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ESSINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
DRAFT Minutes of Essington Parish Council meeting held on Monday 12th June 2017 at 7-00pm
PRESENT: Councillor D. Clifft J P (Chairman) Councillor M North(Vice-Chairman)
Councillor M Billingsley Councillor R Bradburn
Councillor P Lever Councillor K Pace
Councillor J Smallman Councillor C Steel
Councillor B Tarbuck Councillor B Whitehouse
Councillor M Cole
Also present were County Councillors Kath Perry & Bernard Williams
The Chairman Councillor David Clifft opened the meeting and welcomed Members, congratulating our County Councillors on their recent election.
PRESS - None
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – None
Crime Statistics 9th May – 11th June 2017
ASB – Neighbour Disputes 2
ASB – Rowdy & Inconsiderate 1
1.APOLOGIES
Councillors Denise Clifft, Denise James & Bert Gibbons tendered their apologies.
2. Declaration of Interests of MembeRS
Councillor Chris Steel completed the register in respect of item 7.
3. Minutes of the last meeting on the 8th May 2016
Councillor June Smallman proposed and Councillor Bryn Whitehouse seconded that the minutes were a true record
4. Matters Arising (from last meetings minutes) – None
5. County Councillors Report
Councillor Kath Perry commented on a highways report received for our area:
Broad Lane – no further works programmed at the present time, a site meeting will be arranged as soon as possible.
- Chicane works to be considered in the future but not as a matter of urgency, Councillor Beryl Tarbuck commented that
the concerns over the chicane have been been discussed over a period of many years.
Potholes – additional funding has been earmarked to deal with the problem of potholes, all holes should be reported via My Staffs App
Gullies – a high number of gullies have already been cleared, the remainder to be done as soon as possible.
Highways Issues – a meeting of all parties to be arranged in the near future.
Members raised various concerns:
A sunken manhole near Windmill Farm on Bognop Road
Additional signage for the mini island on Bursnip Road
Weight restriction signage on A34 near turning into Long Lane
Drains on Sneyd Lane
Councillor Bernard Williams commented on the existing problems within the Essington Parish which are very similar to problems all over
the County.
6. ESSINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE PROPOSED REFURBISHMENT – Phase 11 – To be discussed at the next Management meeting to
be held on 17th July 2017.
7. a. Planning Applications submitted for approval during the month:
17/00370/FUL Single storey rear extension @ 40 Wolverhampton Road – no objection
17/00372/FUL Proposed front boundary fence @ 2 Sneyd Lane – no objection
17/00397/FUL Sun room to rear extension @ 20 Rowan Drive – no objection
17/00243/FUL Single storey side ext. to form lounge @ Oakley Farm Blackhalve Lane – no objection
17/00475/COU Material change of use of land to use as a residential caravan site for 1 more gypsy household with 2 caravans
including no more than 1 static caravan @ 59a Long Lane Newtown – objections inappropriate development in the green belt with
no special circumstances – residential caravan site in a residential garden & area
17/00416/FUL Retrospective application for the conversion of an existing 1.5 storey garage & garden store to granny annexe @
36 Long Lane Springhill – objections tandem development
19.45pm Councillor Chris Steel declared an interest and left the chamber.
17/00392/FUL 1st Floor rear ext.single storey side ext. & bay window to front elevation @ 191 Cannock Road Westcroft – n
objections
19.47pm Councillor Chris Steel returned to the chamber
b. The following planning applications have been approved: None
c. The following planning applications have been refused: None
8. Correspondence - A letter of thanks from the RBL Poppy Appeal for the given donation.
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9. FINANCE
A. To note the Councils Bank balances at 31.05.17 Current Account £84,699.87 Deposit Account. £16.86 Reserve Account 1 £533.15(Christmas Market) Reserve Account 2 £25.01(GBC) Reserve Account 3 £444.71(allotments) Charity Account £485.63 and Petty Cash £100 Less unpresented cheques £0.00
Reconciliation : Balance B/fwd £89,304.98
Plus receipts £15,561.22
Less payments £18,560.91
Balance c/fwd £86,305.23
To RESOLVE that the following cheques be issued:-
Chq No. / Payee / Details / Nett (£) / VAT (£) / Total (£)103601 / A F Blakemore & Son Ltd / Tearoom stock for April / 791.22 / 34.10 / 825.32
103602 / A F Blakemore & Son Ltd / Tearoom stock for May / 544.99 / 25.14 / 570.13
103603 / Alliance Disposables Ltd / Cleaning materials / 80.57 / 16.12 / 96.69
103604 / Veolia ES Uk Ltd / Refuse – April 2017 / 263.76 / 52.75 / 316.51
103605 / Coinadrink Ltd / Tearoom stock May 2017 / 508.22 / 28.30 / 536.52
103606 / Essington Parish Council / Tearoom stock March – reimbursement / 852.52 / 42.67 / 895.17
103607 / SSC / 3rd payment rates / 889.00 / - / 889.00
103608 / BG Ground Maintenance / Ground maintenance April / 624.00 / 124.80 / 748.80
103609 / HMRC / PAYE May / 951.70 / - / 951.70
103610 / Horton Automatics Ltd / Emergency repair to front electric doors / 580.10 / 116.02 / 696.12
103611 / Midland Chilled Foods / Tearoom stock May 2017 / 788.09 / 42.86 / 830.95
103612 / C E Gracey / Petty Cash – ink-stationery – postage – cleaning materials / 99.42 / - / 99.42
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SO / Salaries / Tearoom £5817.06 Administration £2835.45
DD / Utilities / Phone & broadband £147.63 Gas £26.24
The payments made & cheques raised were proposed by Councillor Beryl Tarbuck seconded by Councillor June Smallman and carried, Councillor Chris Steel voted against the proposal.
A statement of Income & Expenditure up to 31st May 2017 was presented; this was proposed by Councillor Bob Bradburn
seconded by Councillor Peter Lever and carried. Councillor Chris Steel voted against the proposal.
A statement of Income & Expenditure for the Community Centre Refurbishment up to 31st May 2017 was presented; this was proposed by Councillor Mandy Cole seconded by Councillor Beryl Tarbuck and carried.
A statement of Income & Expenditure for the Tearoom up to 31st May 2017 was present, this was proposed by Councillor Peter
Lever, seconded by Councillor Maureen Billinsley and carried. Councillor Chris Steel voted against the proposal.
10.. SNEYD LANE – FLOODING - Councillor Mandy Cole commented that Environmental Services had confirmed that funding was now in place to carry out investigation and works to alleviate the problems of flooding, investigations have shown existing drains within the field area which will be used.
11. WESTCROFT – Councillor June Smallman commented on the wild parsley on the corner of Wood Hayes Road which needs cutting back, the clerk will arrange for it to be trimmed
12. SSC THE GOOD LIFE – The 1st meeting has been arranged for the 26th June 2017.
13. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE SJ96760348 – The land will be gifted to the Parish shortly.
14. UPPER SNEYD ROAD – DRAINS - No work carried out.
15. BROAD LANE – FOOTPATHS – as discussed in County Councillors report.
16. CCTV in ESSINGTON - Costs to be confirmed and discussed at the next meeting.
17 BROWNSHORE PRE-SCHOOL – The outstanding rent is now being recovered through the small claims court.
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18. DISTRICT COUNCILLORS REPORT - Councillors David Clifft & Peter Lever commented on meetings which they have attended over the last month, namely discussions with youths about a skate park, M54 link. A residents meeting has been arranged for Thursday 15th June @ 7pm to discuss a planning application.
19. DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING Monday 10th July 2017
20. CLOSURE
CHAIRMAN DATE