Minutes of Sywell Parish Council

7th November 2011

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SYWELL PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON TUESDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2011 IN THE VILLAGE HALL.

1. Apologies:  None

Present:  

Parish Councillors

D Parnell  R Coles

J Herrick  N Muttock

J Amos  K Winter (Clerk)

Cllr J Bass

4 members of the public

The Chairman welcomed Councillor Amos to the Parish Council.

2 Declarations of Interest:

The clerk explained to the council that due to the fact at the last meeting three councillors had not declared an interest over the donation to the school the check had not been presented.

Councillors Parnell and Herrick declared an interest. (Item16.3)

3 Minutes of previous meetings were agreed and signed

               Proposed J Herrick; seconded: D Parnell

4 Matters Arising:

                Councillor Coles reported on the Parish Forum

                Councillor Herrick reported that the lay by was still being used by HGV’s

Councillor Herrick asked that letter of thanks be sent to Mr & Mrs Hammond for the planter.

A member of the public asked that the shelter be cleared of ivy and a soft surface be put on the notice board.

5 Co-option

The clerk reported that a notice of vacancy had been posted with a closing date of 16th November.

6 Police Matters:

It was reported that there had been a number of accidents at Woodfarm due to wet surface.

7 Planning:

               There were no objections to the siting of the service meters at the village hall.

8 Report from JCC

             Nothing to report.

9      Playing Field

Mr Elliott reported that everything was going well.  He did feel that notices were needed for the wild life area.

Councillor Parnell reported that the paths and seating areas had been resurfaced and that the apparatus had been checked with no problems to report.

Councillor Coles felt that consideration should be given to celebrating the jubilee perhaps by planting a tree.

10 Social Committee

               The ramblers club is continuing to prosper

11 Village Hall

Councillor Muttock reported that the potholes had been repaired.

Parking was still a problem.  Councillor Parnell would look at the lease.

Mrs Amos is still looking for help with the newsletter.

Income from lettings is up.

The play school are intending to move.

12 Highways

               The parking of the Range Rover at Pie Corner had been resolved.

13 Correspondence:

The letters on website advertising, grant to play school, hard copies, and planning procedures were noted.

14 Borough Councillors Comments

Councillor Bass reported that the working party had met and discussed the drainage situation at the aerodrome.  Parish Councils would be invited to a future meeting. He aslo reported that Wellingborough development committee were considering a development levy and that Wellingborough were watching closely any proposals for the development of land along the mad mile. Finally he reported that the new bus service was working well.

15 Lighting

               The defective lights would be reported.

16 Finance

               1 Balances

                    current account  £9819.18

                    deposit account  £9337.22

2 Invoices

                     000552 Room Hire   213.00

                     000553 Theatre Co.   255.00

                     000555 Eon    476.81

                    000556 Eon    278.00

                    000557 Repairs   462.00

                    000558 Park Landscapes  667.20

                             Proposed D Parnell; seconded J Herrick

At this point Councillors Parnell and Herrick left the meeting.  Councillor Coles took the chair.

3 Grant to Primary School

                               Councillor Coles proposed that a grant of £1500 should be made to the school.

Councillor Bass stated that the grant was no longer needed as a donation had been received by the school to purchase a server.

At this point Councillors Parnell and Herrick were invited back into the meeting to clarify further the requirement for the school.

Councillor Herrick stated that since the last meeting there had been an anonymous donation received by the school for the basic server.  What he wished to present was a request for a donation for the additional essential IT equipment still required by the school.  Councillor Herrick verbally presented a list of five essential IT items that the school had identified.

Councillor Bass then re-iterated that he was also aware of a donor who was prepared to pay for the server.

                               At this point Councillors Parnell and Herrick left the meeting.

                               There was no seconder for Councillor Coles’ proposal so it did not stand.

Councillors Muttock and Amos felt that now more information was needed before any grant was made.

Councillor Muttock proposed that written information be obtained from the school as to how any grant would be spent.  This was seconded by Councillor Coles and was agreed.

                               At this point Councillors Parnell and Herrick returned to the meeting.

Councillor Parnell resumed the chair and closed the meeting.

The meeting closed at 8.45pm