2018 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

GREAT GONERBY PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Meeting held on Tuesday 4th September 2018 at 7.00pm at the Memorial Hall

Present: Cllr. Hutchinson Chairman, Cllr. Thompson Vice Chairman, Cllr. A Critchley and Cllr J Critchley

1. Apologies: Cllrs Hammond Business Commitments, Stedman family commitments, I Stokes Business Commitments, and D Watson Unwell, LCC Cllrs Maughan and Kayberry-Brown

Apologies to be recorded only.

Cllr. Rodger also tendered apologies and advised that unfortunately no longer able to continue as a Councillor

2. Declarations of Interest/Dispensations

None.

3. Minutes signed from previous Meeting

With the exception of the following amendments the Minutes were signed as a correct record. Proposed by Cllr. Blake Hutchinson and seconded by Cllr. J Thompson.

Item 3

The first sentence should read With the exception of the need to clarify why the letter was sent to Cllr S Stokes …..

Item 13 Should read

A new Chief Executive had joined LCC this week from Wolverhampton
and
The LCC met on the 2nd July and have agreed to extend the Children’s Care Leavers Scheme to the age of 25.

4. Official Correspondence and Circulation

A further email has been received from Robert Love of Bidwells requesting to meet with Councillors. After a discussion it was decided it was not appropriate to arrange such a meeting at this stage but consideration will be given to any further request after the Plans have been submitted.

An article in the Grantham Journal gave details of Help for struggling Parish Councils in the form of temporary appointments. This is something the Council may have to request if numbers drop any further.

SKDC have forwarded Updated Registers of Electors for July and August

Cllr Maughan submitted his LCC Bulletin for September 2018 which was distributed to Councillors prior to the meeting. One Item made reference to Grantham Hospital and advised:

“No decision expected on A&E until the STP is complete, which won’t be until 2019. Cllr Hill (LCC)( and Cllr Matthews (SKDC) recently sent a letter to ULHT demanding more transparency over their plans. The Minor Injuries Unit at Grantham will be replaced by a GP led out of hours service, following consultation in June/July. LCC continues to pressurise ULHT but unfortunately they are not the decision makers.”

Lincolnshire Fire Service has sent a Community Emergency Planning document – this was not something the Council wished to implement at this time.

LALC has made the Council aware of new funding available from the Integrated Communities Innovation Fund.

Community Heartbeat has advised of the importance of keeping the CPAD cabinet clean and tidy. We have a Contract in place to cover this.

Further correspondence received from Nat and Sandra Neal with regard to the Missing footpath Link between Footpaths 4 and 5. This is something that the Parish Council already have in hand and have been in touch with LCC. The grass has been cut where it should not and left where it should have been cut.

Further correspondence from a parishioner with regard to the need for dog bins. This is something that the Council is not going to install as the current arrangements are satisfactory.

Circulation

The following items were circulated:-

LALC Annual Report 2017/18

News from Larkfleet –building Sustainability

Community Heartbeat – The Emergency Services Show 19th-20th September 2018
Latest News from Dr Caroline Johnson MP
Community Lincs News and Updates Bulletin July 2018
War Memorials Trust Bulletin
Police and Crime Commissioner Annual Report 2017-18

5. Clerk and Members to report back on matters Outstanding:-

a) The Clerk advised the Parish Council had been successful in their application for a Grant from
the War Memorial Trust in the sum of £740 and this sum will be put toward the general clean up and
restoration of the War Memorial taking place in September 2018.

b) The Pond Sculpture has now been delivered and paid for.

c) The building works to the Pond area are to be carried out by Ian Carroll Ltd and work is
scheduled to commence on the 12th September 2018.

d) The Clerk produced two quotations to trim the hedges at the churchyard back to 6 foot and
it was agreed to appoint Belvoir Trees to carry out the work.

6. Review of Internal Audit Plan and Health and Safety Policy

The Chairman read the Internal Audit Plan to the Councillors and it was agreed no amendments
were needed.

The Chairman advised the Health and Safety Policy was reviewed in 2010 and there was no reason to
re-visit.

7. Review of Fixed Asset Register

The Chairman asked the Clerk to phone LALC to ascertain whether or not the Multi Sports Area and other leased items should be included on the registered as this is leased to the Memorial Hall for 125 years.

It was agreed to write off the Fujitsu Laptop and Epson Printer as these date back to July 2007.

The Clerk was asked to include the new Clock Pelter Sculpture on the Fixed Asset Register and also to make sure this is included in the Insurance Policy.

8. Arrangements for Remembrance Sunday – 100th Anniversary

After a discussion it was agreed that the usual arrangements for flag raising and lowering on Remembrance Sunday will be put in place.

As the War Memorial will have undergone a recent clean-up it was agreed to put another article in the Grantham Journal bringing the event to the attention of all parishioners.

9. Financial Matters

a) Quarterly Summary of Accounts to June 30th 2018

The Clerk produced the Accounts to 30th June but regretted to advise that an excess had been recorded as a “Receipt” in the sum of £29.12 to enable the Accounts to balance going into Q2 The Q1 Accounts were duly signed by the Chairman

The Clerk produced the following Budget Report

Payments:

Hall Rent- Paid up to June within budget – no Account received recently

Office Costs- Within budget.

Donations/grants- none made

Insurance- well under budget

Audit fees- over budget due to increase in external auditors fees increase this year on change of External Auditor

Training- Clerk booked to attend Burials Course £27.50

There have been two payments of £126 to Community Heartbeat as no payment was made last year

Burial – No expenditure

S137 – No expenditure

Staff salary- within budget

Receipts:

General Admin Costs- to budget

Burial – Below Budget

Interest- slight increase on budget for quarter

b) Report on Petty Cash

The Petty Cash Book was checked and signed by the Chairman

c) Accounts for Payment

The Clerk produced the following for payment

Payments

Recepits

Transfers

The above were approved for payment – Proposed by Cllr Thompson and seconded by Cllr J Critchley.

d) External auditor Report

PKF Accountants and Business Advisors have completed their review of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) and have advised as follows:-

The AGAR was not fully completed before submission for review. The AGAR had to be resubmitted for amendment to insert the date of approval for Section 1, the Minute reference and the Clerk’s signature. It was noted the incorrect Minute references had been included within Sections 1 and 2. The Minute reference for Section 1 had been inserted as 9b and the Minute reference for Section 2 had been inserted as 9a. The Minutes of the Meeting were reviewed and it would be seen that the approval of the AGAR had taken place in the correct order ie the correct Minute reference for Section 1 was 9b and the correct Minute reference of Section 2 was 9c.

10. Advisory Groups

a) Planning

The following planning Applications were presented to the Meeting:-
Planning: (SK Planning Meeting 18th September 2018.)
S18/0906 28 Pond Street, Great Gonerby Two storey side extension – Permission Granted
S18/0197 3 Long Street Great Gonerby – Demolition of existing wall and erection of new boundary walls – Consent has been granted
S18/0662 Mill House Gonerby Grange – Use of land for the keeping of horses and associated works. Permission Granted
S18/0607 Erection of two storey extension to side and rear of dwelling house – Permission Granted
S18/1055 – Two storey rear and side extension, single storey rear extension and single storey front extension. Permission Granted
S18/0956 – 29 Green Street Change of Use from agricultural Land to Garden Land – Permission Granted
S16/2819 Land at Rectory Farm – Residential development for 212 dwellings, formation of public open space, provision of access and drainage works
S16/2816 Land at Rectory Farm – Residential development of 219 dwellings
S18/1170 78 Long Street, Great Gonerby (Listed Building) Installation of traditional style veranda
S18/1169 78 Long Street, Great Gonerby (Listed Building) Installations of traditional style veranda
S18/1187 Land to Rear of 4 Pond Street – Erection of two single storey dwellings.
S18/1457 Land to the North of Longcliffe Road, Grantham – Submission for approval of reserved matters pursuant to outline permission S15/3189
S18/1470 – Hidepark Leather Co Ltd, College Farm, Old Great North Road – Certificate of lawfulness relating to the existing use of building for Use Class B8 Storage and Distribution (importing, selling and distribution of leather fashion goods) without compliance with Condition 2 of S07/0891/37

b) The Environment

A discussion took place about future grass cutting following the disaster this year due to only two cuts being carried out by LCC Highways.

The Chairman asked the Clerk to contact Highways to request a Map showing the grass cutting areas and to enquire how much they would pay the Parish Council to taken on the responsibility of the Village grass cutting from next year.

c) Amenity Areas

It was reported that all the Heritage signs apart from two were now in situ. The outstanding two will be dealt with soon.

It was reported the fence to Hilltop Cemetery had been damaged and knocked over. As a temporary measure the fence has been propped up with metal stakes. Two quotes for the replacement of the fence were produced and a discussion took place as to the best way forward.

It was agreed that Cllr. A Critchley would make enquiries as to the correct materials to use and will report back with costings to enable a budget to be produced for the new fence. It has been agreed that the fence needs to look good and further planting will take place once the new fence is in situ.

d) Highway Matters

LCC have forwarded an updated Highway report indicating all reported matters were being dealt with.

11. Notices of motions for future meeting

None reported.

12. Any Matters for urgent discussion

The Clerk advised that Reverend Peter had written requesting that the area to the side of the War Memorial is tidied and re-seeded with grass as the current state is letting the area down. This is something the Parish Council have agreed to carry out.

Security at Hilltop Cemetery was discussed and enquiries are to be made as to the cost for a further security camera to be mounted on the Memorial Hall and a further request for police to monitor the area.

The Parish Council now have three vacancies for Councillors and the Clerk agreed to email round requesting assistance in recruiting more Councillors by word of mouth. Another poster will also be displayed on the Notice Board and at the Memorial Hall.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 21:15

Flag Flying Days:

October 1st Lincolnshire Day
October 21st Trafalgar Day