November 2018 Minutes
Minutes Of A Meeting Of Scotton Parish Council Held On Tuesday 6th November 2018 In The Village Hall At 6pm
Clerk: Mrs D Millward - 3 High View, Westgate, Scotton DN21 3QX Tel: 01424 433032 Email: bob_dimillward@yahoo.co.uk http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Scotton/ 1
Draft May Be Subject To Amendment
1 Present: Chairman Cllr Bev Hill; Vice Chairman; Cllr M Clarke Cllr C Wood; Cllr L Wetherall; Cllr C Musgrave; Cllr R Littlewood;
Also Present:
Clerk: Mrs Di Millward;
Apologies: Cllr M Langford:
Declaration Of Interest - None
Adjournment Period
No parishioners present
2 Minutes October Meeting
The minutes were duly signed and agreed
Proposed: Cllr M Clarke; Seconded: Cllr C Musgrave; Unanimous
3 Matters To Be Discussed
3.1 N Power
Clerk contacted County and District Councillors.
Cllr Rollings agreed to take this matter on board and try to find a solution through WLDC.
3.2 Beck Lane
Councillors to give available dates to Clerk who will contact Mr Ramsay to ascertain his availability for those dates.
Action: Councillors & Clerk
3.3 Text Alerts – Winter Weather
Clerk is to be first contact and Cllr Littlewood to be secondary.
An Emergency Plan was discussed and Chairman is to supply pro forma which she received from a recent meeting.
Action: Chairman & Clerk
3.4 Grit Bins
Councillors to check that these are all filled and to ascertain if more are needed.
Action: Councillors & Clerk
3.5 Request From Parishioner
A Parishioners has suggested that new signs for the village would be nice.
Clerk to ascertain if any funding is available.
Also some of the street signs are badly corroded. Clerk to check and report these signs.
Parishioner also requested a rubbish bin to be situated halfway down the Scotter Road footpath. It was suggested that the entrance to the sewage works may be an ideal place. Clerk to contact WLDC.
Action: Clerk
3.6 Planning 168530
As no information was at present available regarding plans etc.
Councillors to look at online planning and to submit comments to the clerk who will collate and return to WLDC.
Action: Councillors & Clerk
3.7 Planning 138420 – Bucknell Farm
No comments to be returned.
Action: Clerk
3.8 Red Cross First Aid Training
This training is offered free. Clerk to ascertain dates from Red Cross and circulate to Councillors.
Action: Councillors & Clerk
4 Finance
4.1 Budget Precept
It was agreed that the Precept to be applied for should be £9000.
Clerk provided breakdown supplied by WLDC and it was unanimously agreed that this sum was the minimum that the Council could operate on given the amount of extra work needed due to WLDC cutbacks.
Clerk to return final form.
Action: Clerk
4.2 Grounds Maintenance - £160 – cheque authorised
4.2 Income Received – R Ramsay Allotment £350
4.3 Luke Brown (Ndp) £100
4.4 Printing (Ndp) £92
6 Village Hall
Village Hall Committee have provided a set of accounts which is to be circulated.
They have also submitted their request form for £3000 funding.
The report was given by Cllr Wetherall who said that the Committee were looking at replacing some play equipment and swing surfaces EPDM that are to be repaired/replaced
As the meeting to be held on 1st January has been cancelled, Clerk has put a list of dates for 2019 on the Notice Board and circulated to Councillors.
Meeting Closed – 7.15 PM
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 4th December 2018 in the VH at 6pm