Sledmere and Croome Parish Council
Website: sledmereparishcouncil.co.uk
Minutes of Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 13th July 2020
At Triton Cottage Sledmere
Present: John Southwick - Chairman
Colin Treen - Vice Chair
James Fenwick - Councillor
John Pierson - Councillor
Adrian Robson - Councillor
Jennifer Douglas - Clerk
Apologies: none ACTIONS
- Minutes of Previous Meeting: The minutes of the previous meeting were
read, approved and signed by the chairman.
- Matters Arising: The Clerk reported that as no meeting had taken place in
May she had sent out an update on what had been happening.
- Clerks Report: The Clerk reported that she had made enquiries about
waste bins and said she had looked at various options. A discussion took
place and a solution was agreed and the Clerk confirmed that she would
- the necessary action. JD
The Clerk reported that the Chair had been in touch regarding residents
complaining about speeding in the village and the state of Green Lanes.
The Clerk had reported both matters to the council and ERYC had
reported that they hoped in the near future to fill in a number of the holes
on Green Lanes. Traffic Management had suggested that she contact the Police
regarding the speeding as this more for them, this had been done and a
response received which was forwarded to the committee.
The Police had investigated the situation and although they realised that
speeding had been a problem during the lockdown, and they had been
taking the necessary action in enforcing speed checks throughout Humber and East Riding. ERYC had said in their response that they would not install speed bumps as all this would do would be to put traffic onto minor road. JD agreed to get back to them and ask that they put in a checking system as drivers enter the village JD
- Accounts: JD confirmed that she had completed the VAT return and in the
Process of finalising the AGAR return which would need to sign off by the Estate
Manager. £1500 had been paid into the account from ERYC for the precept
and cheques drawn up for the Clerk, together with monies paid for grass
cutting and Farmwatch. She confirmed that she had now set up the internet banking, but this had been unsuccessful when she attempted to pay
Farmwatch as the account details did not match the name on the account. The clerk suggested to the committee that the monies paid for the grass cutting
should be increased to £150 a year as it had been £100 for a number of years.
This was agreed. It was reported that an estimate was still awaited from Andy
Southwick for replacing parts of the notice board. The Chair reported that it
had been agreed that the new notice board would have battens behind it as
the tenant of the property where the board is situated suggested that there
had been some signs of damp on his walls. The Clerk also reported that she
had received an email from the Council regarding the new Wold Way walk
asking about access to some of the walks on the Estate. She confirmed that
she had written to the Estate Office but had received no response.
- Any Other Business Mr. Pierson reported that he and two other members
had attended the meeting held by Robert and Victoria Fuller in March and
that it had been well attended. He reported that there were representatives
from both Humberside Police and North Yorkshire Police. Humberside
Police had now withdrawn the WhatsApp service due to lack of funding which was surprising as it had proved to be extremely successful in notifying everyone when
a crime had been committed. North Yorkshire Police continue to use this service.
A discussion took place and it was agreed that the Clerk would write to the Police
- regarding this matter. JD
Mr. Pierson also reported his concern at the lack of parking spaces in the small
car park on Croome Road. This was due to the number of vehicles which each
house on Croome Road now had access to. The Clerk agreed to write to the Estate on this matter as it came under their jurisdiction. Mr. Treen confirmed that Mr. Fenwick now received texts regarding any incidents from Farm Watch rather than the Estate. He also handed out a copy of My Community Alert from Humberside Police which listed a number of actions and arrests which the police had undertaken in North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. Mr. Treen also reported that the issues
which had arisen regarding our website was a result of problems with the sever and ERYC were now in the process of dealing with this. The Clerk asked if any progress
had been made regarding the trees on the main road as it would soon be getting
towards a time when straw lorries would be going through the village and as a result the overhanging trees would catch the straw lorries resulting in
straw being caught and dropped onto the highway. Mr. Fenwick reported that this
- still waiting to be done. JF
- Date of next meeting: The date of the next meeting was agreed for
Monday 12th October 2020 at Triton Cottage at 1800