July 2022
Langriville Parish Council Meeting
11th July 2022 7pm
Langrick Village Hall.
In attendance Chairman Cllr Neil Jones, Cllr Joy Cawthorn, Cllr John Wood, & Cllr Nigel Standage
Agenda
1.07 Welcome from Chairman Cllr Neil Jones
2.07 Apologies and reasons heard from Cllr D Marshall, proposed and accepted
RESOLVED
3.07 No declarations of interest at this point.
4.07 Draft Notes previously circulated were proposed as a true and correct record of the meeting held on the 9th May 2022, Cllr Cawthorn, seconded Cllr Standage, all voted in favour RESOLVED Minutes were signed and date by Chairman.
5.07 Speed Indicators – Council discussed the 30mph speed limit and agreed that the SID should be used to check if this is being adhered to, sadly the evidence previously has not revealed any major speeding issues with the exception of the odd vehicle at the Gipsey Drove site, this will be the first site to be monitored and reports sent to RSP, Thank you to Cllr John Wood for the continue work with the SID
Councillor Paula Cooper joined the meeting.
6.07 Reports – District and County Council – Cllr Jones in his capacity as ELDistrict Cllr reported on the additional money that has been allocated to the coastal towns to encourage tourism. Cllr Wood asked if a report could be made to EA and East Lindsey about the sewage fouling the water course alongside the Malcolm Arms pub towards Castledyke the smells getting worse, this has been reported previously, Council RESOLVED to write as a neighbouring parish, also include the Ward member for Boston Borough.
7.07 Finances – proposal to pay as listed Cllr Standage, seconded Cllr Cawthorn, all voted in favour RESOLVED. Salary Feb/March £505, HMRC £120, Hall electric £32.66, water supplier £1, Defibrillator supplies x 2 sets of pads renewed £93.42, Grass cutting x 5 cuts £75
8.07 Clerks Retirement /resignation – Kathy Roberts handed in resignation copies to all councillors on 1st July 2022 – an advert has been placed on the LALC website along with Council website and locally on notice boards. A full handover is offered to the new employee if required, discussion on interview structure was unclear, clerk explained there are multiple vacancies and not many people wanting to take on the task, someone willing to learn is a good start. The hall bookings and general cleaning are advertised with the Clerks job – a key safe will be purchased to help with the opening up and closing of hall. Clerk to purchase and get fitted into the porch.
9.07 Planning – S/096/ – Craiglea, Armtree Road, rear extension to existing property – Council supported (No objections) RESOLVED
10.07 Parishioner email – sent to Chairman –following the response from the clerk to Chairman and parishioner with an invite to come along and talk to Council directly no further correspondence had been received, the proposal that no further action was required put forward by Cllr Cooper seconded Cllr Cawthorn, all voted in favour RESOLVED
11.07 Clerks report on any correspondence not covered above; there was no call for election following the resignation of Carrone Daft, cooption can be advertised, applications to be put forward at September meeting. Hall bookings are up a lady is booking for the full day and setting up and catering for events, three have been held so far, all very successful, there is also a weekly booking for a band practice. The clerk explained that her aim is to continue to book the hall for the Langrick Matters coffee mornings and the Produce Show in September plus any other events the group might hold during the year. The gardens are looking the best they have done and L Matters hope to hold a garden party in the near future. The Jubilee tea party went very well and all that attended enjoyed themselves, many thanks to all the providers of food, it was an excellent spread, thank you to Cllrs Jon Wood and Cllr David Marshall for coming along , special thanks to Cllr Nigel Standage for sending his wife along with the most delicious lemon drizzle cake.
12.07 Date and time for next meeting to be confirmed – Monday 19th September 2022
Kathy will attend if required to assist with introductions and final hand over.