Minutes of Council Meetings
   


MINUTES OF A MEETING OF FINNINGLEY PARISH COUNCIL HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL, FINNINGLEY,
ON TUESDAY, 17th JULY 2007 AT 7:00 PM

 

PRESENT:

Cllrs B W Lifsey (in the Chair) E Cooke, K Honcharenko, K Robinson
Mrs J Worthington, Clerk
IN ATTENDANCE:

1 member of the public
Lynda Brunton, YRCC in York
Press representative

 

 

 

Lynda Brunton, YRCC, attended to discuss the way forward for the parish plan and handed a cheque to the parish council in the sum of £2,250, the remaining 10% will be issued upon proof that expenditure has been incurred. Time limit - end March 2008. She was advised that six responses had been forthcoming following distribution of the newsletter and stated the next step was to publicise a public meeting in order for residents to form a committee. Mrs Brunton advised she would be prepared to attend meetings of the committee.


Prior to commencement of business a period of up to 15 minutes was allocated for public participation.

 

 

1

 TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT APOLOGIES
RESOLVED to accept apologies received from Cllrs D Lindley and J New
for reasons given.
RESOLVED not to accept apologies received from Cllr Mrs J Tate.

2

 DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL OR PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS
Cllr Lifsey declared a personal interest in item 15.

3

 UPDATE FROM NEWSLETTER CIRCULATION RE PARISH PLAN
Cllr Robinson and Lifsey offered to attend an initial meeting in order for residents to form a committee. RESOLVED this meeting be called for Tuesday 21 August, at 7pm in the Village Hall and the Clerk to write to the six residents who had responded advising of this meeting and also to post notices on the boards.

4

 TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS RAISED BY RESIDENTS
No matters raised by residents.

5

 COMMUNITY POLICING
No police officer was present. However, it was RESOLVED to query, on a recent Police Newsletter publication, why telephone numbers for Finningley (as was the case for other parishes) were not included.

6

 UPDATE ON YOUTH CLUB AND REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
A volunteer, involved with the formation of the youth club, advised the start date will be 10 September and the club will meet every 2 weeks from 6.30 to 8.30 pm. Publicity is underway.
RESOLVED to release £250 of monies set aside for the venture upon receipt of official letter.

7

 DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT
Cllr Mrs Schofield was not present at the meeting.

8

 MINUTES OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD 19 JUNE 2007
RESOLVED the minutes be approved as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

9

 MATTERS ARISING FROM ABOVE MEETING
Update re community skip facility - Enquiries from private contractors reveal that skips would be unattended. As attendance was a requirement by the Joint Playing Fields Committee it was RESOLVED to take no further action in this regard.

Bus stop/shelter No 45319/786E301, Doncaster Road - SYPTE advise the existing shelter will need to be repaired on two occasions and, thereafter, it would have to come down. The suggestion of a stainless steel or wooden structure was again rejected by members as being out of keeping and prone to vandalism respectively.
RESOLVED to advise SYPTE that members prefer the existing shelter to be repaired.
The Clerk advised that Cllr Mrs Schofield is taking up the issue of this being listed as no replies have been forthcoming following correspondence to Planning Dept.

Oak Tree, Footpath No. 1 - DMBC advise the tree has been ruined by past works and although it looks fine from a distance, upon close inspection a different picture is revealed; with a lot of expertise and expense over decades it may be possible to bring back the tree to a semblance of natural form, but this would be costly and the tree is on private property. Thus it is felt unreasonable to place a maintenance burden on the owner.
RESOLVED to take no action in this matter.

10

 MATTERS RELATING TO JOINT PLAYING FIELD
Minutes of recent committee meeting received. It was reiterated that the question of byelaws for Dogs on Lead is still with Blaxton Parish Council.
RESOLVED to formally nominate Cllr New onto the committee when he is able to attend parish council meetings.

11

 VILLAGE HALL ISSUES
Licence - RESOLVED the licence be signed by members of the Parish Council and Management Committee, witnessed by the Clerk.
Insurance valuation, contents - update from Committee - Pending.
Weeding, car park - RESOLVED to request Need A Hand Ltd to carry this out.

12

 FINANCIAL MATTERS
 
£310.00 Need A Hand Ltd (tree reduction village hall grounds) 100413
£256.74 HM Revenue and Customs (qtr tax) 100414
£124.98 DMBC (empty dog bin, corner Chapel Lane) 100417
£  43.13 DMBC (refuse collection, joint playing field) 100418
£  14.75 DMBC (empty litter bin, pond) 100419
£  60.00 Need A Hand Ltd (flower beds) 100420
£500.00 Finningley Youth Club (s.137 donation) 100422

13

 TO COMMENT ON PLANNING APPLICATIONS
The following applications were commented upon by the Clerk in consultation with the Chairman, in order to comply with timescale, and no objections raised:
07/01983/FULM, erection of B1 office units, Phase 2 Work pods, RHA, Hayfield Lane
07/01969/FUL, installation of 2 dormer windows to rear, in connection with formation of rooms in roofspace, 22 Lindley Road.

14

 ISSUES RELATING TO POND
Further information from Anglian Water - cost of connection advised at
£820 plus vat. In addition members noted there would be further associated items required. RESOLVED to discuss at next meeting when Cllr Lindley will be present as he attended the site meeting with the Contractor.

15

TO RECEIVE QUOTATIONS FROM NEED A HAND LTD FOR WORKS REQUIRED
a) to check for disease, silver birch, trim dead offshoots etc
b) to trim 2 trees near Christmas tree site
RESOLVED to accept the quotation from Need A Hand Ltd. for a) and b) in the sum of £290.

c) to investigate sunken area with a view to raising level and turfing (check for utilities to be carried out)
d) to guard against damage caused by dustbin lorries, to supply/fit concrete bollards along part of the loop road
Quotation received from Need A Hand Ltd.
RESOLVED to discuss at next meeting when members have visited the site and when Cllr Lindley will be present.

16

HIGHWAY ISSUES
Cllr Lifsey advised that the solar light fronting former garage site should be in operation prior to next meeting.

Advertising signs:
RESOLVED to contact Harvey Arms regarding advertising sign and also large board erected without consent on the green opposite the pond.
RESOLVED to contact Valeting firm at Chapel Lane as its advertising board is left out although, when consent was requested and granted, management agreed to take in the sign at night and at weekends.

17

 WEBSITE UPDATE
The Clerk will forward the June minutes to the Chairman.

18

 TO RECEIVE CORRESPONDENCE
RESOLVED publications etc be passed around members.

19

 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
RESOLVED to re-arrange dates of following 2 meetings due to members’ holidays:
Tuesday, 4 September 2007 at 7 pm in the Village Hall.
Tuesday, 23rd October at 7 pm in the Village Hall.

 

The meeting ended at 9.25 pm.

CHAIRMAN: ........................................................