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January 2018 (1)
LEIGH PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Parish Council
Meeting held on 8th January 2018
Leigh Village Hall commencing
7.30pm.
Present
Councillor B Barker
Councillor J Beaman Chairman
Councillor T Collins
Councillor E Durose
Councillor A Raby
Councillor M Snowden
District
Councillor Councillor C
Whittaker (Present from 17/106)
Parishioners Mrs W Lewis, Mr D Wilson, Mr A Bellchambers
Clerk B A Boughey
17/099 Apologies None
17/100 Chairman’s
Announcements No announcements.
17/101 Declarations of
Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Personal Interests, other Interests
17/101.1 Dispensation
granted to all Councillor with respect to setting the 2018 / 2019 Precept.
17/101.2 Councillor
Beaman. Reference Parish Council
Vacancy. Personal interest.
17/102 Minutes
17/102.1 COUNCIL RESOLVED
that the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting
of 4th
December 2017 be signed by the meeting Chairman.
17/103 Outstanding
Matters
17/103.1 Lime Close
replacement bench
Waiting for
a new base to be constructed before siting the bench seat.
17/103.2 Parish Council
Vacancy.
17/103.2.1 Clerk’s Report.
Two
applications had been received - David Wilson and Emma Beaman.
Application
letters had been circulated to Councillors.
17/103.2.2 Proposed by
Councillor Raby that a paper vote rather than by show of hands should
be used to
determine which of the two candidates is co-opted.
17/103.2.2.1 RESOLVED by
unanimous decision to use a paper voting system.
17/103.2.3 Councillor Beaman
having a personal interest vacated the Chair and did not take part
in the
vote.
17/103.2.3.1 Councillor Raby as
Vice Chairman took over as Chairman for this item only.
17/103.2.4 The record vote by
slips of paper was Emma Beaman 3 votes, David Wilson 2 votes.
There were
no abstentions.
Emma Beaman
was therefore co-opted as a Parish Councillor to fill the vacancy created
by the
resignation of Matthew Roe.
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17/104 Finance
17/104.1 Financial
Statement and Bank Account Reconciliation.
Check of
Financial Statement against Bank Statements completed.
17/104.2 Invoice Croppers Ground Maintenance Recreation Ground Mowing
December £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.
17/104.3 Invoice Leigh Village Hall. Three Parish Council meetings Oct. Nov. Dec. £75.00
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice. LGA 1972 s111.
17/104.4 Invoice Howards Accountants. Payroll Services £75.00 + £15.00 VAT. Total £90.00
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice. LGA 1972 s111.
17/104.5 Invoice Carlton Caterers Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner. 49 at
£15.50 = £759.50
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice. LGA 1972 s137
17/104.6 Invoice David Ogilvie Engineering Ltd. Bench Seat.
£761.50 + £152.30 VAT
Total £913.80
RESOLVED to
pay the invoice. Parish Councils Act
1957 s1(1)
17/104.6.1 Copy of invoice
forwarded to Councillor Whittaker to initiate the East Staffordshire
Borough
Council grant towards the purchase of the bench seat.
17/104.7 Senior Citizens
Christmas Dinner. Purchases made by Mrs
I Snowden.
£96.48 +
£19.29 VAT + £3.00 none VAT items Total £118.77.
RESOLVED to
reimburse Mrs Snowden. LGA 1972 s137.
17/104.8 2018 / 2019
Precept
RESOLVED to
set the Precept so that there would be no change in the Parish element
of the
household tax bill.
Precept
£8,540.00 inclusive of the Government Support Grant.
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January 2018 (3)
17/104.9 Asset Transfer
from Parish Council ownership to Leigh Village Hall.
RESOLVED to
transfer the CCTV System which is installed in the Village Hall and
purchased
by the Parish Council in April 2016 resulting from a grant received from
the Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioners office.
17/105 Planning
Applications
17/105.1 Applications
returned to East Staffordshire Borough Council - Reply Awaited
17/105.1.1 P/2017/01038 Windy Fields Farm, Middleton
Green.
Agricultural
building to Dwelling
17/105.1.2 P/2017/01410 2 Chebsey Bank Cottage. Detached garage with home office.
17/105.1.3 P/2017/01468 2 Grindley Cottages, Leigh
Crossing. Extensions/detached garage
17/105.2 Application
Decisions by East Staffordshire Borough Council
17/105.2.1 P/2017/01279 Refuse The
Raddle, Raddle Lane. Retention of Agricultural Building
17/105.2.2 P/2017/01257 Permit Moor
House Farm, Field. Agricultural
Buildings
17/105.2.3 P/2017/01313 Refuse Morrilow
Heath Farm. Prior Notice. Agricultural Building
17/105.3 Applications
received by the Parish Council for Consultation
17/105.3.1 P/2017/01536 Glebe House, School Lane, Church
Leigh. Tree felling/pruning
RESOLVED to
raise no objections to this application.
17/105.3.2 P/2017/01568 Land at Church View Meadow,
Dodsleigh. Agricultural Building
RESOLVED to
raise concern only about building size given the associated land area.
17/105.3.3 P/2017/01616 Middleton Green Farm.
Conversion
of agricultural building to dwelling.
RESOLVED to
raise no objections to this application.
17/105.4 Planning Appeals None in progress.
17/105.5 Planning Queries None
17/106 Correspondence
17/106.1 County Council None
17/106.2 East
Staffordshire Borough Council None
17/106.3 Community Council
of Staffordshire None
17/106.4 Staffordshire
Parish Councils’ Association
17/106.4.1 Weekly updates
forwarded to Member Councillors for information.
17/106.4.2 General Data
Protection Regulations May 2018. NALC
Legal advice received.
17/107 Matters raised
by Member Councillors / Clerk
17/107.1 Councillor
Barker. Potholes along the length of the
Parkhall Lane to Crossways road.
17/107.2 Councillor
Collins. Intakes Lane flooding.
17/107.3 Councillor
Beaman. Gritting routes and Leigh Bank.
All highway
queries to be reported to County Highways.
17/107,4 Councillor
Whittaker on behalf of Mr R Salt, Withington Green - query regarding
the name of
the road between Withington Green and Crossways.
This road
appears to have no name. AGENDA item -
road names.
17/108 Date of Next
Meeting
17/108.1 Monday 5th
February 2018. 7.30pm.
The meeting concluded at 8.45pm.
Signed _______________ Chairman
Date ______________.
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