July 2023 Minutes
FALDINGWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
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MINUTES OF THE FALDINGWORTH PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Memorial Hall Faldingworth
Wednesday 17th May 2023
Present: D. Waine (Chair) Debbie Whelan (Clerk), Cllr D. Dickinson, Cllr P Gregson, Cllr. M. Thompson. Twenty-one (21) members of the public were present
Apologies: Apologies were tabled by Cllr. W Green.
23/07/01. To suspend the meeting to allow no more than 15 minutes of public forum
It was RESOLVED to suspend the meeting to allow for 15 minutes of public forum.
Members of the public raised the serious issue about speeding in the village. Emails in this regard had been sent to the Clerk. It was RESOLVED to address this item under the appropriate agenda item.
Members of the public raised concerns about the poor workmanship involved in cutting the hedges around the playground, in addition to the lack of strimming around the bin at the entrance to the playing field, the bench and the poles. It was RESOLVED to address this item under the appropriate agenda item.
Members of the public raised concerns about low-hanging branches along the A46 in the proximity of the playground. It was RESOLVED to address this item under the appropriate agenda item.
23/07/02. Confirmation of Parish Council Minutes
Minutes of the 17th May were APPROVED
Minutes of the 14th June were APPROVED
23/07/03. Reports from outside bodies, taking any required action:
There were none raised.
23/07/04. Residents issues, taking any required action:
The issues related to speeding, and landscape maintenance were raised as concerns but these form the part of independent agenda items and are discussed appropriately.
23/07/05. Financial Matters:
- The payments as indicated were APPROVED
- The Bank Reconciliation was not available due to late invoices submitted.
- Banking arrangements to be held over to the next meeting
- Feedback on audit: The Clerk recorded that the Audit was carried over to finalise the AGAR submission and also resolve the PAYE issue. This had been the subject of the meeting on the 14th June 2023.
- Feedback on PAYE for Clerk: The Clerk presented the report submitted by Cllr Green with respect to reconciling the PAYE issue as raised in the audit. Paul Elliott Accountancy was appointed at a one-off fee of £100 plus vat for regularising the historic HMRC breaches and a further annual fee of £120 plus vat for handling the Council's payroll on an ongoing basis be noted and that he be thanked for so speedily dealing with these issues on the Council's behalf. This was ACCEPTED.
It was RESOLVED that the outstanding PAYE for D Whelan and A Hopkins which amounts to £234.80 (D Whelan) and 58.45 (A Hopkins) be submitted to HMRC. This would be conflated in a single payment of £293.25.
Payments in the June/July period.
The following were APPROVED for payment:
Cheque 101199 Paul Elliot (PAYE Consultant) £ 120.00
Cheque 101200 Wages (June/July) £ 23.40
DD Bank charges 25/05/23 £ 10.00
DD Bank charges 25/06/23 £ 10.00
Cheque 10121 Glendale Countryside £ 290.40
Gallagher Insurance £ 696.93
Total payments £1,150.73
The Business Money Manager account earned £ 101.26 in interest.
The Business Current Account closed with a balance of £20,041.75
The Business Money Manager Account closed with a balance of £30,336.30
23/07/06. Community Speed watch:
Concerns raised at the beginning of the meeting were addressed. Speeding at Lintran falls within the Parish Council of Friesthorpe. Problems were also experienced turning out of Jubilee and also through the village. Members of the public noted the number of accidents and incidents. However, as Cllr Thompson noted, they are not recorded thus there is no evidence to be able to take this further. A member of the public raised the question as to why we cannot have a 20 mile per hour outside the school. It was reported that this is not possible as is on a trunk road and not on the main road.
Cllr Thompson presented the initiatives that the Parish Council had taken but also the frustrations and the challenges that he had experienced in trying to resolve this. In April and May there were three (3) covert black boxes placed in the village to monitor the speed. Cllr Thompson presented the data submitted with respect to speeding and the impacts on the three separate areas of the village.
The Chair asked for new ideas for being able to begin to resolve these issues. Cllr Thompson suggested that any members interested should contact him after the meeting and he will quite willingly support them in doing a speed awareness training.
It was RESOLVED that the Clerk will arrange a meeting of the appropriate stakeholders including the Chair of the Friesthorpe Parish Council (Phil Spilman), the Councillor for Welton and Dunholme, Lincolnshire Road Safety, and the Police to address these issues. This will take the form of a public meeting in the Faldingworth Village Hall.
23/07/07. Planning Matters:
Planning application 146965 was received and circulated. There had been no objections. It was RESOLVED that the Clerk will submit the return of no objection to WLDC.
23/07/08. Correspondence:
There were a number of complaints about the maintenance of the hedges and also the strimming (particularly nettles) around the bench, the playing fields poles and the rubbish bin. The Clerk noted that this had been raised with Glendale and that she had spoken with the contractor concerned. It was RESOLVED that the Clerk contact Glendale and complain about the workmanship and request an extra estimate in order that we can include these items in the contract.
There was a complaint about the branches overhanging the pathway adjacent to the A46. It was RESOLVED that the Clerk contact Highways and request them to take action.
23/07/09. Playground areas:
The Chair reported on the state of the playground equipment. He noted that he had dug up nine posts which were all adequate. However, there are four timber ties around the slide which need to be replaced. It was RESOLVED that the Clerk get a quotation to repair these timber ties.
23/07/10. LALC and website maintenance:
The Clerk noted that there was work to do on the website and that this will be carried out over summer. It was RESOLVED that the clerk approach Pete Langford with respect to extending the contract and the hours when required.
23/07/11. Co-option of any two members to the Parish Council:
John Land had indicated interest in serving on the Parish Council. This was approved by Cllr. Waine and seconded by Cllr. Thompson. It was RESOLVED that the Clerk will prepare the paperwork accordingly and submit to WLDC as required.
23/07/12. Urgent items for discussion:
None were raised.
23/07/13. Next Meeting:
The next meeting of the Faldingworth Parish Council will be held on 20th September 2023 at 7.30pm