MINUTES
OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN ALL SAINTS CHURCH HALL,
PRESENT
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Councillor Greg Watson (Chairman) Councillor Kathie Brydson Councillor Peter Hawkins Councillor Kate Richardson Councillor Stuart Robson Councillor Rae Youngman |
City Councillor Ian Gillies Mr James Mackman (Clerk) |
07.180
- CO-OPTION AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW COUNCILLOR
There was no new
Councillor.
07.181
- CONFIRMATION OF SIGNING THE DECLARATION OF OFFICE
There was no one
to sign a declaration.
07.182
- DECLARATION OF INTEREST ON ANY MATTERS OF BUSINESS
Councillor
Brydson declared a personal interest in any discussion about
07.183
- TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received from
Councillors Vivien Crabb and John Pannell.
07.184
- TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2007
The minutes of the meeting held on 10
September 2007, having been circulated and read, were accepted and signed as a
true record.
07.185
- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
None
07.186 - TO RECEIVE CITY
COUNCILLORS' COMMENTS
City Councillor Ian Gillies reported on the
following points:-
· The increased police presence in the
village is still being felt.
· The City Council’s report on Street
Lighting has been before the City Council’s Executive and the party leaders
have seen it. The report does not
distinguish between urban and rural lighting and is being revamped.
· There is a sum of £10,000 in the City
Council’s budget for improving parking facilities on the former Railway Nursery
land by Poppleton Station.
· That the Parish Council should consider
having a formal Planning Committee meeting, say before each Parish Council
meeting.
07.187
-TO RECEIVE THE CLERK'S REPORT
(a)
Progress on the provision for parking
bicycles by the shops (Min. 07.165a)
We anticipate that Andy Vose will liaise
with the manager of the Co-op on this subject.
Nothing appears to have happened at the moment.
(b)
Progress on replacing the litter bins
around the Green (Min. 07.165b)
As there has been no visible movement on
this subject the Clerk said that he had arranged a meeting with Angus Young on
the Green at 11.30am on 9 October.
(c)
Progress on new cycle racks on the Green
(Min. 07.165c)
We are still waiting for Andy Vose to have
the new cycle racks installed.
07.188
- FINANCE
(a)
To
receive a financial statement
The Clerk presented a detailed report
showing the actual income and expenditure for the current financial year for
the period to 8 October 2007. The report
reflected the receipts and payments below.
The bank balances at 8 October were:
Current
Account £100.00
Business Money Manager
Account £22,013.16
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(b)
To
agree accounts for payment (net of
VAT); |
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1027 |
Baron
(Landscape Contractors) Ltd |
Grass cutting
- August |
£270.00 |
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1028 |
Mrs
L Cariss |
Internal
audit fee |
£80.00 |
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1029 |
Mazars |
External
audit fee |
£135.00 |
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1030 |
Baron
(Landscape Contractors) Ltd |
Grass cutting
- September |
£135.00 |
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1031 |
James
Mackman |
Clerk’s
Expenses |
£31.70 |
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1032 |
James
Mackman |
Clerk’s
salary - October |
£409.65 |
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1033 |
Post
Office Ltd |
Tax & NI |
£143.51 |
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(c)
To receive a report on income
received |
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City of |
2nd half year precept |
£8,000.00 |
07.189 - TO NOTE CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
07.189.1 - The Clerk read or referred to
the following item of correspondence
(a) A letter from the City Council
advising that a Community Speed Watch campaign is starting in October when
residents will be invited to sign a pledge card when they agree to drive within
the speed limit.
(b) Two letters of complaint about
the proposed re-routing of the No. 10 bus.
(c) The Annual Return from Mazars
who say that the Parish Council should put in place a system of internal audit
checking during the current financial year.
(d) A letter from a resident
regarding the need for trees and bushes at Poppleton railway station to be pruned.
(e) Notification of a Seminar to
be run by the YCVS on 22 October on the subject of Black and Ethnic Minorities
in
07.189.2 - It was agreed that the correspondence
received since the September Council meeting, as listed below, be circulated to
the Councillors
(a) CYC - Local Development
Framework information
(b) CYC - York World Heritage
Working Group report
(c) Martin House - Martin House
News, Autumn 2007
(d) Nether Poppleton Parish Council
- Minutes of 20 August
(e) Standards Board - Standard,
September 2007
(f) Yorwaste - Environmental
Report, April 06 - March 07
07.190 - TO RECEIVE THE PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT
(a)
Plans pending and Planning Committee
Comments
Prior to the meeting the
Clerk had circulated the list of plans and comments made by the members of the
Planning Committee on each planning application received. The list is attached as Appendix 1 at the end
of these minutes. After some discussion
it was unanimously agreed that the Parish Council would object to application
07/02200/FUL and 07/02196/FUL and that Councillors Watson, Robson and the Clerk
be authorised to submit appropriate documentation on behalf of the Parish
Council with respect to these two planning applications.
(b)
Councillors' comments
Councillor Richardson
announced her resignation from the Planning Committee. The Chairman thanked Councillor Richardson
for all her work on planning matters over many years.
07.191 - TO CONSIDER ITEMS RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,
FOOTPATHS, LAMPPOSTS & SIGNS
(a)
To consider reports on vandalism
i.
There
has been damage to the Hudson Moody pillar on the Green. Some of the rendering has been removed.
ii.
Youths
have been causing damage to the school buildings, especially the roof and some
of the lights.
(b)
To receive other reports
No reports.
07.192 - TO CONSIDER MATTERS RELATING TO THE VILLAGE
GREENS
(a)
Trees
No report.
(b)
Events
No report
(c)
Car parking - review
The Chairman is still waiting for the City
Engineers to arrange a meeting to discuss parking issues. (Action
Councillor Watson)
(d)
Maintenance
None.
07.193 - TO RECEIVE COMMITTEES' REPRESENTATIVES
REPORTS
Councillor Watson reported on
the Ainsty Group meeting held on 27 September.
A number of issues were discussed including affordable rural housing, Parish plans, profiles of parish councils in
their communities, the City Council Charter with Parish Councils and the
closure of Post Offices. Minutes will be
available and distributed in due course.
07.194
- TO RECEIVE A REPORT ON VILLAGE POLICING
Special Constable Jerry Holland had
produced a list of incidents in Poppleton which had been reported to the police
during the period September to October.
The figures exclude all road traffic offences and collisions and only
include incidents where an offence was found to have been committed. There had been twenty-one incidents in
The Clerk produced a
spreadsheet showing all the monthly figures from August 2006.
07.195 - TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF BLAIRGOWRIE ON THE USE OF
It was agreed that the Parish Council would
keep a watching brief on this subject.
07.196
- TO CONSIDER PROGRESS ON THE PROVISION OF A YOUTH SHELTER
In the absence of Councillor Pannell there
was no discussion on this subject.
07.197
– TO CONSIDER THE WAY FORWARD ON THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE VILLAGE
It was agreed to defer discussion on this
subject until the results of the forthcoming survey in Rufforth were available.
07.198
– TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE POPPLETON RAILWAY NURSERY PROJECT
Paul Bisson’s address to the July Parish
Council meeting was considered. It was
agreed that no further action be taken on the subject. If the project is re-established in the future
then the Parish Council wishes to be represented.
07.199
- TO CONSIDER THE PRODUCTION OF AN AUTUMN NEWSLETTER
Councillors agreed to submit their ideas
for articles for the Newsletter to the Clerk.
(Action all Councillors)
07.200
- TO NOTE FORTHCOMING MEETINGS
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Date of Meeting |
Meeting |
Venue/ Time |
Councillor Attending |
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17 October |
Ward Committee |
Askham Bryan Village Hall/ 7.00pm |
All |
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22 October |
YCVS – BME seminar |
Main Hall, |
Watson |
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31 October |
Code of Conduct
Seminar |
Guildhall/ 10.00am |
Hawkins |
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1 November |
SLCC, |
Galtres Centre, Easingwold/ 9.30am |
Brydson, Hawkins, Clerk |
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19 November |
Police Liaison |
To be arranged/ 2.00pm |
Hawkins, Robson, Watson |
07.201
- TO RECEIVE COUNCILLORS' COMMENTS
Councillor Richardson said
that the Youth Action Group has supported the youth clubs for the last five
years. Hope Church is withdrawing its
support for the Thursday Youth Club from the end of October. The person who runs the Wednesday Youth Club
is giving up. The City Council’s Youth
Service doesn’t support the Youth Clubs in Poppleton any more. The Youth Action Group has money to pay for
Youth Clubs to be continued. What it
doesn’t have are people who are willing to run the Youth Clubs. Councillor Richardson asked if anyone knew of
someone who would be interested in being a Youth Club leader.
07.202
- DATE OF NEXT MEETING – 12 NOVEMBER 2007 AT 7.30PM
The date of the next meeting was agreed as
Monday 12 November 2007 at 7.30pm.
There being no other business the Chairman
closed the meeting at 10.10pm.
CHAIRMAN …………………….. ………………………….2007
James Mackman, Clerk 22a
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