2020 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

FEBRUARY 2020

NEWTON-ON-TRENT PARISH COUNCIL

MINUTES

AN ORDINARY MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL

Held on Monday 10th February 2020

Beginning at 7.00 p.m.

St Peter’s Church, High Street, Newton on Trent.

01:01 Those Present.

Cllr B. Goodacre.                                        Chairman.

Cllr M. Maddison.

Cllr R. Bridge.

Cllr J. Ellis.                                                 West Lindsey District Council.

Mr R. Pilgrim.                                             Parish Clerk.

Members of the Public.                                               1 Mrs A. Wells.

01:02   Apologies for Absence.

Cllr A. Arden. Having been informed of the reason for his absence, Council approved his apologies for absence.

Cllr J. Stringer. Having been informed of the reason for his absence, Council approved his apologies for absence.

01:03   Declarations of Interest.

None received.

01:04   Approval of the Minutes.

Resolved: That the Minutes of the last meeting, held on Monday 9th December 2019, be approved as a true record.

Proposed.    Seconded.    Carried unanimously.

01:05   Matters Arising.

None received.

01:06   Parish Review.

After lengthy discussions Council was unable to come to a decision as to what constituted essential information for publication. In order to break the deadlock, Cllr R. Bridge elected to produce a document summarising the essential detail contained in the report. This will be presented at the next meeting, to be held on Monday 9th March 2020. Hopefully, this should make the final Review Document acceptable to all. The document will then be published, and all data received from Community Lincs will be stored for future reference. The final document will represent a ten-year vision of the future development of the Parish.

01:07   Planning.

Storage Shed. Southmoor Road. The Clerk will contact Planning Enforcement for a progress report, which will hopefully be presented at the next meeting on Monday 9th March 2020.

Application 140548 Land off Trent Lane, Newton on Trent Parish. Council could not support this application, as local knowledge informs Council that this area of the village is very prone to flooding. The Flood Risk Assessment does not contain any detail on how this may be overcome.

02:08   Verge Maintenance.

  1. Damaged Manhole Cover. Dunham Road. No progress. The Clerk will contact Highways again.
  2. Tree. Dunham Road. No action is to be taken.
  3. Drainage Hall Farm. Cllr Ellis will follow this up with Cllr Butroid.
  4. Drainage 1133.
  • Drainage adjacent to the playing field. Cllr Butroid is following this up.
  • Carriageway from the Sunshine club to Laughterton village. Cllr Butroid is following this up.

02.09   Painting the Kiosk Interior.

The Youth Offending Service is to assess the job and will make a decision as to whether they are able to do it.

02:10   New Notice Board.

The new Notice Board is now long overdue. Unfortunately, Cllr Arden was not present for the meeting. The business will be deferred to Monday 9th March 2020.

02:11   Play Park.

  1. Litter and Litter Bins. The new litter bins have been installed.
  2. Old Bins converted to Planters. The Clerk will contact West Lindsey Landscapes for advice.
  3. Other issues. None received.

02:12   Health & Safety.

  1. Play Park. No issues reported.
  2. Playing Field. No issues reported.

02.13   Newton News.

  1. Content. Defer to Monday 9th March 2020.
  2. Distribution. As usual.

02:14   Annual Parish Meeting.

Council is considering holding the Annual Parish Meeting on a separate date to the Annual general meeting. It is hoped that in this way members of local groups can attend and give a small report on their activities. Council does intend to provide refreshments for the evening.

As two members of the Council are absent it was decided that this would be better discussed at the next meeting, Monday 9th March 2020.

02:15   Correspondence.

No comments

02:16   Finance.

  1. Financial Statement December 2019 &January 2020.

Resolved: That the Financial Statements as above are approved as a true record.

Proposed.    Seconded.    Carried unanimously.

  1. Clerk’s Salary & Expenses December 2019 & January 2020.           £198.99           £199.59

Resolved: That the Clerk’s Salary and Expenses as above approved for payment.

Proposed.    Seconded. Carried unanimously.

  1. Invoices for Payment.

HMRC PAYE December 19 & January 20                                        £48.60             £48.60

A M Morris                                                                                         £60.00

LALC Training.                                                                                  £102.00

MKS Groundcare.                                                                              £234.00

  1. Presentation Medallions. Defer to Monday 9th March 2020.

03:17   Future Agenda Items.

None received.

03:18   Dates for Future Meetings.

  1. Monday 9th March 2020.
  2. Monday 13th April 2020.
  3. Monday 11th May 2020. Annual General Meeting.

A decision will be made concerning the Annual Parish Meeting at the next meeting as above.

 

03:19   Closure of the Meeting.

There being no further business the meeting was closed at 2030 hrs.

 

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

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