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The Meeting of the Parish Council was held on Wednesda= y 18th June 2008 at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall Annexe, Cottingham.

 

Present: =   Cllrs Phillipson (Chair), Ainge, Alvey, Claypole, Cole and Dickens, Mrs Medwell (Parish Clerk), County Cllr Heggs and one member of the public.

1.  Apologies for Absence:     Cllr Robertson

2.  Declaration of Interest:      Cllr Philli= pson declared a non-prejudicial interest in the Middleton Village Hall project.<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>              &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;            

3. Minutes: The minutes of 21st May = 2008 were duly approved and signed.

        =            Proposed Cllr Ainge         Seconded Cllr Dickens  =    

4.  Ma= tters Arising:

Cllr Phillipson said that a positive response had been received from Cottingham Parish Council to join the Village Litter Pick. Cl= lr Alvey agreed to assist Cllr Robertson in co-ordinating the pick, probably to take place in September / October.

5. Meeting Open for Public Participation:

County Cllr Heggs requested that the Council resend the bid for the new gate on The Hill/ Jurassic Way footpath as there was still £1,000 funding for ‘Sa= fer Communities’ available (actio= n DP). He also requested that all pot holes in the Village be identified and a list sent to May Geurney.

Mr Allsop discussed and displayed a site plan and prop= osals for the new meeting room.

 (Meeting= closed to the public.)        =                     =

6. Village Hall Project:

Cllr Phillipson advised that documentation f= or adoption by CBC is ready to sign and acknowledged the hard work done by Mr Allsop on the draft plan of the building.

7. Highways:

Elder Tree – Removed, the Council expressed their thanks to Simon Medwell.

Wood = Lane / Occupation Lane and Jurassic Way (Camsdale Walk end) – Identified as having obstructions or in need of cutting back. Clerk to cont= act NCC Rights of Way (action JM).<= /p>

Flooding at Longridge Nurs= ery – Cllr Phillipson suggested that Ms Wright write to her neighbour in = view that ground works done there the previous year may be contributing to the flooding.

8. Dog Fouling:

The Clerk reported that she had a site meeting with CBC Angela McNeill tomorrow afternoon to finalise exact locations of dog bins. = The Council identified these as being along Camsdale walk, on the verge entrance to Darescroft and b= y the culvert in Glover Court.

9. Village Matters:

Cllr Phillipson advised that the current village sign = would be suitable if the bushes obstructing the site were cleared. Cllr Dickens commented that the bus shelter needed clearing (action JM).

 

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10. Planning:

There were no planning applications to discuss.

11. VHMC:

Cllr Claypole reported that the court case had been se= ttled and queried whether the donation from Middleton Parish could be reinstated.= The Council agreed to put on next = months agenda.

12. Finance:

a)   The following cheques were presented for signature and agreed:

101011  &nbs= p;         Web Site and Methodist Church Hall  &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       37.25

101012  &nbs= p;         VHMC Hall Hire     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        22.50

101013  &nbs= p;         Transfer to National Savings    =                      =      8,740.00    &nbs= p;   

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b)  SUMMA= RY OF BALANCES        =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =                      =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;        

National Savings =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =                  62,412.28

Business Reserve =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =                =       163.73

Community Account = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;           =             &= nbsp;           =    2,699.97

 

Less Allocation for Village Hall            =                       62,740.00

Total:  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;                   &= nbsp;           =             &nb= sp;  2,535.98

 

Cllr Phillipson asked the clerk to look into the possi= bility of using electronic banking (action= JM).

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13.  Correspondence:

Amongst other correspondence were the following items:=

Minutes –Weldon (e-mailed) and Cottingham PC’s  

ACRE – Village Viewpoint / Playing Field / Community Speed watch Newsletter

Environment Agency – River Welland Flo= od Management Plan

NALC – Update        =             &nb= sp;    CPRE – Fieldwork

CBC – Code of Con= duct Complaints Process

Northants police – Monthly Crime Report

Community SpeedWatch Newsl= etter

Letters    An= glian Water – Pipeline Project Update

               CBC Simon Alvey – Compact Pilot on Standards        =          

14.  A= ny Other Business:

Cllr Phillipson commented that the agenda be more deta= iled and specific issues for agreement identified under the items.

 There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.20 pm&nbs= p;

 

Minutes to be ratified at the next meeting on the 16th July 2008.

 

 

Signed…………………= ;………….Chairman        =       Date………………………&= #8230;…

 

 

 

Clerk:     Mrs J Medwell    3 Main Street, Middleton, Market Harborough LE16 8YU        =          Tel: 01536 771234   &= nbsp;   

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