Minutes of Doddington and Whisby Parish Council

MINUTES OF DODDINGTON AND WHISBY PARISH COUNCILMEETING

THE CABIN, BLACKMOOR HOUSE,DODDINGTON

12th DECEMBER2016

16.77 Parish Council

1. Membership: Cllr G Beale (Chairwoman), Cllr G Patrick (Vice Chairman); Cllr E Taylor; Cllr E Mathers; Cllr E Barker

1. Present: Susan Bryant, Acting Parish Clerk. Ms Sandy Whiles, Member of the public, PCSO Sarah Lingard
2. Apologies: None
3. Declaration of interest: None

16.78Police and public time –PCSO Sarah Lingard joined the meeting and gave an update on what had been happening in the rural area around Doddington & Whisby. She reported that a parked van had been broken into at Thorpe on the Hill overnight 29th/30th November and gave a warning about opportunistic burglars, especially at this time of year. The Chairwoman asked if there could be some visibility of the PCSO’s throughout the village as this has helped in the past with speeding vehicles and PCSO Lingard agreed to arrange this.

Sandy Whiles joined the meeting as a member of the public with a view to joining as a Parish Councillor.

16.79Approval of minutes The minutes of the 14th November 2016 Parish Council Meeting wereaccepted as an accurate record.

16.80Matters Arising

16.35 Motion Consultants Report – Thorpe on the Hill PC continue to progress this one.

Doddington Hall car parking risk assessment – The Chairwoman met with James Birch on 29/11 who advised this has been done but has yet to be typed up.

16.5.2 Moveable Speed Indicating Equipment – Metal posts are to be erected as soon as

possible. The Parish Council has agreed to purchase the equipment with datalogging capability at a cost of c£2,200.00 and the order will be placed once the

metal posts have been erected.

16.52 Defibrillator – A further request for new volunteers has been made in the Winter

Newsletter. EMAS will be contacted to come and give training in mid- February or

mid-March 2017. ACTION: CLERK

16.65 Cllr Patrick wrote to Highways following last month’s meeting when it was

suggested by a Whisby resident that a section of Thorpe Road be speed restricted

to 40mph. To date there has been no response.

Cllr Patrick suggested writing a congratulatory letter to the new MP for Sleaford &

North Hykeham, Dr Johnson, and asking her for support on issues where Highways

have been unresponsive, and perhaps an invitation to come and see us, or come

to a cluster meeting when they are up and running.ACTION: CHAIR

16.68Cluster Meetings – awaiting further from TOTH, unlikely to be before February 2017.

16.81 Correspondence

North Kesteven Environmental Department have advised that they are withdrawing

Funding for a Dog Warden with effect from 1st April 2017.

16.82 Planning

15/1039/FUL – Paradise Row Development – At the Chairwoman’s meeting with James Birch in November she asked what his next step might be with this development. He said that he was unsure at this time but would keep the Parish Council posted.

16/1382/PNTEL - Removal of Public payphone, The Moors, Eagle Road, Whisby

The Parish Council is going ahead with the adoption of the red ‘heritage’ phone box in Doddington, but it would appear that the phone kiosk on Eagle Road, Whisby is not a red box but a more modern ‘open’ style kiosk, so will not be adopting that one.

Finance

16.83 Payment of Accounts - cheques were signed for E.on Electricity £30.56,

Data Protection Reg. Renewal £35.00, Susan Bryant (Acting Parish Clerk) £247.29,

Gillian Beale (3 months meeting room) £90.00, Printtalk (Newsletter) £20.00,

E.on £60.13

Matters for discussion

16.84Notice Boards & Bus Shelter

Cllr Patrick advised he is still to pressure wash the bus shelter at Whisby.

ACTION: Cllr PATRICK

16.85Litter Pick

The next Litter Pick will be on Sunday 15th January 2017. This has been promoted

in the Newsletter. The Chairwoman is to obtain the tabards, bags and gloves from

Ian Macalpine-Leny.ACTION: CHAIR

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16.86Newsletter Distribution

Councillors were given areas for Newsletter distribution. They were also asked to

obtain as many email addresses from Parishioners as possible in order to reduce

the number of door to door leaflet deliveries in future.ACTION: ALL

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Future meeting dates Specific agenda item / event

December 12 Meeting
January 9th 2017 Meeting Budget setting and precept
February 13th 2017 Meeting

Please be advised that these are notes of the meeting taken by the Clerk and cannot in any way be regarded as official minutes of Council proceedings until approved and signed at the next meeting.

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