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Parish Council Meeting

Date: 2004-02-18
Time: 19:30
Venue: Church Meeting Room

AGENDA

  1. Present
  2. Apologies
  3. To approve Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 2004-01-20
  4. To deal with business, if any, remaining from the last Meeting
  5. To receive Correspondence
  6. To authorise payments of accounts/S137 and note balance of accounts
  7. To receive Planning Applications and note decisions made
  8. To receive Parish Plan update (if available)
  9. To receive Tree Planting update
  10. To discuss future repair/replacement of Millennium Sculpture
  11. To note future items
  12. To note date of next Meeting

MINUTES

2004/13 Present

Cllrs. Crowther, Dean, Hudson, Rodger, Ryder and Southerington.

2004/14 Apologies

Cllr. O'Neill and County Councillor Rob Toy.

2004/15 To Approve Minutes of 2004-01-20

The Chairman having circulated the minutes of the Parish Council Meeting, held on 2004-01-20; Cllr. Rodger proposed and Cllr. Ryder seconded that they be accepted as a true record and this was agreed by all present.

2004/16 To deal with matters, if any, remaining from the previous meetings

2003/128 - Stone Troughs - Cllr. Dean reported that John Trigg - stonemason, had recently suffered a heart attack.
2004/04 - Speed Restriction - Highways will explore the option of upgrading the 30 m.p.h. signs for Thistleton Road and will purchase "Kill your Speed" signs.

2004/17 To receive Correspondence

There were several items of correspondence to circulate/notices for meetings-
Rutland News; Branchline; Vital Villages

2004/18 To authorise payments of accounts/S137 and note balances

No invoices had been received for payment.
The Chairman circulated the Monthly Statement of Accounts and Quarterly Statement of Accounts.

2004/19 To receive Planning Applications

Members agreed to support the following applications -

Members noted that the following had received permission-

*Cllr. Dean declared interest
**Cllr. Ryder declared interest

2004/20 Parish Plan update

Cllr Dean and Cllr. Ryder informed members that the Parish Plan was progressing quite well, in fact the draft questionnaire was in a fairly advanced stage. The Chairman reported that he had signed the Application Form for the Parish & Towns Grant on behalf of the Parish Plan Steering Group.

2004/21 Tree Planting Scheme

The Chairman had spoken to Ken Taylor of the International Tree Foundation to clarify the tree-planting scheme submitted by the Leicestershire County Council. This tree-planting scheme would be undertaken in two or three phases.

2004/22 To discuss future/repair or replacement of Millennium Sculpture

Members were concerned about the fragility of the Millennium Sculpture and questioned whether to get it replaced/repaired (for the total sum of £500) or whether to plant an ornamental tree in its place instead. Cllr. Dean would investigate the size of the foundation plinth, as this might prove costly to remove also!

2004/23 To note Future items

Pinfold Gardens update - Sculpture repair Parish Plan update.

2004/24 To note date of next meeting

The date of the next meeting was arranged for Wednesday 10 March 2004 at 7-30 p.m. in the Church Meeting Room.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 8.28 p.m.