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Crofton Parish Council
Minutes of
the Parish Council meeting held
Present; Councillors, Chalkley (Chair), Bennett, Brown, Duffy K, Hewitt, Jacques, Makin, Ripley, Schofield, Towns, Voros and Wrigg.
In attendance; 3 members of the public
District Councillor Manifield.
04/001 Receive report from
PC Daley presented his report for the Safe Scheme covering the month of March 2007
Cllr Towns asked if he would pay attention to the behaviour
of children misusing the bus shelter on High Street in front of the High School.
Cllr Hewitt made PC Daley aware of gangs of youths seen congregating on
04/002 Receive briefing from Wakefield MDC
District Councillors
Cllr Manifield informed members
that discussions had been held with WMDC management staff concerning
It had been noted that the road encompassing the Parish Council Car Park had been refurbished. Cllr Bennett stated that the refuse bins on Springhill Drive had not been collected one week due to times having been changed, no notification had been received which had created the problem, Cllr Manifield was asked to notify WMDC Waste Recycling Services about the matter and so that it would not be repeated.
Cllr Schofield asked Cllr Manifield
to establish if the new road surface on
Cllr Duffy K, offered thanks to the District Councillors for
their help and support in dealing with a matter on her behalf.
04/003 Public
participation session
A representative from Crofton Carnival informed members that despite the Community Centre’s financial problems and the news that it was to go into administration, this would not effect the hosting of the Carnival. Members were informed that a Police presence would not be provided for such events unless applied for, this would result in a cost being incurred. The Parish Council were asked if funds provided for the Safe Scheme could be used for this purpose.
Residents in attendance took the opportunity to inform PC Daley that ‘off road’ motor bikes were being ridden in a dangerous manner in the New Crofton area, often at
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weekends when children were still
playing out, also that 4x4 vehicles were seen going
off the road on land to the rear of Spring Lane. PC Daley duly noted these concerns. In answer to a question from Cllr Bennett, he confirmed that quad bikes needed to display registration plates but the wearing of helmets by the rider was not compulsory.
04/004 Apologies
for absence
District Councillor Cummings and Isherwood
Councillor Duffy S.
04/005 Declarations of Interest
Cllr Bennett declared his interest with regard Planning and Highway matters
04/006 Minutes of the previous meeting
The minutes of the previous meeting held on
04/007 Discuss
matters arising from previous minutes
The Clerk had now received a response from WMDC Environment
about the street sweepers, he informed members that no further news had been
received concerning the request for the pedestrian crossings,
he would try ascertain an answer for the next meeting. The Clerk was still
awaiting a response from the letter sent to WMDC concerning traffic congestion
and the letter sent to the owners of the land on
The Clerk had now established the contact to enable the Electric sub station to be maintained regularly.
04/008 Community
Facilities
Report Parish Centre
The Open Day recently held had been well attended, however
the Clerk reported that as yet, no booking had been received other than the
expected Police meeting and the arrangements for the forthcoming Council
Elections.
Cllr Makin informed members that there were no problems to report, the Clerk stated that alternative suppliers had been approached to provide washroom/sanitary services following the cancellation of the contract with the present service providers PHS.
Report Allotments
Cllr Hewitt informed members that there were no problems to
report and that there was an Allotments Committee meeting on the 20th
April in the Parish Centre.
Cllr Wrigg informed members that conditions were satisfactory and that new charges had been implemented for the accounting year 2008/09. Members agreed to arrange a visit to the cemetery later in the year.
04/009 Discuss Traffic issues
Cllr Ripley informed members, that he had noted that the access to the cellar of the Cock & Crown Public House was in an awkward position making it difficult for the vehicle delivering supplies, it was also creating an obstruction, Cllr Ripley had
spoke to the landlord about the matter.
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Cllr Bennett had observed other access problems, the Clerk would arrange a site meeting with Cllr Chalkley to note such concerns.
It was reported that a young boy had been knocked over by a
car in the area of
04/010 Parish Leases
Nothing to report.
04/011 Cleansing/Environment
Cllr Jacques had noted graffiti on a wall in High Street (see
also minute 04/001)
such matters need to be reported to the WMDC Neighbourhood Action team on phone number 0845 8 506 506.
Cllr Ripley provided members with a picture of a tree on
04/012 Planning Notifications
Cllr Towns commented on the application (08/00140/FUL) from Birkwood House Farm which had been approved.
04/013 Financial matters
The Clerk having
informed members of invoices to be paid received no objections, as there were
not enough cheques to enable the payment of some invoices, it was agreed that when
a new cheque book was received, the Clerk would contact the signatories to have
them signed prior to the next Parish Council meeting.
Members were in
agreement with the content of the monthly accounts and the Budget
Quarter
figures.
Members agreed to the
appointment of the Internal Auditor used the previous year.
With regard to the Draft
Accounts and funding for the Rainbows, this was discussed in private.
04/014 Correspondence received
Members noted the content of the information received, in particular note 6; Cllr Ripley had received information that the land was registered to the Parish Council, the Clerk having read the deeds suggested this was not the situation, in view of any anomaly, the Clerk would write to the Land Registry to seek clarification and ensure the correct details were recorded. Note 9; members agreed that the Clerk should respond to the request, by stating that clearing the area was a Health & Safety issue and that they had a duty of care to do so, irrespective of the cost involved without a return of income for doing so. The application for housing would be considered as and when the Parish Council was so notified.
Note 10; Cllr Chalkley agreed to take the map that had been provided and copy it for other members who had requested a copy.
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04/015 Parish
matters
Cllr Ripley informed members that he had reported that 3
street lights were not operating on
Councillors were asked for their thoughts on having the grass at the War Memorial re-seeded, it was agreed that the matter would be placed on the Agenda for discussion at some point in the future.
04/016 Date of next meeting
Resolved; that the next meeting to be held on Tuesday, 20th
May 2008 at 7.15pm in Crofton Parish
Centre, High Street, Crofton.
04/017 Members
of the public and press were to leave before agenda no.18
It was agreed
04/018 Matters
to be discussed in private
It was resolved that a grant be awarded to the Crofton Rainbows.
The Clerk was asked to reduce the amount allocated to S137 and increase the Donation/Contribution figure.
Signed Date Chairman Crofton Parish Council