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Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 9th February 2009 in the Supper
room of the Parish Hall at 7.45pm
Present: Councillors Tulip, Williams, Mills, Reid, Dunhill, Heslop, Eakins
and Stephenson. Also present were Cllr Anne Dale, Cllr Latham and 5 members of
the public and one member of the Press.
1. John Stevenson: The Chairman noted with regret the
recent death of John Stevenson who had served as a Councillor and as Chairman
of the Parish Council. It was agreed to make a donation of £25 to the family’s
chosen charity.
2. Minutes of last meeting: The minutes were agreed as a true
record.
3. Matters arising: It was noted that there
had been further correspondence from the County’s solicitor, Mr Rickitt
about the Village Green proposal along the lines reported at the last meeting.
It was up to the applicants to decide on the next course of action. There also
appeared to have been some misunderstanding on the Deed of Trust. Mr Rickitt
believed it was implicit in the Conveyance of 1973. However, the Clerk pointed
out that Council’s Solicitors at the time
of the conveyance had suggested that a separate Deed of Trust was desirable although
this had never been followed through.
The subject of a mole catcher was raised
again. It was noted nothing had been done on this. It could prove a superfluous
exercise.
4. Planning:
20081158 Woodside, Sandy Bank, amendment Conditional permission
20081065 Arden Close, Sandy Bank (extension)Conditional permission
20081122 53 Station Close, extension Conditional permission
5. Correspondence: a) General. Cllr Stephenson raised the issue of comments
about papers in the general file. If they were of significance, the subject should
be brought to the Parish Council meeting as a substantive item.
b) Bank of Ireland: A letter had been received concerning the level of guarantee
now offered by the Bank of Ireland on its accounts. This was raised from £50000
to ~£90000 which takes the accounts out of the UK guarantee scheme as it
offers a much higher level.
c) Tennis Club: In response to a query, an email had been received indicating
a work day would take place soon to clean up outstanding tidying matters.
6. Finance:
a) The financial statement and receipts were accepted by all Councillors.
b) The following payments were authorised by all councillors:-
M F Anderton/Salary/January £391.00
M F Anderton/Exp/January £50.51
NCC/Bus shelter £3869.75
Tynedale/grass cutting £1048.26
Radiopages/web £249.00
7. Minor matters: Cllr Tulip raised the date of the Annual
Parish meeting and the April PC meeting. As the PC meeting falls on Easter Monday,
it was decided to cancel that meeting; and because of problems with availability
of the hall, the APM would be held on April 30th in the main hall of the Parish
Hall.
- Cllr Tulip has also received a verbal request from the Pre-school about using
a small part of the spinney for a gardening project, over a year. In principle
this was agreed with a further suggestion that a corner of the Play park could
also be used. He would go back and discuss this further.
- Cllr Heslop had received a complaint about the lighting on the path to the
station from Broomhaugh: Cllr Dale noted that a report would be ready soon about
the best place to site the new light she was paying for from her fund.
- Cllr Heslop also suggested supporting William Radice in his quest to be nominated
as Poet Laureate. After some discussion it was suggested that Councillors should
support as individuals but that the Council could suggest support on the website.
- Cllr Heslop also noted attending the Hexham meeting on the unitary budget.
Cllr Dale had worked hard on this matter.
- Cllr Reid asked if dates had been suggested for a Clean- up day. However, Cllrs
Stephenson and Dunhill had walked round the village and felt that a major Clean
-up was not necessary for now. If a litter pick along the A695 is needed, Tynedale
Council should be notified through Cllr Dale if necessary. Cllr Stephenson had
drafted a letter to be sent to homes in the vicinity of tipped bags of rubbish
reminding them it should be disposed of appropriately. The Clerk would type this
up.
- Cllr Eakins asked about Belonging Communities and Cllr Dunhill reiterated what
he had said at a previous meeting about the flexibility which was now apparent
in selecting where the Parish allies itself. If meetings take place in Hexham,
similar to those of the East Tynedale Forum, Cllr Reid agreed to attend those.
- Cllr Heslop suggested formal thanks at the next meeting to Cllr Latham as it
would be his last meeting as District Councillor.
- Cllr Mills reported on the Tynedale Planning Forum. Cllr Dale suggested she
stick with it as it’s important to make sure the Tynedale Strategy gets
incorporated properly into the new County strategy. Cllr Mills is also progressing
the mirrors. Cllr Tulip agreed to help her.
- Cllr Dale noted she had dealt with complaints about dog mess in Broomhaugh;
it was suggested that a note be put on the web site about the free Poop bags
supplied by Tynedale Council. She had also received a request for dropped kerbs
along the A695.
The meeting closed at 8.35.
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