Kirkham Town Council
The Community Centre
Mill Street
Kirkham
PR4 2AN
Tel 01772 682755
Minutes of Meeting of Kirkham Town Council held on 1stDecember 2015
Present: The Mayor Cllr Paul Hodgson (in the chair) Councillors E. Oades,P Hardy.
J. Cameron. M.Cox. P Boardman.K. Beckett.
E.Duffy (Minutes)
1: Apologies
Cllr. E. Silverwood
2: Declaration of interest
Cllr Oades - all planning applications.
Guests- Andrew Stell Fylde Council planning department. Alex Fylde Council Corporate improvement department. Attending the meeting to assess how KTC deal with planning applications and how it could be changed to a paperless system. Concluded that KTC is happy to change to a paperless system but withoutcost to the town council by having to purchase equipment, invest Clerks time or install internet connection.
Equipment- to be supplied by Fylde Council
Time- Time consuming for Clerk to download every document from Fylde website so internet connection would be needed.
Internet- Fylde Council to broker agreement for access to CAB Wi-FI.
Action Fylde Council
3: Policing in Kirkham
Apologies from Cllr. Oades for not having time to write to paper.
Improvement since acquiring police contact details.
Report noted.
4: Minutes of the previous meeting
Proposed that the minutes are accepted as a correct record.
Resolved that the minutes of the Council Meeting held on the 3rd November 2015are approved as a correct record and signed accordingly.
5: Matters arising
4. Minutes amended.
8 d) KTC are informed that Preston Rd Action Group may have received enough funds.
8 e) KTC to request LCC Highways to lift Clegg Street parking restrictions on one side.
Action Cllr Oades to action with LCC
9 Funding of sculpture on Remembrance Way to be incorporated into a Richard Marshall Project.
Action Clerk to invite RM to next meeting
9d) Scouts request materials asap
Action Clerk to order from Travis Perkins
9h) PCSO to attend Blessing of the Crib
16 Naming of the streets will recognize soldiers. Cllr Boardman to deal with press
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6: Finance Report
Confirmation that there is a budget of £1000 agreed for a new PA system.
Ask Tom Hutton AFC Fylde for a more qualitative report rather than quantitative.
Clerk to Action
Resolved that the report be accepted.
7: Mayors announcements
Nothing to report.
8: Correspondence
a)Mark Menzies- Bus Service cuts
There is a meeting organized for the rural areas to discuss the cuts. It will be held at Elswick Village Hall on Tuesday 15th December- All welcome. KTC to send two representatives.
Councillor Oades will dictate a letter in reply to MM pointing out the severity of the governmental cuts.
Cllr. Oades to Action
b)Reply from Ian Curtis-Donations- KTC are unable to make donations (amended)
c)LCC/Boundary Commission- Electoral Boundaries
The Boundary Commission are going ahead with the changes to Lancashire Electoral Boundaries which will see Newton and Clifton split into two different areas. Newton will go under Freckleton with Clifton coming under Kirkham. KTC will write to object.
Clerk to Action
d)FBC-Local Plan Preferred Option Consultation
KTC raises many objections to the detail of the Revised Preferred Option and will write with those objections.
Clerk to Action
e)The Manse- Place of Safety
Kirkham Community Centre remains the place of safety in case of fire, flood or disaster for the staff and residents of the Manse residential home.
f)FBC Corporate Property- Naming Streets on Little Tarnbrick Farm
The streets will be named after our lost soldiers. Cllr Boardman to deal with the press. Clerk to make contact with the developers.
Clerk to Action
g)Facebook- Steven Shepherd -BMX track
There is a historic agreement that Wesham would provide BMX/skateboarding facilities and Kirkham would provide a MUGA. Cllr Cox to reply to Mr. Shepherd and invite him to discuss further.
Clerk to get contact details
h)Nicola McKee- Complaint about lack of Christmas lights
Clerk to reply and explain the issues around funding and volunteers and invite Nicola to raise funds for future lights expansion.
Clerk to Action
i)Tara Walsh- Planning training for Clerks and Councillors-
No take up
9: LPAOS Report
a)Community Centre
- Kitchen- Request for a budget.
Original budget £3.5k.Clerk to provide plans and costings
Action Clerk
- Conditions of room hire
Need updating. Clerk to distribute for agreement.
Action Clerk
b)WSH
- Access.
Fire regulations need checking in relation to roller shutters.
- Changing rooms-Ian Brookes
Invite Ian to next meeting
Action Clerk
c)Allotments
Happy to receive funds.
d)HMP Works- Employment
Inmate working with Contractors is approaching employability. Suggestion that KTC fund his employment through FBC. Update is that it will be permanent employment at the new living wage of £8.25 part time. More information needed.
e)Tree Work
All tree work is up to date.
f)LPAOS Contract renewal
Councillors have received the original agreement and Mark Wilde will send a new agreement and costings for consideration in January.
MUGA lights are complete and working. Electrics, control panel and timer should be in a locked unit as per agreement.
Action Clerk to check
Maryfields- Belongs to Lancashire CC Education department and is earmarked for a school but has church covenants on it. Cllr Oades has been trying to acquire it for many years. Cannot put any permanent structures on it but would like to use it as an extension of the park. KTC has paid £1000 legal fees to the church to allow transfer but the Church Commission now want £300 to grant permission for transfer. Propose to pay fees on the understanding that it will see the transfer go ahead.
Resolved to pay fees.
10: Communications
Nothing to report
11: Staffing Committee Report
a)Emma’s review-January
Agreed that the staffing committee will meet with Emma in January
Clerk to set meeting date
b)Michael
LPAOS to reinstate the monthly checks that the Chair of leisure used to carry out in accordance with the standing orders. Scheduled for just before LPAOS meetings.
c)Holidays
Clerk requests 29th, 30th and 31st December holidays- granted.
12: Planning applications
a)15/0818- 26 South View-Extension
No objection
b)15/0799- Willows RC School- Storage container
No objection
c)15/0716- Hillside Restaurant- Garage, Car Park alterations
No objection
d)15/0803- Health Centre- Bin Store
No objection
e)15/0812- The Manse Nursing Home-3 storey extension
No objection
f) Oxford Drive
No objection
f)15/0766 Regency Crescent
No objection
13: Licensing
Noted that there has been an issue with vermin at Top House Freckleton Street.
14: Rural Splash.
Roof blown off the baths again.
Invite received from Dave Lean to an event which prompted Cllr Oades to point out the lack of heat and cleanliness in the baths, the lack of Rural Splash meetings and the complaints from the public received. This has been escalated to John Cronin at the YMCA.
15: KWBG Report.
Nothing to report
16: Highways.
Nothing to report
17: Dates of next meeting
Next Council Meeting to be held on5th January2016 @7pm
Signed:Dated:
Cllr Paul Hodgson - Mayor
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