LEVENS PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held in the Methodist Meeting Room
on Tuesday 4 May 2010
Present: R Mason (Chairman), C Hammond (Vice-Chairman), S Bagot, H Burrow, S Bagot, J Thacker, R Atfield, J Watson, J Bland County Cllr, B Woof District Cllr and A Kerr (Clerk)
82/10 Election of Chairman
Resolved that Councillor Mason be elected Chairman for 2010/2011.
83/10 To receive Chairman’s Declaration of Acceptance
Cllr Mason signed a Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Chairman for 2010/2011.
84/10 Appointment of Vice-Chairman
Resolved that Cllr Watson be elected Vice-Chairman for 2010/2011.
85/10 To receive apologies for absence
None
Resolved that the apologies be noted.
86/10 To authorise minutes of meeting held on 13 April 2010
Resolved that the Chairman sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 April 2010 as a true record.
87/10 To appoint any representatives to outside bodies
Resolved that the following representatives be appointed for the forthcoming year:
Cllr Bagot – Village Institute
Cllr Hammond – Levens Playing Fields
Cllr Mason – Woodlands Officer
Cllr Atfield – Neighbourhood Watch
Cllrs Helen Burrow, John Watson and Susan Bagot – Levens Charity sub-committee
S Watson - Footpath Officer
Cllr Atfield -Highways
Cllr Mason -Land Registry
Cllr Watson -CALC
88/10 Dates of meetings for 2010/2011
The following proposed dates for meetings in 2010/2011 are:
2010: 15 June, 13 July, 14 September, 12 October, 9 November
2011: 11 January, 8 February, 8 March (Annual Parish Meeting), 12 April, 10 May (AGM)
89/10 To receive any declarations of interest in items on the Agenda
None
90/10 Adjournment of meeting to receive any matters from the public
None
91/10 To receive any police matters
No report received from the police this month
92/10 To discuss matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting
None
93/10 To consider correspondence received
The following items were discussed:
- Letter from Dr Favel Morgan re land opposite her house which she currently rents and would like to purchase and land at the front of her house that she has maintained. The clerk will write to Dr Morgan and advise that it is not Parish Council policy to sell any parish land and advise her that the land at the front of her house does not belong to the Parish Council.
- Cumbria Playing Fields Association – affiliation fees due – this will be passed to the Playing Field Committee as there is a option of applying for grants if you are members.
94/10 Parish Council Vacancy
Applications have been received from 3 candidates. Councillors voted to elect Mr David Martin onto the Parish Council. The clerk will advise all applicants of the outcome.
95/10 To receive County/District matters
County Cllr Bland explained that a new leader of the County Council has been elected – Mr James Airey.
96/10 To consider planning applications
a) To consider the following planning applications:
None to date
b) To be informed of the following granted planning application:
None
97/10 Registering Parish Land
a) Sizergh Quarry – Mr Stephen Read attended the meeting to discuss the current situation. He has contacted the National Trust and they will not object if the Parish Council try to register Sizergh Quarry with Land Registry subject to an agreed plan. Councillors will inspect the boundaries and state of the quarry on the parish walk next month.
b) Other quarries within the parish - Mr Read is awaiting confirmation from SLDC legal department that the quarry land can be formally transferred with any income earned in the future being paid into a charitable trust.
98/10 Local Development Framework
No update to report.
99/10 Parish Council Notice Board
It was felt that the current notice board is too small to display relevant information. The clerk will contact SLDC planning to enquire if planning is required for a larger notice board. The councilors will look at the notice board on their parish walk.
100/10 Parish Council Newsletter
Margaret Barton attended the start of the meeting to explain the procedure for delivering the parish news. It was decided to that the newsletter would be 1 sheet of A4 folded (by councilors)so that it can be inserted into the parish news. There are 550 to be delivered The clerk will produce the newsletter for the first week in June, any items to be included should be given to the clerk before the end of May.
The clerk will also contact Leonie Darch the Levens Westmorland Gazette correspondent to give her a monthly update from the Parish Council
101/10 Quality Parish Council
It was resolved that the Parish Council would seek to become a Quality Parish Council. It was agreed that the parish council would contribute half the cost of the CiLCA course for the clerk with the intention of the council applying for quality status in the future. The clerk will find out more about training costs and bursaries available.
102/10 Highway Matters
a) Highway Steward Visit – his next visit is due w/c 17 May, Cllr Atfield will give details to the highway steward. The clerk will advise the highway steward of Cllr Atfields contact details.
b) Cllr Hammond explained that there are 50 MPH signs have been erected on the entrance to the A590, County Cllr Bland will investigate further.
103/10 Finance
a) Insurance quotes – after reviewing both quotes the Parish Council resolved to go ahead with the Came & Co Insurance.
b) Resolved that the following accounts be approved:
A Kerr – Petty cash £ 20.00
P Cheesbrough – Internal audit £ 45.00
M Knipe – grass and verge cutting £110.00
Broker Network Ltd – Insurance £1041.31
c) The council was informed of the current bank balances.
104/10 Accounts for 2009-2010
a) Resolved that the Annual Accounts for 2009-2010 be approved.
b) Resolved that the Annual Governance for the Audit Return be approved and the statement completed for 2009-2010
105/10 Matters of information and agenda items for the next meeting
a) The following items will be put on the next agenda:
b) The following matters of information were reported:
None
106/10 Date of next meeting
The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 15 June at 7:00pm – this will be the Parish Walk.
The meeting closed at 9:20pm.
Signed……………………………………………………….Date…………………
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