October 2022
Notes from the public forum held on 06 October 2022
There were no members of the public present
Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 06 October 2022 at 7.30pm in the EASTVILLE, MIDVILLE & New Leake Village Hall
1. To accept apologies and reason for absence
Apologies: received and accepted from Cllrs Pavely and Edwards and from Dist Cllr Ashton
Present: Cllrs Sherriff, Pritchard and Bolland (Chairman)
Also present: Dist Cllr Jones
2. To receive reports from representatives on outside bodies
Dist Cllr Jones reported:
a. ELDC offices are to be re-located to the old college in Horncastle.
b. There are to be two reservoirs sited near Grantham and near Sleaford.
c. A Teenage Market is to be held in Horncastle, this is for young crafters to sell their goods with the stalls being free of charge.
d. The three councils are currently looking for tenders from businesses to be responsible for CCTV with regard to littering and dog fouling.
e. ID will be required when voting in the elections next year. Volunteers are required on the day to work at polling stations.
f. Lincolnshire Police have a free safeguarding wristband for anyone living with dementia. The wristband hold details of the person to call should the wearer be out and about and unsure of where they are.
g. The Clerk asked about the difference in dates for paying the precept in East Lindsey compared with that in Boston Borough, if the finance is under the same ‘umbrella’.
h. There is an issue with planning too, no response has been received for a question emailed on 14 September.
i. The reply received regarding the outstanding applications dated 2020and 2021 is not really good enough.
j. Dist Cllr Jones will look into the above matters and report back to the Parish Council.
3. To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011
There were no declarations of interest.
4. Notes of the meeting held on 01 September to be approved and signed as the minutes
It was proposed by Cllr Sherriff and seconded by Cllr Pritchard that the notes be signed as the minutes.
5. Clerk’s report
The Clerk had nothing to report, all items are on the agenda.
6. To receive a report from the Chairman
The Chairman had nothing to report, all items are on the agenda.
7. To discuss payment of donation for a wreath for Remembrance Day
a. It was resolved that a wreath should be purchased on behalf of the residents of Stickney.
b. It was proposed by the Chairman that a donation of £100.00 be made for the wreath, this was seconded by Cllr Sherriff, all agreed.
8. To discuss cemetery tap and approve works required
a. Anglian Water have reported that the tap in the cemetery needs to be replaced and a stop tap needs to be fitted.
b. Mr Gosling has capped off the water, but the whereabouts of the tap is unknown.
c. It was resolved to get a new tap fitted and a stop tap fitted where it is accessible.
9. Finance report:
a. To report the following payments will be made:
£
Salaries (September) 793.74
E L Arnold (Expenses) 44.36
E L Arnold (White paper for magazine) 14.00
K & P Services (clock winding, cemetery works etc) 80.00
707 Limited (cemetery skip – September) 41.16
Bolingbroke Deanery (October magazine) 72.00
Bolingbroke Deanery (November magazine – left blank) TBA
Malc Firth Landscapes (play area grass cuts) 25.20
HSBC (bank charges) 7.00
HMRC (PAYE) 170.00
Evelyn Sands (PAYE) 52.00
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal (donation for wreath) 100.00
Martin Gosling (cemetery tap work) 46.50
b. The balances in bank at 15 September: Current account: £19,823.18
Deposit account: £11,579.13
No2 account: £5,186.80
c. Nothing can be done with the new bank account until all Councillors have checked their credit score.
10. To receive play area report
The play area and equipment continue to be checked weekly.
11. To consider arrangements for a Christmas event
The PCC have not got back to the Clerk regarding the request to have an event on 08 December.
12. Planning applications received for this meeting
The Parish Council had no objections to the following applications:
S/120/01099/22 - Mr A Downes - Hybrid application for the outline erection of a restaurant and bar and planning permission for the change of use of land to site 4 holiday lodges for seasonal occupation. Excavation of land to form a lake (works already completed) at Greenacres Farm, Midville Road – amendment
S/169/01822/22 - Mr Franklin - Erection of an indoor training arena and construction of a menage at St Pauls Farm, East Fenside
13. To report any planning decisions from ELDC
Full planning permission has been received for:
S/169/01194/22 - RH Developments Limited - Erection of a house with integral garage and construction of a vehicular/pedestrian access at Former Welbourne, Main Road
14. To receive reports for LCC highways
There were no issues reported.
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 meeting will be held on Thursday 03 November 2022 at 7.30pm in the Eastville, Midville & New Leake Village Hall. There will be a Public Forum from 7.15pm
There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.30pm