Cutcombe Parish Council
Meeting of Cutcombe Parish Council to be held on Tuesday 16th March 2010 at 7.30 pm (or as soon thereafter as public questions and statements are concluded) at the Moorland Hall
Questions and statements from parishioners will be taken at 7.30 pm prompt, before the parish council meeting begins, for a maximum of 15 minutes.
AGENDA
1 Apologies for absence
2 Declarations of interest
3 To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 16th and 20th February 2010 and any matters arising
4 Planning Applications and related business
4.1 Consideration of planning applications
4.2 To note ENP decisions on previous applications
4.3 Other relevant matters
5 To consider highways and transport matters
6 Parish Plan Grant
7 Finance
7.1 To consider and if approved pay an invoice from Wessex Water for £714.82 for the Wheddon Cross toilets.
7.2 To consider and if approved pay an invoice from just eco bags for printed jute bags for the Snowdrop Valley Scheme £543.44
7.3 To consider and if approved pay an invoice from Kampress Print and Design in the sum of £527.59 for Snowdrop Valley cards
and postcards
7.4 To consider and if approved pay an invoice from Kampress Print and Design for £250.75 for Snowdrop Valley leaflets
7.5 To consider and if approved pay Snowdrop Valley Workers’ net wages in the sum of £1,975.96
7.6 To consider and if approved pay the Snowdrop Valley
Co-ordinator’s expenses in the sum of £94.60
7.7 To consider and if approved pay the Clerk’s Salary in the sum of £533.18 and expenses in the sum of £155.15
7.8 To consider and if approved pay Tax and NI due for SV workers and the Clerk for the period ended 5th April 2010 in the sum of £748.42
7.9 Review of the Clerk’s contract
7.10 To consider and if approved pay the annual affiliation fee 2010/11 to Somerset Association of Local Councils in the sum of £88.68
8 Correspondence and meetings
8.1 Clerk’s report on correspondence received
8.2 Clerk’s report on meetings attended
8.3 Councillors’ reports on correspondence received
8.4 Councillors’ reports on meetings attended
9 Items for the next Agenda
Minutes of the Meeting held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 16th March 2010 at the Moorland Hall
Councillors Roger Webber (Chairman), Linda Atkins, Eric Clarbull, John Davis, Tim Gardner, County Councillor Frances Nicholson, Marlene Allinson (The Clerk), and two parishioners were present. WPCSO Sue Hurley and PC Charlie Fitzpatrick were present at the end of the meeting to give a police report.
144.1 There were no apologies of absence.
144.2 There were no declarations of interest.
144.3 The minutes of the meetings held on 16th and 20th February were approved as a true record. There were no matters arising.
144.4 144.4.1 There were no planning applications for consideration.
144.4.2 There were no decisions on previous applications to report.
144.4.3 The Clerk was asked to follow up comments re GDO10/02 to ENPA as no reply had been received. Cllrs Webber and Atkins gave updates on progress at the market site. The Clerk was asked to write to the Rural Housing Enabler regarding possible pricing of the two affordable housing plots at the site.
144.5 Highways: The Clerk reported potholes around the Codsend area.
Cllrs Clarbull and Webber are obtaining quotes re dropped kerb near
the Rest & Be Thankful Inn and licence application for same.
Cllr Nicholson will put in application for funding of £400 towards a new footpath to link to the village hall past the old chapel; she reported on talks re upgrading the surface of the Rest and Be Thankful Inn car park and is following up weak water mains near the Wheddon Cross crossroads.
144.6 Following consultation with the Community Council for Somerset, it was resolved to return £1,250 of the Parish Plan Grant due to lack of interest in Cutcombe to produce a plan. The Clerk to write to the CC to thank them for allowing the remaining balance to be used by the Parish in relation to the Low Carbon Communities Challenge.
144.7 144.7.1 It was resolved to pay an invoice from Wessex Water for £714.82 for the Wheddon Cross toilets.
144.7.2 It was resolved to pay an invoice from just eco bags for printed jute bags for the Snowdrop Valley Scheme £543.44.
144.7.3 It was resolved to pay an invoice from Kampress Print and Design in the sum of £527.59 for Snowdrop Valley cards and postcards.
144.7.4 It was resolved to pay an invoice from Kampress Print and Design for £250.75 for Snowdrop Valley leaflets.
144.7.5 It was resolved to pay Snowdrop Valley Workers’ net wages in the sum of £1,975.96.
144.7.6 It was resolved to pay the Snowdrop Valley Co-ordinator’s expenses in the sum of £94.60.
144.7.7 It was resolved to pay the Clerk’s quarterly Salary in the sum of £533.18 and expenses in the sum of £155.15.
144.7.8 It was resolved to pay Tax and NI due for SV workers and the Clerk for the period ended 5th April 2010 in the sum of £748.42.
144.7.9 Review of the Clerk’s Contract: Cllrs Webber and Atkins to report back to the April meeting after considering proposed revisions.
144.7.10 It was resolved to pay the annual affiliation fee 2010/11 to Somerset Association of Local Councils in the sum of £88.68.
144.8 144.8.1 The Clerk reported on correspondence received including: meetings re Hinkley Point proposed new nuclear build; Magna Housing Stakeholders’ Newsletter; Natural England: England’s statutory landscape designations: a practical guide to your duty of regard; WS Council planning obligations funding; letter from Falcon Housing re future upgrading of The Beeches and the Minerals Core Strategy Consultation.
144.8.2 The Clerk reported on a meeting of the Exmoor Association of Parish Councils and of the Exmoor Consultative and Parish Forum.
144.8.3 Cllr Webber asked the Clerk to read out a card of thanks from
ex-Parish Councillor Maria Davies thanking everyone for their gifts.
144.8.4 Cllr Clarbull reported on the SALC West Area meeting and a meeting of the Exmoor Panel. Cllr Webber reported on a meeting with planners from Government and other bodies and visits to local sites.
The Police reported on local crime figures and problems including drug use and crime reporting and solving statistics. Parishioners are urged to always report a crime in spite of frustration being expressed at some of the procedures in place.
There being no other business the meeting closed at 9.10 pm.
The next meeting of Cutcombe Parish Council will take place on Tuesday 20th April 2010 at 7.30 pm in the Moorland Hall.
Members are reminded that the Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in the exercise of any of its functions: Equal Opportunities (race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status and any disability), Crime and Disorder, Health and Safety, and Human Rights.
Marlene P Allinson, Parish Clerk
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