April 2021 Agenda
Kettlethorpe Parish Council
A meeting of the Parish Council will take place by Zoom on Tuesday 6th April 2021 at 7.30 pm
1. APOLOGIES
2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
3. MATTERS ARISING
3.1 Local Policing Issues
i. Metal speed limit signs requested
3.2 Jubilee Park Play area
i. Parish insurance– protection against damage or wear and tear, do we go ahead? if so, needs monthly equipment check and risk assessment
iii. Park nameplate
iv. Funding opportunities (Correspondence item 3.23)
3.3 Highway Matters
Request for i. footpaths and ii. attention to Footbridge, Sallie Bank - Both waiting LCC att’n
3.6 Flower Troughs
i. Sponsorship fee
ii. Start date
iii. Notices (Finance item 6.4)
iv.4 posts needed for Nellie’s Cafe sign
v. Resettling / painting troughs - done by Chair and Richard (B)
3.7 Propeller Memorial – Repairs with Mr R Moore, waiting weather improvement
4. CORRESPONDENCE
Items circulated during March - list appended.
5. PLANNING
5.1 Planning Application No 142642 to provide storage building for organic fertiliser and parking area with a sustainable drainage scheme, Park Farm, Kettlethorpe LN1 2LD.
6. FINANCE
6.1 Village Hall rental for 2020 - £8.00
6.2 MKS grass cutting 18/03/2021 - £131.00 + VAT
6.3 Trough signs x 4 – Blades Advertising & Marketing - £67.20 + VAT
6.4 PAYE / Salary for end March
6.5 Clerk’s salary – unchanged at £350 per month since May 2018
Expenses – last claimed April 2019 (£350 p.a.)
6.6 Parish Accounts – Balance at the bank to month ending 31st March 2021 is £10,894.59 with an expenditure of £9,823.82
7. MATTERS ARISING
7.1 Annual Parish Meeting / Annual General Meeting
7.2 Chairman / Vice Chairman for 2021 / 2022 - election at next meeting
8. DATE OF NEXT MEETING –– this will be the Annual Parish Meeting / AGM and will take place by Zoom at 7.30 pm on an agreed date, suggest Tuesday 4th May 2021. [Monday 3rd is May Day}
See Correspondence item 3.33 for problems with future use of Zoom and venues. (LALC E News)
4. CORRESPONDENCE
All relevant correspondence has been circulated by e-mail
3.1 LCC – Household Waste Recycling Centres to accept all forms of waste
3.2 Clerk - Minutes of March meeting distributed to all Cllrs, plus Catherine for website
3.3 D/Cllr Ellis – Marsh Lane, Trent Bank and E.V.A. response
3.4 LALC – E News
3.5 Saxilby Police – Newsletter
3.6 TSG Publicity – Bus service changes
3.7 D/Cllr Ellis – Two Press Releases “Spirit of Togetherness”, “Budget Announcement”
3.8 Came & Co – help during the pandemic
3.9 Lincs Echo – clerk, 2 x clippings
3.10 Came & Co – Request - confirm no change in risk levels for next year / responses from Councillors
3.11 LALC – E News
3.12 Lincs Voluntary Community Groups – request for information – answered 16/03
3.13 Sharon – Village Hall rental for 2020 / 2021
3.14 Clerk - Notices for troughs, agreement from Chair / request to Duncan
3.15 Env: Agency – Kettlethorpe Waste Issues / Richard (B)
3.16 NALC – Webinar on Microsoft help
3.17 Duncan – Proof notices for Nellie’s and Gem Cars
3.18 Councillor Tony Scawthon – resignation, to WLDC
3.19 Election of County Councillor and Police & Crime Commissioner -- to notice boards.
3.20 West Lindsey News
3.21 Visit by WLDC Chairman and Council Leader to Lincs Vaccination Centre
3.22 Trough signs go-ahead given to Duncan.
3.23 Communities Foundation – funding for suitable projects
3.24 Chairman – troughs cleaned up, levelled, and painted
3.25 Parish insurance e-mails
3.26 Pelican Trust
3.27 LALC E News
3.28 Clerk – MKS, grass cutting
3.29 WLDC – Parish Newsletter
3.30 WLDC E News brief, plus 4 new trough signs delivered by Duncan, taken by Ron to Chairman
3.31 LALC – Information to date on Zoom type meetings
3.32 Lincs Road Safety – Request / response on “camera type” 30 mph signs
3.33 LALC E News – Holding meetings in the future / Parish Chairman position
3.34 LALC News – news around the county
33.5 WLDC – Planning App: No 142642 – Erect storage building etc at Park Farm
33.6 Chair – dumped tyre(s) – passed to WLDC – Ron
33.7 Plans for green and open spaces