ORLINGBURY
PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes
of Meeting held in the village hall
On
Thursday 4th July at 7.30pm
47. Present: Councillors Cole
(Chairman), Campbell (Deputy), Allen, Hutchins, Morris, Reynolds Rootham, 2
members of the Public, John Rowlatt and Rod Derry, Andy Gosling also attended
for the item on the website.
48. Apologies: There were no apologies
49 Declaration of
Interests:
49.1 Councillor Allen stated he had commissioned his son to prepare the design for the
Village Sign for which the charge would be £ 400.
49.2 Councillor Reynolds declared an interest in the
planning matter.
50. Approval of Minutes of 16th May 2013.
50. Approval of Minutes of 16th May 2013.
50.1 It was noted that the minutes needed to be
separated into individual meetings, the first to elect the Chairman and Deputy,
and then the Parish Council meeting. The Clerk will do this and the minutes
will be signed at the next meeting, also noting that Councillor Cole and
Hutchins had incorrect name spellings throughout the minutes, which will be
amended.
51. Matters Arising
51.1 Councillor Allen had
concerns regarding the village sign, he felt he had been given Carte Blanche to
deal with this, but now had feelings of deep frustration. Due to the nature of
the work, wrought iron work, it was difficult to obtain 2 alternative
quotations to the one he had sourced. The design was unique to the village,
originating from a youth forum. Councillor Allen was happy to go ahead, with
the council resolving site issues in the meantime. The design work was being
done by a family member, and we could deduct what they charged for the design
from the quotation from the blacksmith. There was discussion of the 106 issues
and what had already been achieved.
Councillor
Rootham proposed and Councillor Campbell seconded the consent that had been
given for Councillor Allen to continue to be confirmed and note that the
difficulty in obtaining more quotes would not only be time consuming but
possibly fruitless. All in favour.
51.2 Councillor Hutchins was
confirmed as allotments liaison officer.
51.3 43.2 section 137
payments are to cover things which are not specifically in the Parish Council
remit, but the Council wants to pay for which are for the benefit of all parishioners.
51.4 The Clerk is liaising
with Paul Bell re attending meetings.
51.5 There was discussion
regarding the site for the village sign and it was agreed to make the location
of the sign an agenda item for the September meeting.
52. Public Question
Time.
52.1 Mr Rowlatt asked what
had happened regarding the trees in the Leys, Mrs Gilder from highways had
responded that the roots would be looked at by NCC but that the branches in the
trees are the responsibility of the utility provider, which is BT. BT doesn’t have
any tree surgeons any more. It was agreed that the Clerk write and advise of
our concerns for residents and vehicles from branches causing accidents,
mentioning the 2 audits submitted previously.
53. Village sign
53.1 Councillor Allen had
spoken to his son Richard who as previously discussed was designing the sign which
includes 2 circles with small motifs around the edge and then in the centre of
the sign symbols of activities from past and present, including the church, the
dovecote, Cows, Jock Badsaddle, hikers resting, wheel barrow race. It will have
a look of a ‘Jan Pienkowski’ book illustration. Councillor Allen will get 2 or
3 drawings and circulate as soon as available.
54. Village Web Site
541 Andy Gosling advised the
meeting that the village website was now in place, there are sections for each
group. Each section has its own log in so that the minutes can be placed on the
site, the Clerk can be given access to do this and then the minutes can be
attached firstly in draft form and then as they are approved confirmed and the
new set of draft minutes attached. It was suggested that important information
can also be put on the site as well as councillor contact details.
54.2 Rod Derry, who had been
attaching the minutes to the Orlingbury Blog advised he would put this set of
minutes on the blog and then no more. Thanks were given to Rod for all his work
with the blog.
54.3 It was also asked if the
village hall committee through our member of their committee would be
encouraged to do the same thing.
55. Speed sign
55.1 Isham now have the speed sign back although
OPC have not put the sign in use for the last 6 months or the 6 month period it
was available in 2012. The Chairman was concerned that the village had gone to
a great deal of trouble and effort to gather speed data and prepared a petition
about speeding. OPC had then made the reduction of speeding in the village a
major priority, but failed to ensure that its best intenstions were translated
into actions. Councillor Cole will contact Isham PC at the end of July to get
the sign back, Councillors Hutchins and Morris offered to help secure the sign
to one of the 4 posts. Clerk to forward costs and supply details for extra sign
brackets to the Chairman
55.2 Isham Parish Council are
responsible for the Insurance costs and we pay half of these, unfortunately
they did not do this last year, so they are asking for Orlingbury to pay all of
this year, Clerk to advise cost to Chairman, they have agreed to a 3 year
contact with their supplier.
56.
Village Defibrilator
56.1 Councillor Allen advised
the meeting that he felt this was a practical way of ensuring we can support
anyone who needs this help. Any first aider with this extra training can use a
defibrillator, and the instructions are very clear and straight forward to
follow. It would need to be stored in an accessible place for both villagers
and emergency services to use. Redundant phone boxes have been used for this.
The cost of a defibrillator is thought to be £2000. Councillor Allen proposed and Councillor Cole
seconded finding a suitable location and then purchasing if the costs permit.
All in favour. Clerk to invite British Heart Foundation to the September
meeting to discuss.
57. Grant to reduce
crime, dis-order or anti-social behaviour.
57.1 It was agreed that
there was not enough applicable crime to make us eligible for this.
58. Gypsy &
Traveller Accommodation Option paper
58.1 There was discussion of
the Pytchley site, which is the nearest option and to ask Andy Gosling and Rod
Derry to use the web site and blog to make information available so that
residents can make their own comments on this.
Councillor Allen felt we should make sure that residents realise that as
it is another Borough Council’s planning that we are only making comments and
not part of the process.
59. Finance
59.1 The Following accounts
were approved for payment.
800
A-on – insurance (previous cheque damaged in post) £308.04
801
E-on – lighting maintenance £121.66
802
HMRC PAYE £
49.60
803
A McLaven salary, ink & paper £215.05
59.2 Councillor Reynolds had
obtained forms from the Bank to add signatories to the record but this needs to
be minuted so it will be on the agenda for the September meeting.
60. Correspondence
60.1 NCalc asking for
information re joint projects between Parish Councils, they were advised
regarding our joint ‘flashing speed sign’
60.2 Police crime report
figures
60.3 Little Harrowden PC,
notice of a meeting re community shop, 10th July.
60.4 Information re wind
turbine at Pytchley, comments needed by 2nd July, email advising
this had been refused received this afternoon.
60.5 E-on re street lighting
mercury vapour lighting to be phased out by end 2015. Also they can retrofit
control gear to convert suitable orange lanterns to white. Clerk to contact WBC
to ask to talk about street lighting, and to check inventory re mercury vapour
lighting.
61. Planning
61.1 Councillor Reynolds
declared an interest. WP/2013/0303/F – erection of first floor extension – 8
Lammas Close. Concerns over traffic movement, making sure right of way is kept
clear and vehicles parked courteously in the close.
62. Any Other Business
62.1 It was agreed to put
maintenance of seats etc. on the agenda for the next meeting.
63. Date of next meeting
63.1 The next meeting is
Thursday 5th September at 7.30 in the village hall
There
being no further business the meeting closed at 9.30 pm with thanks to those
attending.
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Chairman
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