LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 4th December 2017
Leigh Village Hall commencing
7.40pm.
Following Public Participation
which commenced at 7.30pm
Present
Councillor J Beaman Chairman
Councillor T Collins
Councillor E Durose
Councillor A Raby
Councillor M Snowden
Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mrs B Smallwood, Mr D Wilson, Mr J Slater,
Mr
R Slater, Mr B Chiltern.
Clerk B A Boughey
17/089 Apologies Councillor B Barker
17/089.1 Other Apologies District Councillor Councillor C Whittaker
17/090 Chairman’s
Announcements No announcements.
17/091 Declarations of
Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal Interests, other Interests
None
declared.
17/092 Minutes
17/092.1 COUNCIL RESOLVED
that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting
of 6th
November 2017 be signed by the meeting Chairman.
17/093 Outstanding
Matters
17/093.1 Middleton Green
Telephone Box Defibrillator.
Painting of
the Telephone Box. Now leaving it until
the Spring to undertake the work.
17/093.2 Lime Close
replacement bench
The
replacement bench had been delivered to Councillor Whittaker.
Now waiting
for a base to be constructed before moving it into its designated position.
17/093.3 Parish Council
Vacancy.
Clerk’s
Report.
Two
applications had been received in response to the notice posted on the Parish
Notice
Boards. The vacancy was also advertised in the
December issue of the Parish Magazine
which is
currently being circulated.
17/093.3.1 RESOLVED to wait
for any further applicants and to co-opt at the January meeting.
17/094 Finance
17/094.1 Financial
Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.
Check of
Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.
17/094.2 Invoice Croppers Ground Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing
November £187.50 + £37.50 VAT Total
£225.00 1976 LG(MP)A s19.1b
Invoice Croppers Ground Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice.
17/094.3 Invoice. 1&1 Website Fee. £23.97 + £4.79 VAT. Total £28.76.
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice, payable to Mrs C Astbury.
LGA 1972 s142.
04 December 2017
(2)
17/094.4 Clerk’s Quarterly
Salary Gross £375.00 Net £300.00 PAYE £75.00. LGA 1972 s112(2)
17/094.4.1 RESOLVED to pay
the Clerk the Net Salary of £300.00
17/094.4.2 RESOLVED to pay
HMRC to PAYE of £75.00
17/094.5 External Audit
Arrangements for 2017 / 2018.
Information received from the
Smaller
Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd.
Mazars LLP appointed as the Auditor.
17/094.6 Budget Precept
for 2018 / 2019.
Notification
from East Staffordshire Borough Council that the Tax Base for 2018 / 2019
is set to
be slightly lower than the current year and that the Government Support Grant
is
also
reduced. The result being that in maintaining the same Parish Council element
of the
household tax the Parish Council would receive approximately £15.00 less.
17/094.6.1 The Precept for
2018 / 2019 to be confirmed at the January meeting.
Proposal
that it is set so as to maintain the same household tax level.
17/094.7 The invoice for
the Bench Seat from David Ogilvie Ltd has not been received.
17/095 Planning
Applications
17/095.1 Applications
returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited
17/095.1.1 P/2017/01038 Windy Fields Farm, Middleton
Green.
Agricultural
building to Dwelling
17/095.1.2 P/2017/01257 Moor House Farm, Field. Agricultural Buildings
17/095.2 Application
Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council
17/095.2.1 P/2016/00863 Given Broad
Oak Farm, Bramshall. Agricultural building to dwellings
17/095.2.2 P/2017/00658 Permit Cart
Hovel, Lees Lane, Dodsleigh. Conversion
of Cart Hovel
to
form dwelling plus erection of detached garage / wood store.
17/095.3 Applications
received by the Parish Council for Consultation
17/095.3.1 P/2017/01279 The Raddle, Raddle Lane.
Retention of Agricultural Building
RESOLVED to
object to this application.
17/095.3.2 P/2017/01313 Morrilow Heath Farm. Prior
Notice. Agricultural Building
RESOLVED to raise no objections to this application.
17/095.3.3 P/2017/01410 2 Chebsey Bank Cottage. Detached garage with home office.
RESOLVED to
raise no objections to this application.
17/095.3.4 P/2017/01468 2 Grindley Cottages, Leigh
Crossing. Extensions / detached garage
RESOLVED to
raise no objections to this applications.
17/095.4 Planning Appeals None in progress.
17/095.5 Planning Queries
17/095.5.1 Wood View Application with Caravan and
Motorhome Club.
Application
approved subject to stipulated conditions.
17/096 Correspondence
17/096.1 County Council None
17/096.2 East
Staffordshire Borough Council
17/096.2.1 Correspondence in
relation to the 2018 / 2019 Precept.
17/096.3 Community Council
of Staffordshire None
17/096.4 Staffordshire
Parish Councils’ Association
17/096.4.1 Weekly updates
forwarded to Member Councillors for information.
17/096.4.2 General Data
Protection Regulations May 2018.
Clerk’s
Report on a briefing by Staffordshire County Council on the impact of the
revised
Regulations that come into force in May 2018.
For
information from the Information Commissioners Office and NALC expected.
04
December 2017 (3)
17/097 Matters raised
by Member Councillors / Clerk
17/097.1 Councillor Raby.
17/097.1.1 Defibrillator
Training Event organised by Leigh WI on Sunday 19th November.
Fifty
parishioners attended the session.
17/097.1.2 Councillor Raby
volunteered to undertake the periodic checks on all the Defibrillators in
the Parish.
17/097.2 Councillor Snowden
Senior
Citizens Christmas Dinner, preparations for Saturday 9th December.
Wished to
record thanks to Michael Johnson for his work in installing the internal
lighting
in the
Village Hall.
17/098 Date of Next
Meeting
17/088.1 Monday 8th
January 2018. 7.30pm.
The meeting concluded at 8.25pm.
Signed _______________ Chairman
Date ______________.
Public Participation Meeting
Notes of the meeting held
prior to the
Parish Council Meeting of 4th
December 2017
Public Participation prior to the Meeting. Commencing at 7.30pm. Concluding at 7.40pm.
Present Councillor J Beaman
Councillor T Collins
Councillor E Durose
Councillor A Raby
Councillor M Snowden
Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mrs B Smallwod, Mr D Wilson,
Mr J Slater,
Mr
R Slater, Mr B Chiltern.
Clerk B A Boughey
Mr J Slater
Raising the issue relating to the footpath access to All Saints Church
from School Lane.
Safety concerns due to the slippery conditions due to the fallen leaves.
Mrs Smallwood
Hot Hill Lane and the damage to the road side verge protecting the
ditch, the result of a lorry going into the ditch. Concern that other vehicles would pull in for
oncoming traffic and drive into the ditch.
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