January 09 - Parish Council Meeting
Minutes of Carlby Parish Council Meeting held on 9 January 2025 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall
Present: Cllrs. John Bavister (Chairman), Steve Markham (Vice Chair), Lesley Sweeting, Kim Neal and Karina Neal.
In Attendance: Liz Nunn PCC Secretary, 1 Members of the public and Sarah Gresty-Parish Clerk
Public Forum:
A member of the public brought attention to the need to seek compensation for local communities affected by Mallard Pass Solar farm. Action: Clerk to seek an update and advice from Alicia Kearns MP and from the Mallard Pass Action group and feed back to the member of public, so that she can head up the campaign with the support of the Parish Council.
Liz Nunn gave an update on the Waterloo project and reported that planning permission had now been received after 6 years for a toilet and water supply in the church. Work is due to start the following week. The water will be connected via The Avenue. There may possibly be some days that the footpath will be closed during this work. Although targeted funds have been raised by the PCC, because of the delay in receiving permission funding is still being sourced (as prices have risen since initial quotes for the work were submitted).
A request was made for a skip to the sited on the carpark at the playing fields. Steve Markham, Chair of the Playing Fields Committee, gave permission, but would like to liaise with the Builders on skip size and location. The Playing Fields Committee are also undertaking work on the carpark so co ordination between the two is required.
Liz asked if the Parish Council would support the Early Days Motion to be submitted for debate in the House of Commons for the continuation of the ‘Renewal of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme’ which is due to expire in March 2025. The Parish Council supported this and would be guided by Liz and the PCC on the wording of a submission to Alicia Kearn MP to support this motion.
Agenda
24/25-75 Apologies for absence
were received from Cllr. Chris Barnes these apologies were unanimously accepted.
24/25-76 Disclosable Pecuniary Interests:
There were none.
24/25-77 Minutes of
a) 19 November 2024 Parish Council Meeting were presented as a true and accurate record of events. The first names of the two Neal Councillors were manually inserted for clarity. Proposed acceptance Cllr. Karina Neal, Seconded Cllr. Markham and unanimously voted in favour-RESOLVED.
24/26-78 Matters Arising from previous Minutes for Information Exchange
• New defibrillator installation update. Welmedical have now received our failed unit back from the manufacturer and will shortly arrange delivery of the new unit ordered.
• Welcome Leaflet – no update
• The crossroad at the B1176 more signage and road markings. No update
• B1176 damage to the inner verge. No update
• Greatford junction with the A6121. No update
24/25-79 Reports from:
a) County and District Councillors. No reports received.
b) Police Reports are received and circulated and made available on the website upon receipt.
24/25-80 Highways Matters.
Cllr. Markham, after further investigations, will report on fix my street the blocked gully on Main Street.
24/25-81 To receive issue within the Parish.
• Grit bins – LCC potential removal on a bin. No update.
24/25-82 Finance & General Purposes.
a) Financial Report for the period 01 April 2024 to 31 December 2024 with online bank statements
b) Payments as follows:
A/c
Ref Date To Whom / Description/ £
32 14/11/24 Ashridge Trees invoice100284332 94.91
33 14/11/24 Jamieson Brothers inv 1000155762 31.74
34 03/12/24 Carlby Village Hall meeting rental for 24/25 160.00
35 03/12/24 J Bavister cllr expenses 63.39
36 03/12/24 S Gresty clerk Qtr 3 expenses 496.83
37 12/12/24 ACR Computers 110608/Wordadd Ltd 100.00
38 12/12/24 HMRC Qtr 3 tax and nic 213.60
39 12/12/24 S Gresty Qtr 3 salary 853.96
40 12/12/24 Mick Cunningham Insurance mower insurance/539573218 174.65
Proposal: To accept, adopt and resolve all the financial records presented above. Proposed Cllr. Sweeting, Seconded Cllr. Kim Neal and unanimous vote in favour.
c) Budget for 2025/26 and Precept request based on predicted budgeted expenditure for 2025/26
Proposal: A Precept Request of £11,162. Proposed Cllr. Bavister, Seconded Cllr. Markahm and unanimous voted in favour.
It was Resolved to send a precept request to SKDC for the sum of £11,162. This equates to £52.93 per year for each Band D dwelling, an increase of £3.97 per year or 8.1%
Action: Cllr Bavister proposed to add to the Parish Council Target List to build a reserve fund of the recommended 50% of precept over the next 5 years. Seconded Cllr Kim Neal and unanimous in favour.
24/25-83 Planning Issues:
No new applications received.
24/25-84 Playing Fields Committee.
Cllr. Markham gave a brief outline of improvement that have and will be taking place before March 2025 using a grant awarded from SKDC Prosperity Fund of £3,000.
24/25-85 Correspondence was noted from the agenda.
The Clerk drew attention to correspondence received since the agenda was posted
LCC Budget and Council tax 25/26 survey
LALC training on National Planning Policy Framework 4 Feb 6-9 on zoom
Alica Kearns MP newsletter link sign up details.
Armed Forces and Veteran Breakfast club
24/25-86 To receive items for future meetings
Purchase of mouth protection guards for the defibrillator
Date of the next meetings: 2025 Wed 5th Mar, Wed 14th May, Wed 9th Jul, Wed 3 Sept, Tue 4th Nov.
Meeting closed at 20:23