Heversham Parish Council

 

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held in the Athenaeum, on Monday, 21st March 2005, following the Annual Parish Assembly.

 

Present: Councillors J Pearson-Snape, P Shaw, T Parker, A Lucas, A Shepherd, County Councillor R Bingham, District Councillor B Woof and the Clerk.

 

224  Apologies for absence were received from Councillor G Capstick.

 

225  The fourth bullet of Minute 212, of the meeting held on Monday 28th February 2005 was adjusted to read:

Councillor Shaw has received some examples of Parish Plans but they were for larger parishes; he will try to obtain some for smaller parishes before the April meeting.” 

signed and dated as an otherwise true record.

 

226  The following payments were authorised:

Hire of Athenaeum all year - £86.50, cheque100002.

Clerks Salary and Expenses, three months - £500, cheque 100003.

            Councillor T Parker, expenses for the year - £30, cheque  100004.

 

Councillor Parker informed the Council that the village had been offered a swing in good order, of suitable construction, for the playground.  He had costed out the installation at £725 and wished to add this to the expenditure of the second phase.  As there weren’t quite sufficient funds, £463 would need to be paid out of Parish Council reserves for the present but would hopefully be replaced by fund raising in the near future. The Playground Committee intend to approach ‘Neighbourhood Forum’ for a grant.  The Councillors agreed to the proposal and expect the total cost to be £4344. 

The Clerk is to explore the possibility of delaying the Engineers Annual Inspection of the playground until the swings have been installed.

 

227  Planning Applications.

A6 Milnthorpe to Blue Bell, Heversham. Proposed 50mph Speed Limit.

The Councillors approved of the proposal and thought that perhaps it should have been extended beyond the small industrial units towards Levens.

 

228  The date of the next Parish Council meeting is 25th April 2005.

 

 

Clerk to the Council

Denise Challenor

Tel. 01524 761824