July 17 - Parish Council Meeting
Minutes of a Carlby Parish Council Meeting held on 17 July 2024 at 7.30pm at the Village Hall
Present: Cllrs. John Bavister (Chairman), Lesley Sweeting & Chris Barnes.
In Attendance: 1 member of the public, District Cllr. Penny Robins and Sarah Gresty-Parish Clerk.
Public Forum:
The member of the public wanted to raise concerns regarding the burning of wood and debris at playing field and it being left unattended. Action: Comments would be passed to the Playing Field Committee.
Further concerns regarding the large quarry lorries coming through the village at speed. Could a weight restriction through the village be applied? Action: Evidence of where the lorries are coming from is required, when next viewed please note any Company name and rough time when witnessed would be useful to pursue this matter further.
Agenda
24/25-30 Apologies for absence: received from Cllr. Markham. These apologies were unanimously accepted.
24/25-31 Disclosable Pecuniary Interests: There were none.
24/25-32 Minutes of:
a) Annual Parish Council Meeting 22 May 2024 was presented as a true and accurate recorded of events. Proposed acceptance Cllr. Barnes, Seconded Cllr. Sweeting and unanimous in favour-RESOLVED.
b) Extra Ordinary Parish Council Meeting 12 June 2024 was presented as a true and accurate recorded of events. Proposed acceptance Cllr. Barnes, Seconded Cllr. Sweeting and unanimous in favour-RESOLVED.
24/25-33 Reports from:
a) County and District Councillors
Cllr Penny Robin’s report.
Some weeks ago, there was a murder on the Wellhead Park in Bourne. Five people have been arrested in connection with the crime. The police have released details on their website: Five
arrested as murder investigation launched in Bourne | Lincolnshire Police (lincs.police.uk).
Another crime was committed at our Customer Service Centre at St Peter’s Hill yesterday. A member of staff was punched by a member of the public who was seeking Housing Advice. Consequently, security will be increased at the Customer Service Centre which is due to be transferred to the Ground Floor of the Picture House offices in October.
Grantham Market Place is due to be completed in mid-August. It would be well worth a visit to Grantham to see the changes that have been made.
In other news, there is still money available in the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. If you know of organisations or projects which might be suitable, please contact me or the Economic Development team led by Nick Hibberd. The Fund has already supported projects across
the District including solar panels, community buildings, business improvements and arts projects.
A meeting took place at Grimsthorpe Castle between LCC and Anglian Water to discuss the reasons for the delay to the water pipeline being built from North Lincolnshire down to Essex. It is the largest water infrastructure project in Europe and is the reason why we see large blue pipes all over the place. Unfortunately, the project has been delayed due to the familiar reasons of Covid, war in Ukraine and inflation. The issue of Ukraine was a particular problem because much of the steel pipework was apparently being sourced from Mariupol.
The project has been re-sequenced which will mean the blue pipes in the South of the District will not be put underground for many months yet.
As the project is due to finish, another is due to begin. A new reservoir is proposed just North of the A52. The site is slightly outside South Kesteven but the pipework to take the water to a treatment works in Peterborough is likely to wend its way across our District and will affect many householders and landowners. A public consultation process is open until 9 th August and details can be found on the following website: www.lincsreservoir.co.uk
For those of you who have not heard Mallard Pass Solar scheme has been approved by the Secretary of State Ed Milliband. Alicia is far from happy as you can imagine and will be looking into all avenues to challenge the decision, with a possibility of a judicial review. If you would like to subscribe to the action group the link is as follows: https://www.mallardpassactiongroup.com/
Many of you will have met our MP Alicia Kearns over the past few months as she has been out knocking on doors in Toft, Manthorpe and many, many others! Her track record over the past four and a half years of getting things done speaks for itself. As our newly elected MP for Rutland and Stamford, in her I know we will have a true community champion. Whether it be protecting what makes our communities so special and our rural way of life or championing our towns and villages, I’m confident she will never miss an opportunity to fight for the people of Rutland, Stamford and the Harborough and South Kesteven villages so do reach out to her if your in need of help
or support with a serious issue, we will be working together to continue supporting you.
b) Police Reports are received and circulated and made available on the website upon receipt.
24/25-34 Finance & General Purposes.
a) Financial Report for the period 01 April 2024 to 20 June 2024 with original bank statements and online statement to 9/7/2024 was presented to the meeting.
b) Payments as follows:
A/c
Ref Date To Whom / Description / £
5 19/04/24 Clear Council LCO0285 insurance 24/25 561.39
6 23/05/24 LALC inv 14832 training Kim Neal 36.00
7 29/05/24 Waste Brokerage Co 19993 skip hire 296.70
8 03/06/24 Plough Environmental inv 2971 grass cutting 160.00
9 03/06/24 S Markham councillors expenses mileage 18.90
10 10/06/24 Waste Brokerage Co inv 20329 skip hire 296.70
11 17/06/24 Fentons of Bourne Ltd inv 6361 mower 7,260.00
12 17/06/24 J Bavister cllr expenses 20.60
13 17/06/24 S Gresty Qtr 1 Clerk Salary 652.04
14 17/06/24 HMRC Qtr 1 Tax on salary 162.80
c) To note income
Date A/c Ref From Whom / Description / £
24/05/24 I3 HMRC VAT refund 23/24 129.04
12/06/24 I4 A Jagger donation towards skip 200.00
09/07/24 I5 Persimmon maintenance grant 8,500.00
Proposal: To resolve and adopt all the financial records above. Cllr. Bavister, Seconded Cllr. Barnes and unanimous in favour-RESOLVED
d) Financial Regulation
Proposal: To resolve and adopt the reviewed Financial Regulations as presented at this meeting. Cllr. Sweeting, Seconded Cllr. Bavister and unanimous in favour-RESOLVED.
24/25-35 Grant Applications.
Grant applications were received from:
• Carlby Playing Fields Committee £1600
• Carlby Bowls Club £1,500
• St Stephen’s Church contribution request to toilet facilities project
• St Stephen’s Church £1,500 grass cutting/footpath
More information was required before the grant allocation could be resolved.
Proposal: to organise an extra ordinary parish council meeting inviting all the grant applicants to attend bringing more details financial accounts. Proposed Cllr. Bavister, Seconded Cllr. Barnes and unanimous in favour-RESOLVED.
Action: Clerk to arrange meeting dates to suit all parties
At this stage of the meeting Cllr. Sweeting was called away from the meeting, making the meeting in quorate, therefore the Chairman closed the meeting at 20:10
All items below will be c/f to the next meeting.
24/25-36 Planning Issues: No new planning application had been received since the last meeting.
24/25-37 Grass Cutting: Mower purchase update, to receive and adopt Risk assessment and ongoing costs
24/25-38 Insurance – to review combining with the playing fields.
24/25-39 Persimmon Land. communal green areas: to receive, consider and resolve purchase of Ascot knee rail fencing for the footpath area.
24/25-40 Community Orchard: grant application update
24/25-41 Defib update. The temporary unit is still installed. Clerk is chasing the repair of our unit.
24/25-42 Carlby Target Review
24/25-43 Correspondence was noted from the agenda.
24/25-44 To receive items for future meetings