Minutes for 12th December 2022

 

Sledmere and Croome Parish Council

Website: sledmereparishcouncil.co.uk

Minutes of Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 12th December 2022

At Triton Cottage Sledmere

Present: John Southwick - Chairman

Colin Treen - Vice Chair

Adrian Robson - Councillor

James Fenwick - Councillor

Annie Jones-Stork - Councillor

Jennifer Douglas - Clerk

 

Apologies:

ACTIONS

 

 

  1. Minutes of Previous Meeting – The minutes of the previous meeting were read, approved and signed by the Chairman

 

  1. 2. Arising – None

 

  1. 3. report – Nothing to report

 

  1. 4. Report:

 

Lighting Agreement ERYC – the invoice for the new SLA had been received

which needed paying. Including VAT this amounted to £1371.01. It was agreed JD

that the Clerk should pay this account.

Phone box The Clerk had attempted to contact the head without success

  1. would now contact the secretary instead.

Phone box maintenance – the Chair suggested that the phone box would

need some repairs and it was agreed the work be undertaken in the spring

Planning – nothing to report.

Community Bus - The Clerk had contacted the banking ombudsman but unfortunately as she was not part of any committee which related to the community bus the treasurer would need to contact them. This was reported to Mrs. Walker and the Clerk had offered to type a letter or email for her to forward. Mrs. Walker was

contacted again and she said nothing to report. The Clerk said she would contact

  • Mr Owen, she had been attempting to contact him by phone, all to no avail JD

 

Croome Road Repairs – contacted ERYC – no response

Dropped Kerbs Castlegate – contacted ERYC – no response

Drains – the Chair suggested that the drains were still blocked and needed

some attention. The main cause of the blockages, it was suggested, was

from the lorries passing through the village. This had been brought up on

a number of occasions and the Clerk agreed to contact the Agent at the Estate JD

At the same time the Clerk agreed to contact ERYC JD

Wetwang sign – it was reported that the sign was now standing but only directing traffic to Driffield and York.

However, the sign to Wetwang was missing and the Clerk agreed to contact

ERYC JD

Bin Bridlington Road – Mr. Fenwick reported that he was happy to continue

emptying the bin

Dumping of Newspapers – the Clerk reported that she had been in touch with

Look North who in turn got in touch with Radio Humberside. Both the Chair and

Mr. Robson spoke to them, and a short report had been on the radio. The Clerk then contacted iHull who in again spoke to Mr. Robson. iHull did a very good article using photos taken by Mrs. Robson. This article was forwarded to the committee. The

Clerk then asked if the Driffield Post would like to do a report on the problem. They were extremely interested and reported a full-page article with the help once again of Mr. Robson. The committee hoped that having received so much publicity this might stop any further dumping of papers. The committee thanked both Mr. and Mrs. Robson for all the work they had undertaken in bringing this matter to the publics notice.

 

 

5. Farmwatch the Clerk reported that she had recently forwarded Humberside Police Newsletter and asked the committee if they had read the articles as there were a number which related to hare coursing. The newsletter reported that the police were now working with Farmwatch. Mr. Treen reported that the service was very efficient and well worth the annual fee of £20.00. The committee agreed.

 

6. Accounts – the indemnity insurance was due this month and the Parish Council had been offered a reduced rate if we commit for four years. The committee agreed that we should take it for the four years at £131.60 p.a. and if we changed our mind, we would only pay the difference. Mr. Treen asked why we had to pay for lighting for the estate. The Clerk agreed to contact the ERYC JD

A discussion took place on the Precept for 2023/24, the Clerk reported that

with the lighting agreement almost doubling and electricity due to go up again

in April the committee had to agree a figure which would take into account this

increase. She reported that not including any monies for maintenance for the phone

box, the running costs for next year would be in the region of £2400. As reported earlier it was felt that there needs to be an additional £1000 to allow for any increased costs in particular electricity. Mr. Robson asked the committee about increasing the Clerks fee as she was undertaking more work than originally agreed. The Clerk suggested that for the moment she would stick at her current fee. The committee agreed that the new precept should be £3500. The Clerk agreed to complete the necessary documentation and get the Chair to sign before forwarding

  1. to ERYC by both email and post in view of the postal disputes.

 

 

7. Any Other Business –

Walkabout report – The Clerk had received an email from ERYC regarding the walkabout which took place in July. She had forwarded it to Mr. Robson as he

had met up with representatives from the Council. The committee went through

the form as to what had been brought to the Council’s attention and if any of

this work had been carried out. Once this had been completed Mr. Robson would

  1. forward to the appropriate department at ERYC.

Appointment of Councillors – a discussion took place as to whether or not

new councillors are appointed. It was decided that the job description would

  1. be printed and put in the noticeboards.

The Chair reported that the light outside the pub was still not working. The

  1. Clerk would again get in touch with ERYC and again report this.

Salt Bins – it was reported that these required filling as several lorries had

struggled getting up Croome Road with the recent bad weather conditions.

The Clerk agreed to contact the Council JD

Damaged Road – Again this was discussed, and the Clerk reported that in the

Spring she usually gets an update on which roads were due to be repaired.

  1. Ride – the Clerk reported that this was due to take place in March 2023 and would be passing through Sledmere and at that time Marshalls would be present in the village distributing water. There were three routes which were open everyone. The Clerk agreed to print off the map and put it in the notice boards. JD

Defibulator – the Chair agreed to check the pads to see if they were still

  1. date. JS

 

 

The Chair thanked everyone for attending wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and closed the meeting

 

8. Date of Next Meeting – 6th February 1830 – Triton Cottage

The dates for the meetings for the remainder of 2023 are 8th May, 18th Sept and 11th Dec, all at 1830

Distribution: John Southwick, Colin Treen, Adrian Robson, James Fenwick, Annie Jones-Stork, File copy