness, Mablethorpe and Boston.
h. The information received from LRSP will be questioned, the van with the speed camera should visit Stickney and will be asked to.
Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 03 June 2021 at 7.35pm in the Youth Centre, Hall Lane, Stickney
1. To accept apologies and reason for absence
Apologies: Apologies were accepted from Cllr Lawrence and from Dist Cllr Jones
Present: Cllrs Edwards, Pavely, Cooper, Pritchard, Sherriff and Bolland (Chairman)
Also present: County Cllr Bowkett left the meeting after giving her report
2. To receive reports from representatives on outside bodies
County Cllr Bowkett gave her report in the Public Forum.
3. To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011
There were no declarations of interest.
4. Notes of the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on 06 May 2021 to be approved and signed as minutes
It was proposed by Cllr Sherriff and seconded by Cllr Bolland that the notes be signed as the minutes.
5. Notes of the meeting held on 06 May 2021 to be approved and signed as minutes
It was proposed by Cllr Bolland and seconded by Cllr Sherriff that the notes be signed as the minutes.
6. Clerk’s report
a. An acknowledgment for the insurance has been received.
b. An issue has been reported with regard to barking dogs and dogs chasing residents walking their dogs. The advice is to contact ELDC about both situations.
c. There will be a meeting to check any work that needs to be carried out in the cemetery. Councillors will meet at 10.00am at the Church on 10 June.
7. To receive a report from the Chairman
The Chairman had nothing to report, everything is on the agenda.
8. Audit for the year ended 31 March 2021
a. To approve the Certificate of Exemption
i. The Certificate of Exemption was approved due to the income and expenditure being less than £25,000.
ii. The form was signed as required.
b. To complete the Annual Governance Statement
i. The Chairman read out the statements in the Annual Governance Statement and ticked the relevant box following response from the Council.
ii. The form was signed as required.
c. To approve the Accounting Statement
i. The Clerk read out the figures in the Accounting Statement.
ii. The Fixed Assets were approved for the figures in box 9 of the AGAR.
iii. The figures were approved by the Council and the form was signed as required.
7.50pm Dist Cllr Ashton arrived
The following report was given by Dist Cllr Ashton:
a. Work has begun at Horncastle College for the new ELDC offices, this should be completed by 2022.
b. The Market Trader Initiative has been launched – free market stalls until 11 July to let anyone who is considering market work have a free trial.
c. The Local Plan is being reviewed as is the scoring for sustainability.
d. ELDC are negotiating with the Environment Agency to extend the costal holiday season by two months. This is to help the local economy.
e. ELDC and Boston BC are working on a joint policy for housing.
f. The Strategic Alliance is working well for both ELDC and Boston BC.
8.00 pm Dist Cllr Ashton left the meeting
9. Finance report:
a. To report the following payments will be made:
Salaries - June 800.49
E L Arnold (Expenses) 45.44
K & P Services (clock winding etc) 40.00
U K Waste Solutions Ltd (cemetery skip) 28.02
Evelyn M Sands (Internal audit) 270.00
Bolingbroke Deanery (July magazine) 40.00
Evelyn Sands (PAYE) 45.00
TJW Services Ltd (Footpath cuts) 426.00
HMRC (PAYE – paid 10.05.21) 110.33
b. The balances in the bank at 15 May: Current account: £13,097.84 rec: £11,460.69
Deposit account: £11,573.65
No2 account: £4,602.97
Jubilee account: £427.15
10. To receive play area report
a. The seats on the junior swings have been replaced.
b. No seats were ordered for the baby swings, the tiny splits are under the seats and will not ‘pinch’ anyone.
11. Planning applications received
There were no planning applications for this meeting.
12. To report any planning decisions from ELDC
a. Outline planning permission has been received for:
S/169/00488/21 - Mr & Mrs P Wilson - Outline erection of 1 dwelling at Wydale House, Main Road.
b. Planning Enforcement will look at the site at Mill House, Main Road.
c. The Chairman reported a camping/caravan site at Old Generals Farm, West Fen Lane. It is being accessed via Hall Lane and onto West Fen Lane when it is very near to the West Fen Lane junction of the A16. ELDC will be asked if visitors to the site can be told to use this junction due to the narrowness of West Fen Lane.
13. To discuss parking issues at both the schools
a. The cars picking up at William Lovell park on both sides of the A16 making the road into a single carriageway. Cars also park along Horbling Lane to collect pupils.
b. Pupils run, or walk, out of school, between the parked vehicles and straight into the A16 without looking.
c. It was resolved to report this to the PCSO and ask that a visit be made to the William Lovell to speak to the pupils about road safety at school finishing time.
d. People picking up the pupils need to be reminded that the road is the A16, a very busy road.
e. The PCSO will also be asked to look at the situation with the parking when collecting children from the Primary School.
14. To receive reports for LCC Highways
a. All the footways in Sibsey have been slurry sealed, will this be happening in Stickney?
b. The LRSP will be asked to site the van with the camera and ANPR in Stickney on some occasions, rather than none at all.
15. Correspondence – not covered on the agenda
There was no correspondence for this meeting
16. Matters for the next agenda
There were no matters for the next agenda.
17. Date of next meeting
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on 01 July 2021 in the Youth Centre, Hall Lane at 7.30pm. There will be a Public Forum from 7.15pm.
There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.30pm