2022 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

OLD LEAKE PARISH COUNCIL

Old Leake ANNUAL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 

11th May 2022 

Public Forum

No members of the public were present.

In attendance

Councillors, Frank Pickett, Tom Ashton, Guy Bull, Julian McCulloch & Julian Crouch.

Also in attendance:

Lincolnshire County Councillor Paul Skinner

Parish Clerk Joann Greer

Community Development Worker Michelle Cound 

1/5/22 Election of the Chairman – receive signed declaration of acceptance of office

Councillor Pickett was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolved as the Chairman. The acceptance of office form was duly signed.

2/5/22 Election of the Vice Chairman – receive signed declaration of acceptance of office

Councillor Crouch was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolved as the Vice Chairman. The acceptance of office form was duly signed.

3/5/22  Apologies for absence and reasons given in accordance with 1972 Local Government Act s. 85

Councillor Ian Money’s resignation was noted and accepted.

4/5/22 Declarations of interest in accordance with 2011 Localism Act 

No declarations were made.

5/5/22  Election of members to working groups and outside organisations:

a)   Finance – G Bull

b)   CCTV – N McCulloch & F Pickett

c)   Playgrounds – J Crouch & N McCulloch

d)   Enos Wood & Washdyke Lane Project – J Crouch & The Clerk

e)   LALC – F Pickett

f)   Community Centre Representatives – F Pickett

g)   Alanson & Erskine Foundation – F Pickett

h)   Alma Houses – J Crouch

6/5/22 Review Standing Orders

Reviewed, no amendments were necessary at this time.

7/5/22 Review Financial Regulations

Reviewed, no amendments were necessary at this time.

8/5/22 Review and update the CCTV Policy

The CCTV policy was updated, removing Councillor Money as a Co-Ordinator and replacing with Councillor Gut Bull.

9/5/22 To note CCTV requests 

a)   Community Centre – no formal requests were made. 

b)   Washdyke Lane – no requests were made.

c)   Enos Wood – no requests were made.

10/5/22 To receive a report from the Recreational Area Working Group, accept monthly check sheets, resolve actions and expenditure for issues raised in the reports:

a)   Washdyke Lane – The repairs need to be actioned and the issues covered under warranty also need to be completed. The Clerk it to check id a direct debit can be set up for the electricity at Washdyke Lane, on initial enquiry this was not an option.

b)   Furlongs Lane – The highlighted repairs from the RoSPA report are still to be actioned.

c)   Enos Wood – The tree report was considered. It was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolved to instruct Terra-Firma to manage the trees on a rolling program starting with the worst trees first. Councillor Crouch will investigate if something could be made out of the Elm tree which is due to be felled.

The MUGA on Old Main Road is to be added to this section on all future agendas.

11/5/22 Update from Michelle Cound, Village Community Development Worker 

Michelle updated the Council on her involvement with the Community Centre and the organisation of the Jubilee village planned celebrations.

12/5/22 to receive the draft notes of the meeting held on 13th April 2022, resolution to adopt

It was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolved to accept the draft notes as the minutes.

13/5/22 Resolution to approve payment of accounts

It was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolve to make the payments as listed below.

14/5/22 Highway Matters: 

a)   items requiring maintenance / repair 

There is a survey currently available on LCC government website regarding county wide views of the services within Lincolnshire.

b)   Update on dykes, flooding, and road safety

Councillor Skinner reported he was following up on the school bus stop hard standing situation. It was the general consensus of the Council that issues g such as safety and speeding through villages is too bureaucratic and too time consuming to achieve any meaningful results for parishioners. 

15/5/22/ To consider quotes for solar reactive speed signs, types, styles and resolve budget

The item was deferred until the next meeting as all quotes had not been received in time for the meeting.  

16/5/22 Planning Matters:

a.   ENFORCEMENT Notice No: B/21/0461 Land to the rear of Panache, Station Road. Council noted this enforcement notice.

b.   Permission Granted No: B/22/0009 Crackholt Farm, dwelling and dog agility training facility. Council noted this decision.

c.   Permission Granted No: B/22/0037 Land South of Station Road, reserved matters. Council noted this decision.

d.   Permission Granted No: B/22/0087 Land adjacent to Holly Cottage, Station Road, residential dwelling. This was posted in ERROR and has not been passed.

e.   Application No: B/21/0197/CD1 Application to approve details relating to Condition 4 (Foul & Surface Water), C5 (Ecology & Protected Species), C8 (Materials) and C11 (Pollution Reduction) of planning permission B/21/0197. No further comments were made.

f.   Application No: B/22/0116 Application to vary conditions for land at Chapel Road , B/21/0197. No further comments were made.

18/5/22 To appoint the internal auditor

It was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolved to appoint Sarah Nash, from Taxing Time again this year as the Councils internal auditor.

19/5/22 To consider the insurance quotes  and resolve provide

It was proposed, seconded, and unanimously resolved to renew on a long-term lease with Hiscox via  Insurance brokers Gallagher. BHiB was another broker, however they did not return withing the 4 weeks as requested.

20/5/22 To note general correspondences & respond if required

The Clerk and Council Direct publication was noted. 

21/5/22 To set the date and time of the next meeting 

Wednesday 8th June at 7.00 pm at the Community. 

The next Parish Council Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 8th June 7.00 pm AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE