2024 Parish Council Agendas

To All Parish Councillors

You are summoned to the Parish Council meeting of Saltfleetby Parish Council

to be held on Tuesday 9th January 2024 at 7pm, at St Peter’s Church.

The meeting will commence with a maximum of 10 minutes Open Forum for residents to raise any issues, after which Parishioners are then requested not to interrupt during the business of the meeting.

Signed:

Pauline Murray Saltfleetby Parish Clerk

AGENDA

Statutory Procedures:

APOLOGIES and approval for absence.

1. DECLARATION OF INTEREST & REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATIONS – To receive any declaration from Councillors; Council to consider any written requests for dispensations and resolve whether to grant acceptance.

2. NOTES of the Parish Council Meeting held on 7TH November 2023 to be approved as minutes and any points to be noted.

For Information:

3. DISTRICT/COUNTY COUNCILLOR REPORT – Cllr McNally/Cllr Rickett to report if available.

Items for Discussion/Ratification:

4. PARKING ON THE FOOTPATH OPPOSITE MARSHLANDS

The verge opposite Marshlands often gets overcrowded – Cllr Stones

5. NEW PERMISSIVE FOOTPATH

We have been offered to allow the public access over part of  some land onto the existing Green Lane. If this was acceptable it would open up another circular route not normally walked. We need to discuss this and, if agreed, appoint a PC member to liaise with the Lincolnshire County Council - Cllr Stones

6. COUNCILLOR VACANCIES

Update

7. TRAINING

Training courses will be circulated from LALC by the clerk and then approved for attendance by either the Chair or the Parish Council depending on timing.

8. DEFIBRILLATORS

Unfortunately although the Clerk submitted a swift response the Parish Council were unsuccessful in obtaining a grant for another defibrillator – see email sent below:-

We are writing to advise that the 100 successful applicants who have been awarded a fully funded Community Defibrillator via the Department of Health & Social Care Community Defibrillator Scheme have now been notified.

 A further 1900 match funded Community Public Access External Defibrillators are now available via this scheme.

 After the funding is applied the cost of the Defibrillator and External Heated Cabinet with keypad lock (for installation on an external wall & cabinet requires a power supply) to yourselves is only £750.00 including P&P!!

The equipment will be dispatched via our chosen suppliers, London Hearts Charity.

After looking at the costings involved it would seem to be a better option to purchase a couple ourselves and to this end we have put a budget in to the precept (see item 18 below).  A Councillor has asked if placing a defibrillator outside the church might be a good idea.

9. ST CLEMENTS CHURCHYARD 

The Parish Council may want to consider adopting this churchyard – Councillor Hatton

10. BRIDGE AT THE ANGEL

The bridge at the Angel needs attention – Councillor Stone

11. INTERNAL ROUTER FOR CHURCH

Possibility of acquiring an internal router for use in the Church – Councillor Lusby

12. BANKING

The banking is now sorted and the Clerk has access to all necessary accounts.

13. COMMUNITY ASSET APPLICATION

The Clerk has emailed the Property Section of ELDC and received an application form to enable the Parish Council to apply for the Methodist Church/Snooker Hall to become a Community Asset should they want to do so.

14. PLANNING APPLICATIONS

• Date received Application Number 02/11/2023 N/145/02137/23 Particulars and location of the development PROPOSAL: Planning Permission - Construction of a new access bridge to the west of the existing bridge which is to be demolished. LOCATION: PROPOSED NEW ACCESS BRIDGE FOR ELM HOUSE FARM, MAIN ROAD, SALTFLEETBY
• PLANNING INSPECTORATE REFERENCE: EN070008 Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has accepted an application by CHRYSAOR PRODUCTION (U.K.) LIMITED, 23 Lower Belgrave Street, London, SW1W 0NR (“the Applicant”) for a Development Consent Order (“DCO”) under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 (“the Application”). The Application was submitted by the Applicant on 23 October 2023 and accepted for examination on 17 November 2023. Summary of the Proposed Development The Viking CCS Pipeline (‘the Proposed Development') comprises a new 24’’ (609 mm) diameter onshore pipeline of approximately 55.5 km in length, which will transport carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Immingham industrial area to the Theddlethorpe area on the Lincolnshire coast, where it will connect into the existing 36’’ (921 mm) diameter offshore LOGGS pipeline

15. CORRESPONDENCE

The Clerk received the following email with questions for consideration:-

1, In the parish newsletter on page 17 it states that there has been ‘a large volume of disinformation against the Saltfleetby Parish Council, individual residents and organisations within the village’

Can the PC clarify what the misinformation is so that residents know what is truth and what is fiction, also who the ‘vociferous individuals’ are.

2, On page 21 of the same newsletter it states that the institution of the speed signs has been done voluntarily at no cost to the Parish. The speed signs have been paid for by Windfarm money, ultimately Parish residents money. The statement is misleading.

3, Why did the PC NOT lay a wreath at the remembrance service?

4, The village seems to have suffered several power outages of recent – can the parish council support the residents by contacting the power company?

16. SALTFLEETBY INFORMATION FACEBOOK PAGE

This page has ‘Please be advised that this page has NOTHING to do with the Saltfleetby Parish Council’

The issue being that the above facebook page has used the URL ‘saltfleetbyparishcouncil’ which means should the Parish Council wish to set their own facebook page up they couldn’t do so.

17. FINANCIAL MATTERS

Parish Council:-

Accounts paid/authorised:

• Matrix Groundcare – Invoice 0148 dated 11/9/2023 £60

• Clerk’s salary for quarter August to October 23 paid along with £49 for training fees to LALC
• Louth Town FC – Hire of room £50 20/11/2023
• Councillor training LALC  £15 plus mileage £37.53

Monthly Councillors Report as of 31st December 2023 for approval.

Bank Reconciliation and Receipts and Payments 31st December 2023 for approval.

Wind Farm Fund:-

Accounts 2021/22 have been sent for Audit.

Accounts paid/authorised:-

• Matrix Groundcare – Invoice 0148 dated 11/9/2023 £40
• Matrix Groundcare – Invoice 0154 dated 24/9/2023 £100
• Whitelight - £1,996.80 invoice dated 28/6/2023
• Kenwick Park Golf Shop - £999.00 invoice dated 24/9/2023
• Matrix Groundcare – Invoice 0160 dated 7/10/2023 £100
• Bailey Jacklin - £131.60 invoice dated 27/10/2023
• Matrix Groundcare – Invoice 0166 30/10/2023 £100
• Matrix Groundcare – Invoice 0167 30/10/2023 £325
• Poppyshop - £28.99 invoice dated 16/10/2023
• LCC - £1,200 invoice dated 28/11/2023
• Louth Town FC £40 invoice dated 20/11/2023
• Elancity £10,560 invoice dated 8/11/2023

Wind Farm Income/Expenditure to date report as at 31st December 2023 for approval.  

Update on traffic calming work  - Cllr Hatton

There are 2 applications for the Wind Farm Fund:-

1. Louth Town Football Club - £500 towards the improvement of the car park surface 
2. Saltfleetby Community Association - £256.50 purchase and erect village Christmas tree

18.SETTING OF THE PRECEPT 2024/25

The detail for the calculation of the precept will be sent around the Councillors before the meeting.  Basically it’s been kept at the same amount as last year (£9k) with an amount set aside for purchasing defibrillators as mentioned in Item 8.

19. CLERK’S REPORT

Very pleased to report that I now have access to both of the Parish Council bank accounts so l’m able to assess the financial position of the Parish Council and prepare the relevant financial information to bring to meetings.  Also since the last meeting I’ve been on a VAT course for non-registered Councils through LALC.  This has proved very useful and I have been able to look back with effect from 1st April 2022 for both the Parish Council accounts to see how much VAT we can reclaim from HMRC. One important point that arose was the fact that Councillors shouldn’t buy items for the Parish Council and be reimbursed only the Clerk - the Clerk is the only employed person to act for the Council.  I should have the VAT task completed in a couple of weeks.

20. UPDATE ON PREVIOUS ACTIONS

21. ITEMS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA – Council to add any additional specific items to be discussed at the next meeting:

Next Parish Council meeting will take place on Tuesday 5th March 2024