Balderton Parish Council
Minutes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting held in the Council Hall on Wednesday December 7th 2005 at 7.00pm
PRESENT: Councillors Colman (Chairman), Allsopp, Mrs Brooks, Gibson, Jarvis, Mortimore, Mrs Newstead, Miss Oram, Scott, Miss Watson and Mrs Walker with County Councillor Walker and the Clerk.
APOLOGIES were received from Cllrs Ms Atkinson, Brooks, Fletcher and Mrs Scott. Cllrs Hind and Sheppard had informed they may be late attending the meeting.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST: Cllr Mrs Newstead declared a personal interest to minute reference 3291 - St. Giles Churchyard gate replacement.
Cllr Miss Watson was welcomed to her first meeting following her recent co-option to the Council.
Cheques presented were signed and wages payments approved.
3287 Quad Bikes
Members discussed a letter, previously circulated, from Gibson Crescent
residents who were concerned about quad bikes being ridden in the Cemetery field
and surrounding area. The bikes cause an excessive amount of noise and there are
concerns about safety issues for pedestrians and riders alike. P.C. Stannard is
aware of the problem and is making enquiries. County Councillor Walker undertook
to ask the Rights of Way Department to install bollards across the public
footpath which runs along the back of Gibson Crescent.
Cllrs Hind and Sheppard joined the meeting at approximately 7.10pm.
3288 Clerk/Chairman’s
Update
A printed update of ongoing matters were circulated and noted. The update
is published with the minutes. The following item were discussed from the
update:
1. Re Minute 3285a Christmas Decorations Discussion took place on setting up a working party to arrange for street Christmas lights and decorations in the village. The working party could invite any remaining Balderton Business Club members to join, and it is understood that the Club has some funds which could contribute to the project. The party would need to commence early in 2006 in readiness for next Christmas.
3289 Planning
Applications
The following planning applications were considered and approved subject to
any comments detailed below:
2594 Conservatory
69 Manners
Road
2601 Rear
extension Rose
Cottage, 34 Queen Street
2604 Single storey
dwelling Land adj. 128
Main Street
The following planning application was considered and refused with the following comment:
2572 Erect bungalow Rear of 42a Queen Street
Members consider this to be tandem development with no separate access, and it would have an adverse affect on neighbouring properties.
3290 Planning
Decision
The following planning applications have received conditional approval and
were noted:
2329 Extension and pitched
roof 76 Manners Road
NCC Retain household waste recycling centre Hawton
3291 St. Giles Churchyard
Members reviewed the two quotations received (three quotations had been
requested) to replace the Pinfold Lane side gate to St.Giles Churchyard.
It was, RECOMMENDED that Mr Duckworth quotation of £100 be selected as the preferred option.
3292 Complaint
Handling
Approval was given to a draft code of practice, previously circulated, for
handling complaints. The policy will be circulated to all members of the
Council in readiness for formal future adoption.
3293 Budget 2006/07
Further discussion took place on the 2006/07 budget requirement. It is
still not known if the land at Lakeside will be sold for development. Six months
loan repayments totalling approximately £8,500 for the Pavilion project must be
built into the budget in case the land is not sold. If the land sale is
successful it may be possible for the Council not to increase the budget the
following year. The committee’s previous consideration was re-affirmed that the
budget should be increased by approximately 4.5% to £230,000 for 2006/07. A
vote was taken with thirteen votes for and one against - Cllr
Mrs Walker asked that her vote against the increase be recorded in the minutes.
It was, RECOMMENDED that the precept amount for 2006/07 be set at £230,000.
3294 Correspondence/Information
The following correspondence and information was noted:
a) An invitation to comment on the County Council’s Strategy for ‘Extending Services in and Around Schools’. Any comments to be submitted by December 23rd 2005.
b) Notice that the District Council is holding road shows in Newark, Ollerton and Southwell to promote discussion and understanding of the Local Development Framework.
c) An open letter from Police Chief Superintendent Johnson about local issues.
d) Members were reminded to nominate any preferred choices for the house with the best Christmas decorations in the village by Monday December 12th when the Chairman and Cllr Mortimore will inspect the choices. Suggested winners to be submitted to the Clerk or the Chairman.
3295 Future Agenda
Items
No items were put forward.
The meeting closed at approximately 7.30pm