SHEARSBY PARISH MEETING MINUTES
Chairman: Martin
Reynolds
MEETING
HELD ON
WEDNESDAY
14TH JANUARY 2009
Present: 31
Residents
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1. |
Welcome and
Apologies The
Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced PC Henderson and PC
Patel. There
were several apologies. |
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2. |
Minutes of
Previous Meeting The
Chairman stated that the minutes had been displayed on the village notice
board for some considerable time.
After being read out, they were approved by the meeting and duly
signed by the Chairman. |
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3. |
Matters
Arising a) Tree Lopping The Chairman informed the meeting of
the quotes for work to be carried out on the trees around the green. After discussion, Woodpecker Tree Surgery
was selected. b) Lighting on The Chairman said he had approached
residents on There then followed a discussion and
it was agreed to canvas the |
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4. |
Neighbourhood
Watch Pater
Dale gave a report on the new Neighbourhood Watch system and confirmed that
it was working well. Communication and
direct links to the police were vastly improved and he was delighted to
report that a culprit for the recent burglary at St Benets had been caught. Discussion
took place on traffic speeding through the village (which had been monitored)
and Shearsby being used as a ‘rat run’.
Brenda Spree had written to the Chairman suggesting pinch points in
order to slow traffic down. Pater Dale
informed the meeting that the Highways Authority offered advice and it was
agreed to invite a representative of them to the next meeting to discuss what
was available and give advice. PC
Henderson stated that the Police Beat Bus would be in The Square on the first
Tuesday of every month, 2-4pm and Peter Dale encouraged villagers to
visit. Elderly people, who felt
vulnerable, are able to contact a designated officer who would give advice to
them. |
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Planning The
Chairman went through new applications and subsequent decisions. Discussion took place on the application to
build four fisherman lodges and a club house at CJ Fisheries, Mallard
Springs. The meeting opposed this
application. |
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Reports and
Information a) Phone box Bob Spree gave a report on the
application to purchase the phone box which BT originally refused because we
were a Parish Meeting. This had
resulted in copious correspondence being exchanged but progress had been made and completion
was imminent. The Chairman thanked Bob Spree for
the amount of work he had put in on this matter. b) Flood Risk Assessment Clive Garner
reported on the assessment that was carried out and the detailed report
including maps that had been sent to the Council. Clive stated that Councillor Graham Hart
had been helpful in the exercise. The Chairman
thanked Clive for the work he had done and agreeing to finish the task. He went on to say that there had been a
request for Shearsby to appoint a ‘Flood Warden’ and had been informed that
David Bramwell had expertise in this area.
It was agreed that the Chairman would approach David. c) Harborough District Council The Chairman
gave a brief report on the Harborough District Council meeting, in particular
Wind Farms, d) Gritting Harborough
District Council had produced a gritting map of roads in the areas that are
gritted in bad weather. The roads in
Shearsby were not on it as it was mainly main roads. Discussion enthused regarding the heaps of
grit that the Council place in Shearsby and it was felt they were
inappropriate and that salt bins were far more practical. It was
agreed the Chairman would look into it and try and find suitable sightings
for extra salt bins. |
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Correspondence Items
discussed included the Harborough District Council’s Website. Villagers thought that our own website was
very good and would prefer to continue to use it. There was a link to the Harborough District
Council website if anyone wanted to log onto it. Thanks were expressed to Ronnie Jelly for
her work on the Shearsby website. a) Grass Cutting Veolia had
lost the contract with Harborough District Council and a new company, FOCSA,
installed. However, discussion would
take place in relation to Shearsby’s requirements and a further report would
be given. b) Bus Shelter Not
required. c) Water Leak The water leak on the old road
has been repaired. d) Grass Verges Roger
Charles reported on the poor state of some of the grass verges and that action was required to
stop people parking on them,
particularly now hundreds of daffodil bulbs had recently been planted. David Austin highlighted the awful
accumulation of soggy leaves on
the pavement and in the gutter where people parked
for the pub. Barry Morris and Bob
Spree volunteered to clear it up. |
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Finance Rob
Lamin reported on the village finances and went through the itemised document
that was distributed. Expenditure and
requirements were discussed and a precept figure of £4,700 was agreed. Bob
Sampson, along with his son James and Stuart Burton had given their labour
free of charge for work carried out when erecting the flag pole and it was
agreed that the Chairman would write to thank them on behalf of the village. |
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Village Hall Martin
Littlejones gave a report on the activities in the Village Hall and the
intended redecoration programme. The
Village Hall AGM would be held on the 30th April and villagers
were encouraged to attend. |
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10. |
Community
Association Keith
Beeson reported on a very busy year and itemised all the events that the
Community Association had funded. |
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11. |
Church
Notices David
Durran reported on the work that was required to be carried out on the
church. It was envisaged that an extra
£3,000 would be needed and fund raising events were being planned including a
Promises Auction on May 15th. |
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12. |
Future
Meetings Dates
of future meetings to be circulated. |
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13. |
Any Other
Business The
state of the footpath on |