2021 Parish Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes of Langtoft Parish Council (LPC) Meeting held on

Tuesday 24 August 2021 at 19:00 in the village hall.

a) A member of the public asked for an update on the defibrillators for the village and the purchase of the table tennis table for East End Park (EEP).  Response: 3 defibrillators have been purchased by LPC.  One will be sited on Aquilla Way (hopefully in the next 10 days), The Waggon and Horses pub has offered its wall; however, there are complications in that the pub is a grade 2 listed building and listed building consent may be needed.  Alternatively, the Chairman is pursuing another location on the crossroads.  The third location is at EEP; the Chairman is in contact with LCC to see if this can be attached to the street light outside the park. The member of the public queried their legal use.  Response: LPC will check the units on a regular basis to make sure they are fit for purpose. 

Response regarding the table tennis table:  LPC has already resolved to purchase a table tennis table for EEP.  LPC listened to the residents’ concerns regarding attracting youths to the park and her concerns whether this was the right piece of equipment for the park.

Response:  LPC will keep this monitored.

 

b) A member of the public was concerned about antisocial behaviour at EEP.  Recently, she had witnessed several spirit bottles and used condoms discarded in the park.   Response:  LPC encouraged all residents experiencing or witnessing antisocial behaviour to report this to the PCSO by calling 101 and getting the incident logged as an antisocial behaviour incident.   The more reports received by the Police, the more likelihood of a Police response.  Also, it is worth reporting incidents to the SKDC Neighbourhood Team, headed by Mark Jones, Service Manager, Community Safety Team 

Action: Clerk to report this incident.   

 

c) A young member of the public had given Cllr. Jarman a petition to present to the meeting.  To reinstate the football goal nets on each of the play parks.  Action: LPC would place this on the next agenda.

 

d) A member of the public voiced concerns with the A Frame slide in EEP and youth congregating underneath smoking dope.   Response: as b) above.  

 

21/22-70  Chairman’s Cllr. Andy Halfhide welcomed everyone and opened the formal meeting of LPC.

21/22-71  Apologies: were received from Cllrs. Kelham Cooke, Philip Dilks and Rosemary Trollope-Bellew    

21/22-72  Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests: There were None.

 

21/22-73  Minutes: 

a)29 June 2021 Parish Council meeting were presented as a true and accurate record of events.  

It was noted that as containers were unavailable to be purchased (item 21/22-56a) that short term hire had been arranged.

Proposed adoption of Minutes Cllr. Andy Hallam, Seconded Cllr. Brian Branch unanimously voted in favour – RESOLVED.

b)29 July 2021 Extra Ordinary Parish Council meeting were presented as a true and accurate record of events.  Proposed Cllr. Steve Valentine, Seconded Cllr. Andy Hallam and those who were present at the meeting unanimously voted in favour – RESOLVED. 

 

21/22-74  County and District Reports 

a)District Cllr. Ashley Baxter, Market and West Deeping, stood in for Cllr. Philip Dilks.   He had noted points from the open forum and would report these to Cllr. Dilks.

• Reported on various issues with the poor state of local highways and the problems with the “Fix my Street” prioritising framework for reported problems and limited budgets available.  Urged LPC to chase reports and if no action notify Cllr. Dilks who would try and influence the priorities with LCC.

• Agreed that “village entrance gates” were a good idea and would report to Cllr. Dilks for his support. Action:  Clerk to send Cllr. Dilks the map of where LPC would like to site the gates.

• Deeping Leisure Centre.   The fight continues to keep the leisure centre open until a new centre is available.  Roof repairs are approx, £1m.  It is the only competitive pool in the district and very well used.  SKDC will be resolving on this issue in the next week.

A Report received from Cllr. Kelham Cooke had been circulated to LPC prior to the meeting.

 

b)Police – police report circulated with agenda and available on website noticeboard.

 

 

21/22-75 Financial matters:

Financial Report for the period 01 April 2021 to 30 July 2021 was presented by the Clerk. Proposal: to accept accounts as a true and accurate record of the financial position.  Proposed Cllr. Andy Hallam, Seconded Cllr. Yvonne McCulloch unanimously voted in favour - RESOLVED

 

Approve Payments as follows:

21/22-76 N Bright June expenses £37.83

21/22-77 Bank Charges £18

21/22-78 DT Windows inv DT021751 £50 

21/22-79 LVH hire 26-30 sport holiday club £195

21/22-80 BDG invoice 21/937 £200

21/22-81 P Coles SD cards and batteries Penfield £51.38

21221-82 Wave water rates to 4.7.21 £0.51

21/22-83 N Bright July salary

21/22-84 S Gresty July salary

To note Income received:

21/22-85 HMRC VAT refund £1432.19

Proposal:  to accept all the financial records above.   Proposed Cllr. Andy Halfhide, Cllr. Liz Jarman and unanimously voted in favour - RESOLVED

 

 

21/22-86 Working Group Reports

a) Penfield .  A report was read out from the Penfield working group with an update on actions taking 

place.   A hoped for opening date of 1st October 2021 was being worked toward.

History of Penfield.  The Peasgood family sold Penfield to Hansons to extract the gravel with the proviso that the village could buy the site on completion for £1.  This then enabled no further works to be undertaken any closer to Langtoft village.

 

b) Cemetery.  Action:  Clerk to contact the contractor relaying the central path to obtain a firm date for the start of work and for assurance that the job will be completed in full once started.

 

c) Amenities 

i)Village Entrance Gates.

Cllr. Andy Hallam presented a quote from Glasdon at a cost of £923 plus VAT per gate, guaranteed for 20 years.  This was felt to be very expensive as 8 gates would be required.

Action:  Cllr Liz Jarman to investigate funding opportunities

Cllrs. Brian Branch and Andy Hallam to investigate costs of raw materials for making gates in a similar style.    c/f  to next meeting.

ii)Dog Leaflets c/f from 21/22-55ci.  Proposal to purchase 1,000 leaflets.  Proposed Cllr. Brian Branch, Seconded Cllr. Andy Halfhide and unanimously voted in favour. – RESOLVED. 

iii) Table Tennis Table.  Proposal to purchase a Cornilleau outdoor table tennis for EEP at a cost of £1457.50 plus VAT delivered, to be installed by LPC at an approx cost of £150.  Proposed Cllr. Andy Halfhide, Seconded Cllr. Brain Branch and unanimously voted in favour. – RESOLVED.

 

d) Finance & General Purpose

i)Proposal: To open accounts with Branch Brothers, Screwfix and Amazon.  Proposed Cllr. Brian Branch, Seconded Cllr. Yvonne McCulloch and unanimously voted in favour. – RESOLVED.

 

 

e) Events:  

a)Footpaths: report from Cllr. Yvonne McCulloch.  Action: outstanding items : some trees at the cemetery.   Cllrs. Brian Branch and Andy Hallam would look at these and report back.

 

f) Planning Issues

a) S21/1664 Proposal: Crown raise cherry tree to max of 3m, causing hazard over footpaths, 19 Deer Park Road, PE6 9RD.  Response.  Unanimously agreed that this was acceptable and a neutral response be submitted.

b)S21/1620 Proposal Lime Tree (1) required thinning and new shoots removing as general ongoing maintenance, this will be required either annually or bi-annually to ensure good clearance of the telephone wires and house.  Also thinning due to excessive shading of the main lounge.  1 Bramblewood Court, PE6 9QY. Action:  LPC councillors will view this tree and submit their responses to the Clerk by 30 Aug 2021.     

 

i)Training.   Action:  All Councillors to submit any LALC training sessions they would like to attend by 31 August 2021.

 

g) Grapevine. Proposed that the next edition will be printed.  Proposed Cllr. Andy Halfhide, Seconded Cllr. Brian Branch and unanimously voted in favour. – RESOLVED. 

 

21/22-87 Defibrillators update.  See open forum a) above.

21/22-88  Procedure protocols for Councillors and GDPR – Cllr Andy Halfhide.

a) LALC training for Councillors. As 21/22-86fi above

21/22-89 Correspondence received were noted from the agenda.

21/22-90 To receive Items for Future Meetings

21/22-91 Date of future meetings:  12 Oct 21,  22nd November 2021 (Monday), 

2022: 11th January 2022, 8 March 2022, Saturday, 23 April 2022 (Annual Parish/meet councillors TBC), 18 May.