Heversham Parish Council

Minutes of Meeting of Monday, 25^th November 2002 -7.30 pm in the Athenaeum.

 

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

A Rimmer, Councillor Bingham, Councillor Woof, and the Clerk.

2.              Apologies for Absence. None

3.              Signing of Minutes of Meeting of 28^th October 2002.   Agreed and signed as a true copy.

4.             Matters Arising from the Minutes.

(i) Copies of “The Good Council Guide” have arrived and were distributed to Councillors.

(ii) Transfer of  Management of Parish Council Land. SLDC do not have any correspondence files to

hand for any of the seven sites listed. The Chairman will look at the deeds of a parishioner whose

house is built on one of the sites and report back.

(iii) The Chairman reported that he had not been able to approach Dallam School yet as they were in

the middle of an OFSTED inspection.

5.              Playground.

(i) Playdale’s Contracts supervisor has visited the playground and agreed to rectify the faults

highlighted by inspections. Work started on the day of the meeting. Since the last meeting a

defective chain had been found.

(ii) A decision on the removal of trees was again deferred.

(iii) Cumbria CC had agreed to clear the pipe which drains the field north of the playground.

6.              Finance.

                  (a) Payments Approved:            

                                    G & WJ Handley (Playground)                                                                   £   82.84              

                                    Westmorland Gazette (Advertisement)                                                   £ 123.38

                                    E P Johnson (Chairman’s Expenses - Jun to Nov 2002)            £   33.00

                                    P C Shaw (Clerk’s Expenses - Feb to Nov 2002)                            £   73.73

                  (b) 2001/02 Accounts.

Council Approved the Accounts for 2001/02.

                  (c) Precept for 2003/2004.

                  Council agreed that the precept for 2003/04 should be £4,250.

7.              Recruitment of New Parish Clerk.

                  (i) It was agreed that interviews should be carried out after Christmas. The interview panel would be

the Chairman, Councillor Shepherd and the current Clerk. The panel’s recommendation would be

put forward for approval by Council at the January 2003 meeting.

(ii) The Job Description and Contract of Employment were approved subject to removal of the last

sentence of section 14 of the Contract of Employment.

8.             Planning.

(a) New Applications. None

(b) Applications considered previously.

   (i) Plumtree Housing Association - application for listed building consent for internal alterations approved by SLDC.

9.             Freedom of Information Act 2000.

                  (i) Council agreed to adopt the model “Scheme of Publication” without any optional clauses.

                  (ii) Council agreed that information would be made available at a mutually agreeable place

on application to the Clerk.

(iii) Council agreed that £1 should be charged for each A4 sheet of information provided.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10.           Correspondence

(a) CALC:          November Newsletter - noted.

                                    Electronic Parish Notice Board. A Parish Notice Board will soon be available for use

by the Parish Council on the CALC website (www.calc.org.uk).

(b) Cumbria CC:              “Getting around Cumbria” - noted.

Neighbourhood Forum - minutes of 7^th November at Preston Patrick. A funding application from St Peter’s Church was successful and feedback was given on the use of the Neighbourhood Forum grant to our playground.

Potential Schemes for inclusion in the transport capital grant programme for 2003/04. The list of potential schemes includes completion of resurfacing of the A6 footpath. The section from College Green Lane to Greivegate Lane will be resurfaced in the current financial year.

(c) Ulverston CAB:       Provide Advocacy service for NHS Patients - noted.

(d) Standards Board for England:          Roadshow in Lancaster 9^th January 2003 - noted.

(e) Holme Community First Responders:          Letter explaining role. Council agreed that this might be

a suitable subject for the Parish Meeting in March.

(f) Countryside Agency:              Various updates - noted.

11.          Any Other Business.

                  (a) The Lane behind the Athenaeum. Cumbria CC confirmed that as the hedge was not causing an

obstruction to traffic, it would not take any action.

(b) A call to the police at 2.30am on a Sunday had been answered by a car from Barrow after a delay

of half an hour.

(c) It was suggested that a remembrance wreath from the Parish Council should be placed on the war

memorial at the church in future years. Discussion was deferred to the next meeting.

12.           Next Meeting.                    27^th January 2003.