1. Present. P Johnson, R Parker, R Messenger, G Handley, G Capstick, A Shepherd, A Rimmer

Councillor Woof, the Clerk and one member of the public.

2. Apologies for Absence. Councillor Bland.

3. Signing of Minutes of Meeting of 30th October 2000. Agreed and signed as a true copy.

4. Matters Arising from the Minutes.

(a) Cumbria County Council have agreed to provide grants to repair the kissing gate at Fluster Gap

and to print 500 copies of each of the walking leaflets. See item 7(b).

(b) Cumbria Council has agreed that it will carry out maintenance in the lane to Tristrams and will

contact residents to establish requirements.

(c) Local Government Act 2000. The Chief Officer of CALC has confirmed that the views

expressed by Council are widely held. In particular, it is believed that if a Parish Council takes over

a service from the District or County Council there will be provision for the District or County

Council Tax to be reduced accordingly.

(d) The delivery of multiple copies of Cumbria County Council’s options for change

leaflet remains a mystery. In Heversham they should all have been delivered by a

private contractor.

(e) No reply has been received from Cumbria County Council with regard to pruning the trees on

Prince’s Way

5. Progress Report on Playground.

(a) The weather is still preventing returfing of the roundabout area.

(b) The Working Party has received an initial estimate from one supplier, but will be seeking others.

It was agreed that the final order should be signed by the Parish Council, and that the cost of future

maintenance was important. Further funding applications are being prepared.

6. Community Web Sites.

The Clerk had attended a demonstration of four village web sites at Voluntary Action Cumbria.

Councillors agreed that their names and addresses could be on "heversham.org" as could Parish

Council minutes which had been approved by Council - ie not still in draft form.

7. Draft Standing Orders.

The changes suggested at the last meeting had been approved by the Chairman. If the revised draft

produces no more comments it will be adopted at the January meeting.

8. Finance.

(a) Clerk’s Honorarium for 2001/02. It was agreed that the Clerk’s Honorarium for 2001/02 for

Council work should be increased to £1,000 (from £800). The Honorarium for Leasgill Quarry work

will be increased to £250 (from £200).

(b) Payments Authorised : Milnthorpe Printers £224.00 (for walking leaflets).

G & W J Handley & Son £ 99.88 (for repairing stile).

Parish Clerk £131.42 (expenses Jan to Nov 2000).

It was agreed that the basis of telephone expenses for the Clerk should be changed from £0.50

per call to £5.00 per month.

(c) Precept for 2001/2002. A revised budget based on an unchanged precept of £3,500 and the

Clerk’s revised honorarium was discussed. It shows a deficit of £258.00 for the year. A copy is

attached to these minutes. It was agreed that the precept should remain unchanged at £3,500.

A reply is still awaited from South Lakeland District Council regarding inclusion of expenditure

on footway lighting under "Parish Expenses" in SLDC’s "Explanatory Notes".

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9. Planning.

(a) New Applications :

(i) College Green - application to convert from "certified" to "seasonal" caravan site

supported.

(b) Applications Considered Previously :

(i) Orange - the application to install additional antennae on Heversham Head supported has

been refused by South Lakeland District Council.

(ii) Orchard House, Woodhouse -permission granted to build storage shed

provided that it is used principally for the management of the orchard.

(iii) Dallam School - further details have been received of the windows which have already

been installed. Council has no further comment.

10. Correspondence

(a) Cumbria CC : Parish Briefing - November 2000. Noted

(b) CALC : Folder entitled "Cumbrian Communities under Pressure".

On bookshelf in Athenaeum.

November newsletter. Noted.

Rural Services Survey 2000.

(c) Changes to yellow pages format : Council agreed that it was opposed to the proposed split into

"Carlisle and North Cumbria" and "Lancaster and South Cumbria".

(d) Cartmel Peninsular Trust : Update on Funding. Council agreed that it should not

contribute to the building of the pool.

(e) SLDC : Parish Clerk’s Newsletter - November 2000. Noted.

11. Any Other Business.

(a) It was reported that the area to the north side of the stile on one of the new permissive paths has

become very muddy.

(b) Council Tax on Holiday Homes. It was agreed that the Chairman should write to South Lakeland

District Council expressing the view that extra revenue obtained as a result of abolishing the 50%

reduction should be used to reduce rates.

12. Next Meeting. 29th January 2000.