Minutes of the
Meeting of Heanor and Loscoe Town Council
Held in the Town Hall, Heanor on 7th January 2016
PRESENT: Councillor Mrs H Longdon (Chair), G Aldwinkle, M Burrell,
Mrs C Cox, B Flint, B Gration, Mrs C Gration, Mrs E Hamilton,
K Hill, R Iliffe, Mrs S Iliffe, Mrs J Janes, Mrs A Jones, P Jones,
D Jowett, A Longdon and A Lynch.
Also present: PCSO 4563 Fisher, PC 2410 Marshall, Cllr Valerie Thorpe, three Amber Community First Responders, Pastor David Howe and representing North Midland Construction were Greg Baverstock - Project Manager, Emma Price - Project Engineer and Will Hooper - Project Engineer.
In pursuance of the powers conferred by Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Mayor presented cheques to the following organisations: - Heanor Salcare and Amber Community First Responders.
Greg Baverstock of North Midland Construction briefed members on the proposed construction works on Breach Road, Lacey Fields and Lee Lane. This is a flood alleviation scheme and the work is to be carried out on behalf of Severn Trent Water.
AGENDA
PART 1 – NON CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
098 Apologies
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Miss S Oakes (prior commitment), A Stevenson (work commitment) and Councillor Miss H Stirland (illness).
Resolved: Members approved these reasons for absence.
099 Declaration of Members Interests/Update of Register
The following declarations of interest were received:
Agenda Item 13 - Planning/Environment/Licensing
Councillor Mrs C Gration - personal - wife of B Gration (member of AVBC planning board)
Councillor B Gration - personal - member of AVBC planning board.
100 Dispensations
No application for dispensation was received.
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101 Public Speaking
(a) Public Matters
Cllr Aldwinkle felt that funding the Firework display at the Town Council's Christmas Light 'Switch On' event was inappropriate use of public money.
Agreed: This comment was noted.
(b) Police Matters
PCSO Fisher reported an increase in burglaries over the last month.
Conviction figures for previous crimes were requested.
County Council
Applications for children's primary school places must be submitted by 15 January.
Financial Advisors are being signed up to Trusted Trader.
Devolution agreement for North Midlands published.
'Dry January' Booze Break – encouraging people to abstain from alcohol for the month – is backed by the Council.
£240,000 grant to help Council to support victims of domestic abuse awarded by Government.
Council Tax
The Prime Minister at Prime Minister's Questions asked DCC to raise its Council Tax to prevent it having to make cuts due to reduced Government funding.
New grants to help young people in Derbyshire
A new grant scheme is being set up to celebrate the first anniversary of the launch of YOUTHINC, our new youth offer combining all services for young people. It will be called 'YOUTHINC − We Grant' a name that was agreed on by elected members of Derbyshire Youth Council.
The grants will promote and support priorities agreed by the youth council as well as supporting youth activities within communities.
Cabinet has agreed that groups supporting the development of youth activities throughout Derbyshire can apply for a share of £50,000 with grants of up to £1,500.
More information on applying for grants will be available in early January in the 'Something to Say' section of the YouThinc website (opens in a new window).
Heanor Fire Station
Cllr P Jones attended a presentation to the staff at Heanor Fire Station in recognition of them raising the most money in the East Midlands area for the fire-fighters charity
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101 Public Speaking (cont)
County Council (cont)
Closure of Leaderflush
Work has now stopped at the site and staff informed about redundancies on the 29th December. In all it is expected 325 jobs will go from the Langley Mill site with a further 82 from a subsidiary company in Mansfield. The company is now in the hands of administrators who are seeking a buyer for the company.
DCC are working with AVBC and Job Centre Plus supporting those workers made redundant. A meeting will be held, this Friday, here in the Town Hall with all the stakeholders to coordinate a response.
Devolution
The deal document, which sets out the final negotiating position of the Council and business leaders behind the bid, was sent to Chancellor George Osborne and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark just before Christmas.
The agreement, as it stands, has been developed following months of negotiations. The majority of the deal has broad agreement, with only a small number of issues now requiring final discussion and sign off.
The deal sets out ten key benefits devolution would deliver for the residents and businesses of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire:
· 55,000 new private sector jobs
· 77,000 extra homes
· An Investment Fund over 30 years to provide infrastructure such as roads and bridges
· Adult skills provision that better meets the needs of businesses
· A joint transport fund to spend on key transport improvements
· A better co-ordinated public transport system with 'Oyster' style smart ticketing
· More responsive and co-ordinated business support for growth
· The creation of substantially more apprenticeship opportunities
· More people entering employment through better targeted local programs
· Journey times to London of less than 90 minutes by train
19 councils across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire together with business leaders from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership which covers the two counties, are seeking to create a single Combined Authority for the region by March 2016 − the first of its kind featuring district, borough, city and county councils.
The Combined Authority and a new Mayor, elected by the people of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, would be granted powers and resources currently held in London and gain responsibility for delivering a raft of new measures to boost economic growth, create jobs, build new homes and improve the quality of life for people living in the area. The powers will also include those of the current Police and Crime Commissioners.
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101 Public Speaking (cont)
County Council (cont)
Have you got any broken or unwanted electricals?
From 2 January you will be able to exchange unwanted electrical goods for a golden ticket giving you the opportunity to win one of 15 £100 cash prizes.
The competition and campaign is being funded by Advantage Waste Brokers − the contractor which works on our behalf to collect and recycle electrical items taken to its recycling centres.
All electrical appliances are accepted including:
· fairy lights
· coffee makers
· electric toothbrushes
· game consoles
· irons
· kettles
· lamps
· laptops, tablets and phones
· power tools
· radios
· sat navs
· slow cookers
· straighteners and hairdryers
· washers, dryers, fridgers, freezers and fridge-freezers
· PCs and printers
· microwaves.
Bottom of Form
Borough Report
Local Plan Abandoned
Amber Valley Borough Council confirmed that their Core Strategy could not deliver the number of houses required for the Borough between now and 2028 and as a consequence have withdrawn the plans from public examination. Nationally only 20% of Council have NOT got a Core Strategy so we are in the bottom quartile of Council.
I understand that it could be a minimum of 12 months before any plan is ready for examination by an Inspector and gives the possibility that the government may directly look to see which sites should be developed.
As a direct consequence the Council will only be able to oppose planning applications in exceptional circumstances.
Outside Bodies
No Report.
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102 Minutes
The Minutes of the Town Council Meeting held on Thursday 3rd December 2015 having been circulated to members, were approved as a correct record and duly signed by the Mayor.
103 Items to be taken in Exclusion
Resolved: No items to be taken in exclusion.
104 Mayor's Announcements
During the last month the Mayor attended the following events:-
6th Dec Aldercar & Langley Mill Civic Service
7th Dec Opening of Heanor Library
Opening of Acorn Centre
Town Council's Christmas Lights 'Switch on' event
11 Dec Somercotes Parish Council's Carol Concert
14 Dec Swanwich Parish Council's Carol Concert
21 Dec Chief Constable's Family Carol Service
22 Dec Marlpool C of E Bible Reading at Carol Concert
105 Town Council – Items for Decision
(a) Heanor Traders Association - Funding Needs
HTA have drawn up a forward plan of activities, they welcome the support of
the Town Council and any possible financial assistance the Town Council
may be able to provide.
Resolved: This agenda item is referred to the TCPM&F committee.
(b) Local Council Award Scheme
The Town Council wish to obtain Foundation Level on the above scheme. The Town Clerk furnished members with a list of requirements for this level.
Resolved: This document is received.
106 Derbyshire Association of Local Councils
Circular 26/2015 General - LAIS Documents, Transparency Fund, Revised Legal Topic Notes, Council processes and Good Practice - your Agenda, Auto Enrolment, and Vacancies.
Sector Led Body for Audit
Following the abolition of the Audit Commission, the National Association of
Local Councils, the Society of Local Council Clerks and the Association of
Drainage authorities have successfully persuaded the government to fund the
start-up cost of £540,000 to procure authority audit services.
Resolved: The above documents are noted.
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107 FINANCE
(a) Accounts for Payment (December)
Cheque No / Payee/Description / Nett / Vat / Gross841 / Inland Revenue - Paye/NI / 661.97 / 00.00 / 661.97
842 / Derbyshire C.C. - superannuation / 497.40 / 00.00 / 497.40
843 / Amber Comm. 1st Responders - S137 / 750.00 / 00.00 / 750.00
844 / Salcare - S137 / 150.00 / 00.00 / 150.00
845 / Cllr H Longdon - Mayoral allowance / 500.00 / 00.00 / 500.00
846 / Viking - Postage/stationery / 227.91 / 22.18 / 250.09
847 / Groundwork - RRLNR SLA / 1250.00 / 250.00 / 1500.00
848 / O Heap Ltd - Fire equipment - TH & FS / 605.35 / 121.07 / 726.42
849 / Pinxton Puppets - Xmas performance / 180.00 / 00.00 / 180.00
850 / JRB Enterprises - Doggy bags / 441.50 / 88.30 / 529.80
851 / Petty Cash - Reimbursement / 93.32 / 00.00 / 93.32
852 / CRT Decorators - Decorating TH & WS / 1830.00 / 366.00 / 2196.00
853 / Ricoh - Photocopier rental & copies / 144.26 / 28.85 / 173.11
854 / SJAB - 1st Aid cover / 176.00 / 35.20 / 211.20
855 / Amp Electrical - Cooker repair / 58.00 / 11.60 / 69.60
856 / Spyrotechnics - Firework display / 2000.00 / 400.00 / 2400.00
857 / Big Tops - Marquee hire / 380.00 / 76.00 / 456.00
858 / Safetyshop - Step ladders / 113.93 / 22.79 / 136.72
859 / Heanor Musical Theatre - Xmas carols / 100.00 / 00.00 / 100.00
860 / Heanor Traders - Xmas market stalls / 100.00 / 00.00 / 100.00
861 / Kirk Contracts - Window cleaning / 93.41 / 18.68 / 112.09
TOTAL / 10353.05 / 1440.67 / 11793.72
Resolved: Payment of above accounts at a cost of £11,793.72 is approved.
(b) Bacs Payments for approval November - wages December)
Payee / Description / Nett / Vat / GrossStaff / Wages/salary / 4440.95 / 00.00 / 4440.95
SWALEC / Electricity supply - WS / 234.15 / 11.70 / 245.85
SWALEC / Gas supply - WS / 600.72 / 120.14 / 720.86
SWALEC / Electricity supply - TH / 136.74 / 6.83 / 143.57
Talk Talk / Broadband rental / 16.93 / 3.38 / 20.31
XLN / 3 x line rental + calls / 116.95 / 23.39 / 140.34
AVBC / Rates / 1264.00 / 00.00 / 1264.00
Opus / Gas supply - TH / 75.16 / 3.76 / 78.92
GEM / Carpet cleaning - WS / 145.00 / 00.00 / 145.00
Total / 7030.60 / 169.20 / 7199.80
Resolved: Payment of the above BACS is received and approved.
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107 FINANCE (cont)
(c) Income for November 2015
Town Hall lettings / 1707.50Town Hall Rents / 333.33
The Old Fire Station / 1006.00
Wilmot Street Centre / 1165.00
Environment/events / 144.00
Other / 13474.06
Total / 17829.89
108 Items for Information
(a) Clerk’s Report
Dementia Friends Session will be held on Thursday 21st January in the Council Chamber 6.30pm - 7.30pm.
Resolved: This report is received
(b) Miscellaneous
AVBC Papers for Standards & Appeals Committee 9/12/15, Licensing Panel on 10/12/15, Planning Board on 14/12/15, improvement & Scrutiny Committee 16/12/15 and Licensing Panel on 17/12/15.
Citizens Advice Annual Impact Report 2014/15
Mrs J Colson & Mr B Curtis Thank you for clearing land at Church St.
Derbyshire C.C. Newsletter No 3 - Adult Care
Resolved: This information is received.
Councillors B Gration and Mrs C Gration left the meeting at this point.
109 Planning/Environment/Licensing
AVA/2015/1004 - Proposed revision to AVA/2011/0811 to include design details and access arrangements at Land adjacent 72 Old Coppice Side, Marlpool, Heanor for Mr N Birkin, Woodland View, Beech Road, Underwood.
AVA/2015/1155 - Outline application for single dwelling at 66 Lee Lane, Heanor for Mr & Mrs Martin.
Town Council comment: The Town Council oppose this application as they feel it is a 'back garden' development.
AVA/2015/1172 - Proposed two storey and single storey rear extensions to include garage and removal of existing extensions at 7 Stainsby Avenue, Heanor, Derbys for Mr B Jowett, 7 Stainsby Avenue.
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109 Planning/Environment/Licensing (cont)
AVA/2015/1152 - Proposed new windows at NatWest Bank, 12 Market Street, Heanor for Mr D Palterman, 23 Dentdale Court, Alvaston, Derby.
TRE/2015/0166 - Oak (T1) - Crown lift to 4.2m, crown thin 10%, remove deadwood and prune back to give 2.5m clearance from the house at 20B Gladstone Avenue, Heanor for Mrs Diane Walker.
AVA/2015/1163 - Reserved Matters application for 3 Dwellings and associated works (Outline Approval AVA/2013/1064) at 72 Laceyfields Road, Heanor for Mr & Mrs I Cook c/o Grace Machin Planning and Property.