Previous Meetings
Parish Council Meeting
Date: 2006-01-04
Time: 19:30
Venue: Church Meeting Room
AGENDA
- Present
- Apologies
- Declarations of Interest
- To approve minutes of 2005-11-23
- To deal with matters, if any, remaining from previous meetings
- To meet Nottingham Community Housing Association (Update)
- To receive correspondence
- To authorise payments of accounts/S137 and note balances
- Planning Applications
- To note future items
- To note date of next meeting
MINUTES
Present
Cllrs. Crowther, Dean, Hudson, Rodger, Ryder, Stewart and 6 members of the public.
Apologies
County Councillor Rob Toy and Cllr. Warwick.
Declarations of Interest
- Cllr. Ryder - Street light survey
- Cllr. Stewart - Thistleton Road footway
To approve minutes of 2005-11-23
Cllr. Hudson proposed and Cllr. Stewart seconded that the Minutes of 23rd November 2005 be accepted as a true record and this was agreed.
To deal with matters, if any, remaining from previous meetings
- 2005/105 - Street Lights - Confirmation letter sent to ABB Ltd accepting quote of £5846.00 plus VAT.
- 2005/78 - Letter sent to RCC accepting their offer to construct foot-way from Doctor's surgery entrance to 59 Thistleton Road.
- 2005/140 - Burial facilities - Cllr. Hudson confirmed that the working group would be meeting later in the month.
To meet Nottingham Community Housing Association (Update)
The Chairman welcomed Catherine Hewitt and Gary Turner from NCHA and also Richard Windley from Leics. & Rutland Rural Housing Enabler.
Gary Turner informed members that land on Main Street had been purchased, boundaries established and pegged and formal bid submitted to finance the project.
Richard Windley of L&RRHE explained that he was totally independent from NCHA, and his job was to carry out a Local Housing Needs Survey in the parish to establish the need for affordable housing to enable people to stay in or return back to the village. The survey would take place in February with the results being analysed in March.
To receive correspondence
- RAF Cottesmore Flying Operations Brief - 19 January 2006 at 6 p.m.
- Parish Council Forum - 12 January and 6 April at 7 p.m. - Catmose.
- RCC - Precept form received and completed.
- Estimate from Farm & Garden Ltd not accepted; member's authorised work to be done by Baker Wood.
To authorise payments of accounts/S137 and note balances
Cllr. Hudson proposed and Cllr. Rodger seconded that the following invoices be authorised for payment and this was agreed -
- C. Graydon - Grass cutting - £42.00
- ABB Ltd - Street Lighting - £133.87 (inc. VAT)
- Parish Clerk's Discretionary Fund (2 months) - £250.00
- MOPCC - Room Hire (Oct/Nov) - £10.00
and approved closing the Yorkshire Bank current account and transfer balance to HSBC; also transferring £435.87 from Alliance & Leicester to HSBC current account.
The Clerk circulated the Monthly and Quarterly Statement of Accounts - members noted balance.
Planning Applications
Members agreed to support the following application-
- PTA/2005/1122MT - Reduce branches to No.2 Ash - 9 Cordle Way
Members noted conditions to application-
- RES/2005/1001/CP - Industrial Units.
To note future items
- To receive working group report/report from meetings attended.
To note date of next meeting
The date of the next meeting was arranged for Wednesday 1st February 2006 at 7-30 p.m. in the Church Meeting Room. (Meeting closed at 8-26 p.m.)