02 July 2020 - remote meeting
Minutes of the Remote Meeting held on Thursday 02 July 2020 at 7.30pm
1. Apologies for absence
Apologies: Apologies were accepted from Cllrs Sherriff and Edwards and from County Cllr Bowkett
Present: Cllrs Lawrence, Pritchard and Bolland (Chairman)
Also present: Dist Cllrs Ashton and Jones
2. To receive reports from representatives on outside bodies
Dist Cllr Jones reported:
a. ELDC are now amalgamating senior management positions with Boston Borough Council.
b. The s73 application at Stickney Meadows will probably go ahead due to there being no increase in the number of properties on the site.
Dist Cllr Ashton reported:
a. LCC have had the first remote meeting to enable the Council business to continue.
b. There will be no redundancies at either ELDC or Boston BC following the amalgamation of senior positions. All services will continue to be run by each Council individually.
c. The ELDC Planning Policy is being reviewed.
7.45pm Dist Cllrs Ashton and Jones left the remote meeting
County Cllr Bowkett reported again by email:
a. LCC are in discussions about potential devolution.
b. Household waste recycling sites have re-opened.
c. LCC are looking at getting children back into schools safely.
d. The LCC Resilience Forum and Well Being Service are still working to help vulnerable residents in Lincolnshire.
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 11 June 2020 to be approved and signed as minutes
It was proposed by Cllr Bolland and seconded by Cllr Lawrence that the minutes be signed as a true record, the minutes they will be signed by the Chairman in due course.
5. Clerk’s report covering matters from the June meeting
a. An email from LCC regarding the picnic site was read out. The picnic benches will be replaced with two new ones and some benches. The sign at the entrance will be cleaned.
b. LCC have set up the new Parish website, there is no information on the site and everything from the old site needs to be transferred. This work is beyond the capabilities of the Clerk. It was resolved to get a quote from Intellitech Services Limited for this work to be done. (This is the company of the Clerk’s son). This has got to be done before the old sites are removed from the internet.
c. Anglian Water will be advised that the cemetery is being used again.
d. A volunteer has offered to deliver the Stickney News in Horbling Lane.
6. To receive a report from the Chairman
The Chairman had nothing to report, everything is on the agenda.
7. Finance report:
a. To report the following payments will be made:
Salaries 711.34
HMRC (PAYE) 44.20
ICO (paid by direct debit) 35.00
K & P Services (clock winding etc) 40.00
U K Waste Solutions Ltd (cemetery skip) 34.90
Malc Firth Landscapes (play area cut) 264.00
Evelyn M Sands (Internal audit) 255.00
Paul Greenhough (coloured paper) 25.16
Bolingbroke Deanery (Aug/Sept magazine) 60.00
E L Arnold (Wilko – white paper) 20.50
E L Arnold (Zoom licence, 1 month) 14.39
E L Arnold (July magazine) 30.00
Evelyn Sands (PAYE) 45.00
TJW Services Ltd (Footpath cuts) 426.00
b. Payments to be made in August:
Salaries TBA
K & P Services (Clock winding etc) 40.00
U K Waste solutions (cemetery skip) TBA
c. The balances in the bank at 15 June: Current account: £8663.99 rec: £8613.59
Deposit account: £11,572.78
No2 account: £4,203.23
Jubilee account: £427.15
8. Audit for the year ended 31 March 2020
a. The audit has been returned by the internal auditor, there were no issues to report.
b. A report has been received from the internal auditor.
c. The Audit paperwork will be put on the new website as required.
9. To discuss the draft Members Code of Conduct
a. This document has been emailed to all Councillor prior to the meeting.
b. There were no comments made.
10. To receive play area report
a. Paperwork regarding the opening of play areas, with details of cleaning the equipment and sanitising everything whilst expecting users to sanitise their hands regularly, has been sent to all Councillors.
b. Following discussion it was resolved that the play area remain locked.
11. To discuss the issue of dog fouling and any action to be taken
a. Dog fouling is a problem in the picnic area, this has been cleared by LCC. New, bigger signs will be requested for this site and around the village.
b. There are five dog bins in the village, a reminder will be put in the Stickney news.
12. To nominate representatives for the Viking Link liaison meetings
The Chairman will be one representative on behalf of the Parish Council, other Councillors will be asked by email.
13. Planning applications received
The following planning applications were supported by the Parish Council:
S/120/00822/20 Mrs S Nash Erection a detached building to provide a workshop/store and a 2nd building to provide 3 no. stables, a grooming area and storage for private use, existing stable yard and pole barn on site to be removed at Beckfield Arabians, Midville Lane
S/169/00975/20 Mr A Cozens Erection of a detached house and detached double garage, stables and hay store on the site of existing stores, carport, stables and hay stores which are to be removed at Land at Hollywood, Main Road
14. To report any planning decisions from ELDC
There were no decisions to report
15. To receive reports for LCC highways
a. There were no additional issues to report.
b. County Cllr Bowkett has emailed the LCC list of repairs to be carried out.
16. Matters for the next agenda
There were no matters for the next agenda.
17. Date of next meeting
The next Parish Council remote meeting will be held on 03 September 2020
There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.25pm