Minutes of Meeting 12 December 2022
Minutes of the meeting of Scredington Parish Council
Monday 12 December 2022
Present:
Councillors R. Johnson (Chairman), A. Pywell (Vice Chairman), J. Johnson, I. Metcalfe and J.Dixon (Clerk).
- Chairmans Welcome.
The Chairman welcomed everyone for attending; it I with regret that Cllr Nichola Mason has resigned with immediate effect. The chairman extended his thanks for all of her hard work and said that she will be sorely missed.
This now leaves a vacancy for a Parish Councillor to be co-opted onto the Parish Council. If any member of the public is interested in taking up this position, please contact the Chairman or the Clerk.
- Public Forum
There were no members of the public present.
- Apologies for Absence
Apologies were received from District Councillor R. Jackson and County Councillor A. Hagues.
- Declarations of Interest according to the Localism Act 2011
There were no declarations made.
- Minutes of the last meeting
Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 26th September 2022 were signed as a true and correct record.
- Report from District / County Councillors
There were no District Councillors present however Cllr R Jackson sent in a report which was discussed and is attached to these minutes.
7 Planning Applications
Reference: 22/1609/RESM
Proposal: Reserved matters application for the erection of a replacement bungalow with access, appearance landscaping, layout and scale to be considered pursuant to planning application 21/079/OUT
Location: Ashdene 23 Station Road Scredington
The application was discussed and no objections or suggestions were made, it was therefore resolved to support the application.
8 Finance
8.1 Chairman Cllr R. Johnson reported that the council is in a healthy position and just one cheque for £96.00 (Inc VAT) is payable. This is to ‘Little Audit’ for the completion of the Audit for the AGAR of 2021/2022
8.2 The audit is now completed and the Chairman and Clerk have signed the relevant pages to be sent to PKF Littlejohn. This is extremely late and the Parish Council extends its thanks to PKF Littlejohn for their patience following the sad passing of the previous clerk.
8.3 The budget for 2023 was discussed, it was resolved to increase the precept by £400.00 to £4200.00.
8.4 It was resolved to speak with LALC regarding the renewal of the Parish Council Website and paying to get it active again.
8.5 It was resolved that the Clerk should contact Duncan & Topliss regarding the late Raymond Bells very kind legacy left to the Parish Council in his will as the original amount was an interim payment.
9 Highway Matters
There were no matters to discuss.
- Matters affecting the village / correspondence
10.1 There are no further updates regarding the proposed New Lincolnshire Reservoir
10.2 The forthcoming coronation of King Charles iii was discussed and Cllr A Pywell made a suggestion of a street party, this would be held on Church Lane and it was proposed that maybe this could be a joint event with the Church and the Community Centre. It was generally thought that this was a good idea and resolved that Cllrs will bring ideas to the next meeting.
10.3 The Chairman offered his sincere Thanks to all those who attended the bulb planting on November 5th.
10.4 It was proposed that a good quality commemorative bench should be purchased in memory of the late Raymond Bell, all agreed and it was resolved to look into this further prior to the next meeting.
11 Any Other Business
There was no other business to report.
12 Date of the next meeting
The date of the next meeting will be Monday 13th March 2023 in the Community Centre commencing at 7:30pm.
Meeting closed at 20:48