Parish Council Minutes 2nd March 2011

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Minutes 2nd March 2011 (Click here to download as a Word document)

The meeting of the Parish Council was held at The Environment Centre, Stibbington on Wednesday, 2^nd March 2011 at7.30pm.

Present:

Councillor A Coe	Councillor P Styles
Councillor N Cook	Councillor I Turner
Councillor M Bradshaw	Councillor M Beuttell	Mrs W Gray (Clerk)

Councillors were in attendance from7.30pm
3 members of the public were present

The Vice Chairman, Cllr Coe opened the meeting, at7.30pm.

Business Discussed

122	Apologies for Absence – to receive and accept apologies for absence Councillor P Gatheral – holiday
123	Declaration of Interest in Business to be Transacted – to receive declarations of interest – person and/or prejudicial and the nature of those interests relating to items on the agenda. None declared.
124	Public Forum – to allow any member of the public to address the council. Time limited to 10 minutes Draft Minutes not in Post Office – ensure copy posted Elton Road Verges – deterioration caused by lorries entering/leaving chicken farm and general traffic – highways to be contacted Notice re Street Party post on official notice board Telephone Kiosks/Noticeboards – Cllr Coe will send e-mail to get telephone boxes and noticeboards completed as soon as possible before financial year end – all in agreement for e-mail to be sent.					Clerk Clerk Cllr Beuttell
125	Approve Minutes of Meeting – 5^th January 2011 2^nd February 2011 (extraordinary) All present agreed that the three sets of minutes were a true record of each meeting. Proposed Cllr Bradshaw, seconded Cllr Styles.
126	Review Actions from Meeting Christie Hall White Lines – lines still not done, Parish Clerk to speak with highways again as a matter of urgency. Correspondence received – It was agreed the Parish Clerk would forward all e-mails to Councillors to keep them advised and up to date with things as they happen – Cllrs will liaise with Parish Clerk when responses are required. Village Plan – Cambridgeshire Acre (Clerk to write to them) can we be pilot study for two villages. Royal Wedding, Road Closure – “The Parish Council is not giving a Street Party but are financially supporting Street Party by way of paying for the road management of the street closure”.
127 127.1	Finance Accounts: It was agreed that copy of Financial Accounts would be circulated to all Cllrs prior to each meeting.
127.2	To Receive ‘Budget Vs Spent’ Report – available at the meeting. This was discussed.
128	To Authorise the following Orders for Payment (Cllr Beuttell):
128.1	Mrs W Gray(Clerk’s Salary £275.12					S111 Local Government Act 1972
128.2	CCC – streetlights (maintenance and electricity) £1,296.43 (letter to be sent confirming light no. 13 no longer – credit will be given on next invoice)
128.3	Royal British Legion (Christie Hall Rent) £910.00
	Total £2481.55 All present agreed that the above payments were in order.
129	Planning
	New Applications These will be on view to the public from 7.30pm					Town & Country Planning Act 1990 Sched 1 Para 8
	Name	Address	Work Planned	Planning Ref	Recommendation
129.1	Mr I Walton	Riverside Cottages,Great North Road, Stibbington	Two storey side extension to form carport and annexe	1100222FUL	Recommend approval as no detriment to surrounding area. All in agreement.
130	Correspondence
130.1	Correspondence requiring Council’s Attention
130.1.1 130.1.2 130.1.3 130.1.4 130.1.5 130.1.6	CCC Highways online reporting system – no comment Review of Joint Core Strategy – Issues Consultation – no concern Free Sport & Activity Support for your Village Festivals – no participation Green Heart Community Awards 2011 – no Highway Wardens – seems good idea, express our interest Clearance of Footpath between Church land andRoman Drive– report to highways					Clerk Clerk
131	Correspondence from Councillors
	Cllr Coe received e-mail from Cllr Gatheral confiring that he would be resigning as Chairman and as a member of the Parish Council t the end of this financial year. Cllr Gatheral will chair the Annual Parish Meeting. Cllr Coe wished to voice his vote of thanks for the work done by Peter Gatheral during his time as a Parish Councillor. Cllr Coe handed letter to Parish Clerk to read out to members of the Parish Council. Cllr Coe offered his resignation with effect from 31^st March 2011. Cllr Coe will clear all outstanding items that he has undertaken for the Parish Council. Cllr Coe will also continue to run the Parish Council website until such time as a replacement can be found. Wendy Gray, Parish Clerk advised that she would be quite happy to do this for the Parish Council. Cllr Coe will liaise with Wendy. There will now be 2 vacancies within the Parish Council.
132	Questions from Councillors
133	Reports
133.1	Crime Report – circulated
134	Annual Parish Meeting Send out a note with copies posted inLivingVillagesand Post Office
134.1	It was agreed that Annual Parish Meeting would take place on Wednesday 13^th April 2011 when everyone would be available
135	Any Other Matters (Information/Questions Only – No Decisions) Speedwatch – update on recent survey given Damaged Bus Shelter – now totally prepared – thank you to Cllr Bradshaw Thankyou for previous Clerk (£200 voucher)
136	Date of Next Meeting
	Annual Parish Meeting – Wednesday, 13^th April 2011 at7.30pm

The meeting closed at8.35 p.m.

These Minutes will be put to the Council for approval as a true record on Wednesday, 13^th April 2011 and any changes put forward at this time will be included in these subsequent minutes.

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