Sledmere and Croome Parish Council
Website: sledmereparishcouncil.co.uk
Minutes of Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 9th May 2022
At The Village Hall Sledmere
Present: John Southwick - Chairman
Colin Treen - Vice Chair
John Pierson - Councillor
Adrian Robson - Councillor
James Fenwick - 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
- 2. Arising – None
- 3. Report:
The Clerk reported that she had notified the council of the leaves and blocked
drains as well as yellow bin and light at the Vicarage. The yellow bin had been
replaced but the light was still not working. Clerk to be chase light and leaves.
Phone box still nothing back from school. Money had been put in account for
decorating box.
Planning – nothing to report.
Community Bus the Clerk reported that she had heard back from Chris Owen and
It would appear that one bank confirmed that they had managed to locate £6000 but Halifax were proving to be extremely difficult, there appeared to be some difficulty with security questions as members of the original committee had deceased , although the Clerk thought that Mrs. Walker as treasurer should know them. Halifax confirmed that they were aware of the account but had no idea where the money was and suggested that Mr. Owen contacted another department regarding the remaining £11,000. Mr. Owen agreed to attempt to sort this out and would report back he also confirmed that Mrs. Walker was attempting to find out some of the security answers. Mr. Owens also suggested that the monies be distributed between the remaining schools although he stated that several people had suggested that the money should go into the core budget of the schools which was totally different to what the money was agreed for. The Clerk also hat a argued that a meeting would have to be held once the money was located before any funds could be distributed.
Queens Jubilee: The Clerk confirmed that £409 had been approved and would shortly be paid into the Parish Council account. Once the invoices had been received
they would need to be submitted to the Council and any surplus funds. The Clerk agreed to order the plaque which would have to be paid for in advance. The tree was in transit but was yet to arrive and the Chair agreed to chase it JD/JS
Croome Road It was reported that a few pot holes had been filled in.
Walkabout had taken place and ERYC had sent a report where there appeared to be very little that they were going to do. They looked at the dropped kerbs but no comment was made they took note of the blocked drains.
Green Lanes: Although the lanes usually open in May the bollards on several lanes were still in place.
4. Farmwatch the Clerk reported that she had recently forwarded Humberside Police Newsletter which reported that a lot of farm equipment was being stolen. Mr. Treen reported that this was still proving to be successful. There had been a lot of successful prosecutions. Hare coursing continued to be a problem.
5. Accounts – The AGAR forms had been completed and the Chair signed them ready for submission. The Clerk asked Mr. Treen if he would upload the Certificate on to the Website. £100 had been allocated for phone box decoration. VAT return submitted £123.47 for VAT on lighting agreement. £2,000 received for precept from ERYC.
6. Any Other Business:
The Chair thanked everyone for attending and closed the meeting
7. Date of Next Meeting – 19th September 2022