November 2019 Minutes
Waddingham Parish Council
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Wednesday 6th November 2019 at Jubilee Hall @7pm
Present: Cllrs LJ Williams (Chair), JA Hill, GA Thacker, PH Williams, A Watson, R Coman, C Metcalfe, (Vice-chair), A Yates, A White & The Clerk
Cllr Strange
0 members of the public
A member of the public has asked if there was a footpath that went across the Orchard at the rear of the Marquis of Granby. This land has previously been used as a thoroughfare but has not been a registered footpath
0611/1 Apologies for Absence
PCSO Law
0611/2 Declaration of Interest
a. To record declarations of interest by any member of the council in respect of the agenda items listed below. Members declaring interests should identify the agenda item and type of interest being declared. None
To note dispensations given to any member of the council in respect of the agenda items listed None requested
0611/3 Minutes of Previous meeting to be approved and signed
The minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Wednesday 4th September 2019 were approved and signed as true and correct.
0611/4 Matters Arising
None
0611/5 County Councillor's/District Councillor's Report
Cllr Strange reported that Lincolnshire CC are financially viable. The Government had extended the use of blue parking badges to people with hidden/non-visible disabilities. The call connect service is running between Louth and Market Rasen 6 times a day. Balfour Beatty have been awarded the highways contract. Lincolnshire County Council, North Lincolnshire Council and North East Lincolnshire Council are working closely together and improvements to waste services should be seen shortly. A new fire and ambulance station have been built on South Park in Lincoln. Funding has been provided for 50 more police officers. Police to move shortly too. The Lincoln eastern bypass is scheduled to open in May. The Energy from Waste Plant has processed it’s millionth tonne and has also made a profit providing energy to households.
0611/6 Police report
PCSO Law had provided a report with the incident statistics for the parish.
0611/7 Clerk's report
Clerk reported she had responded to the Scouts, who had requested funding, and asked them to attend a Parish Council meeting to request in person. No reply has been received.
0611/8 Finance
(a) Accounts for payment
(i) C Wright, Salary and expenses- £556.13
(ii) MKS, Grass Cutting- £662.40
(b) Payments received- None
(c) Payments made between meetings-
IG Watson- Repair to beck £960
(d) Precept Estimate-Following scrutiny of the accounts it was resolved to estimate to precept for £8000.
(e) Internet Banking- NatWest forms re-signed following request for further information from HSBC
0611/9 Correspondence for discussion
(a) Environment Agency Flood Campaign- resolved to place information on the waddingham.gov. website.
(b) Letter regarding play equipment and parking on the Village Green- Clerk to respond to the member of the public stating that their concerns have been noted.
(c) Subject Access Request- Information had been requested from the parish council. Parish council were unable to provide the information requested and a response was sent to the parishioner concerned.
0611/10 Highways Matters- (a) traffic calming and ongoing issues on Redbourne Road- Clerk to contact Mike Read at LCC highways requesting signage be placed on Redbourne Road. There is substantial evidence now from police enforcement that traffic does speed on that section of the highway.
0611/11 Planning applications and decisions: -
PA140150- Land at South Carr, application for 1 agricultural dwelling- parish council to respond to WLDC stating that they fully support the application. PA138145- Holywell Grange- appeal – awaiting appeal decision. PA139973- Cliff Farm, application for installation of biomass boiler- Parish Council to respond to WLDC stating that they fully support the application.
0611/12 Parish Council Communication including use of Parish Council email addresses- Resolved unanimously all parish council communications to be sent to gov.uk email addresses. Personal email addresses will not be used.
0611/13 To adopt a vexatious policy- Following a name change to Vexation Policy resolved unanimously to accept the policy. Cllr Watson to place on the website.
0611/14 To discuss and resolve ways forward regarding play equipment for the village- Cllr Thacker working closely with some volunteer residents to establish where some play equipment could be placed within the village and to investigate grants available. Cllr Strange stated that he would also investigate possible grant funding.
0409/15 Flood relief scheme and beck cleaning matters-Cllr P Williams has walked the beck and flood relief scheme and confirmed that it is working well. The land slippage has been repaired and a large section of the beck cleaned out.
0409/16 Neighbourhood Plan report-Minutes from the last neighbourhood plan meeting were presented to the council. A character assessment of the village is to be undertaken by an independent body.
0611/17 Constable Ings- To discuss and resolve grant funding request- Waddingham Pre School have been awarded a grant for their fence.
0611/18 Confirmation of date and time of the next meeting
January 8th @ 7.00pm in the Village Hall
0409/19 Additional items for the next agenda
Correspondence received 06/11/2019
The next meeting will be held 8th January @7pm at the Village Hall
Meeting closed at 8.59pm