2022 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

Ashby de la Launde with Bloxholm and Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange Parish Council

Minutes of the meeting of Ashby de la Launde with Bloxholm and Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange Parish Council held on 17th November 2022

Present: 

Mrs L Reilly (Chair), Mr R Walker (Vice-chairman), Mr G White, Mrs J Wilkinson

Also present:

Mrs J Eley (Clerk)  Mrs J Sutherland – member of the parish

Meeting opened 7.32pm

22/93  Chair opened the meeting, and welcomed all present.

22/94  Apologies for Absence  -

Apologies were received and accepted from Cllr W Lawrence and Cllr A Eley, both of whom were unable to make the meeting, also Cllr S Clegg who had a function to attend at NKDC.  Cllr J Clarke and Cllr R Kendrick received a late notification from the clerk and couldn’t make it.

22/95 Declarations of Interest  -  none received.

22/96 Draft Notes - 

The notes of the meeting on 13 October 2022 agreed as correct and signed by the Chair.

22/97 Clerks Report   -  

Discussed efforts to invite local neighbourhood watch police to one of the PC’s meetings and accept that this is not likely to happen based upon emails sent and replies received.  Police encourage the PC to complete relevant online forms to register any issues.

Problem with internet provider explained and the reason why the clerk is currently paying for the service via her own bank account at the moment (due to change in Connexin payments system).

Parish Tender received from external company – agreed that the parish has no need for such a service.

22/98 – Civility & Respect and Code of Conduct – both discussed and all present agreed that at this time the parish does not feel the need to join either project due to such a small number of councillors.  NKDC to be advised.

22/99  PC Facebook page -  Cllr Walker put forward a request for a dedicated Facebook page for all parishioners to have invited access to, so that everyone is aware of what the council is doing by displaying pertinent posts on relevant issues.  Cllr Reilly (Chair) advised that we already have a page designed to put this kind of information out to the community which is well populated.  It was agreed that specific posts to the Parish Council should be preceded by a highlighted header to indicate that the message is ‘Parish Council News’.  It was felt that this would address the issue.

22/100  New Councillor – Mrs Jac Sutherland has decided that, due to her current commitments, she is unable to dedicate the time required to fulfil this post.

22/101 Defibrillator for Bloxholm – the clerk talked through quotes received.  Jac Sutherland, representing Temple Bruer, explained that they will be contributing £500 from the Community Champions fund which they have been approved for.  The Clerk suggested that the CIL, received last year and as yet unspent, could provide a further £678.00.  The favoured quote is for £1,677.60 (to be confirmed with the supplier), and therefore, in addition to the CIL, the balance of £499.00 should be funded through the Parish Council.  Order dependant upon delivery/installation times.

22/102  Speeding – Cllr Walker further discussed percentages of speeders from previous exercise showing that 6.7% fell within the need for a Speed Awareness course as 20.1% of drivers were exceeding the speed limit.  The police have stated that as there haven’t been any accidents within the village, there was no requirement for a speed camera. Cllr Walker pointed out that the village wasn’t making this request anyway, rather a mobile speed unit to visit periodically to help with the situation.  It has also been suggested that Speed Camera signs might help to slow drivers down.

Dorrington Speed Limit reduction – Speed checks have been conducted – awaiting data results.

Bloxholm road signage -  Bloxholm remains on the long list of villages requiring signage.

Financial Matters

22/103/01    Financial Report – Reconciliation and Balance Sheet - approved & signed 

22/103/02    Budget for Precept – presented and discussed.  Amendments agreed. Update to be emailed out in readiness for next meeting.

22/103/03    The following cheques were approved and signed -

22/103/04  Bank Mandates

Bank Mandates for signatories – Cllr Lawrence not present – Cllr Wilkinson, Cllr Reilly, Cllr Walker and Clerk signed relevant parts.

22/104    Planning Applications, Approvals and Amendment    -  displayed for comment – none received.

22/105   General  Correspondence – Council & Clerk Magazine.

22/106   Date of next meeting - The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 19 January, 2023

Meeting closed at 20.46 pm.