17th May 2012

FOLLIFOOT WITH PLOMPTON PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday 17th May 2012

Present: Councillors B. Fisher, T. Martin, N. MacDermid , C. Florance, T. Hall and E. Jones, Margaret Kettlewell (Internal Auditor), M. Hammond (Neighbourhood Watch) and five residents.

Election of Chairman: T. Martin proposed B. Fisher continued as Chairman, this was seconded by N. MacDermid. B. Fisher was unanimously elected as Chairman of Follifoot with Plompton Parish Council.

Election of Vice-Chairman: N. MacDermid proposed T. Martin and this was seconded by

T. Hall. T. Martin was unanimously elected as Vice-Chairman of Follifoot with Plompton Parish Council.

Co-option: B. Fisher proposed E. Jones was Co-opted onto the Parish Council; this was seconded by N. MacDermid. E. Jones was unanimously elected as a Parish Councillor.

B. Fisher said he had received an application for the position of Parish Councillor from

C. Gogna, unfortunately he was unable to attend the meeting. A resolution was made that C. Gogna was Co-opted onto the Parish Council, and he would sign the Declaration before the next meeting. The Parish Councillors unanimously agreed to Co-opt C. Gogna onto the Parish Council, he was duly elected.

• Apologies: Apologies received from C. Bayliss.

• Declaration of interest in items on the agenda: N. MacDermid declared an interest in the phone kiosk.

• Public Participation session:

• B. Butler said he would assist with the flower containers around the village.

T. Martin said he would liaise with B. Butler. B. Fisher thanked B. Butler for the floral displays he had done over the past several years, and for his continued support.

• Two residents said they supported the proposed planning application for a Rugby Club. B. Fisher said the Parish Council could not comment until they had viewed the proposed plans, he also said the Parish Council would represent the views of the residents. B. Fisher said he had received a piece of paper with the proposed layout on, it was available for viewing. Another resident said he had attended the meeting to view the proposed plans and he supported the plans.

• A resident said he continued to be concerned about the speed of traffic in the village and surrounding area. The resident said he was in support of the 20’s plenty campaign and Main Street should have a default speed limit of 20mph. The Chairman said the Parish Council take speeding vehicles seriously and has requested speed monitoring to be carried out in the village.

• Minutes of the meeting held on 12th April 2012 : The minutes were proposed by T. Martin and proposed by T. Hall.

• Matters arising from the minutes : None

• Chairman’s communications : The Chairman said that the Rugby Club developers had requested a meeting with the Parish Council. He therefore proposed an Open Meeting was held on Monday 2 nd July, 7.30pm in Follifoot Village Hall. Notices will be displayed in the village.

• Matters concerning Plompton: None

• Parish Council Elections:

• Declaration – Parish Councillors and the Chairman signed their declarations.

• Vacancies – None

• Co-option – E. Jones and C. Gogna were co-opted on to the Parish Council at the commencement of the meeting.

• Mandate for HSBC Account – The clerk to arrange for the new Parish Councillors to be signatories on the account

• Parish Councillor Roles:

• Flowers – T. Martin volunteered to organise the flowers for the tubs in the village.

• YLCA Rep – It was decided not to have a YLCA representative

• Village Hall Rep – C. Florance volunteered to represent the Parish Council

• Speeding : Following residents concern at the Annual Parish Meeting over the speed of the traffic in the village, the Parish Council unanimously agreed a default speed limit of 20 mph on entry and through the village should be applied. The clerk will organise the village shop to take charge of the petition, and will place a notice on the board.

• Phone Kiosk : B. Fisher said he had spoken with the solicitor over the confusion of the Easement/Licence. The Solicitor will organise a Licence as soon as possible.

• Review of Insurance : The Parish Councillors agreed that the insurance was suitable and instructed the clerk to organise.

• Waste and Recycling Meeting: N. MacDermid gave a report on the recent meeting he attended. He said Follifoot will receive information regarding the new waste management service to commence on 2 nd July 2012.

• New Residents Correspondence: B. Fisher said he would look over the documents the clerk had prepared. To be discussed at the next meeting.

• Parish News Letter : B. Fisher said he would look over the documents the clerk had prepared. To be discussed at the next meeting.

• Village Layman: Following the Annual Parish Meeting suggestion of a village Layman, it was decided that C. Florance would speak with the Layman from Spofforth to ascertain his roles and responsibilities and report back at the next meeting.

• Broadband Update: M. Hammond said he will organise a meeting with P. Dawson, to discuss Broadband progress. The Chairman asked him to investigate if the school has a fibre optic cable.

• Highways:

• N. MacDermid said drivers often park on the right at the top of Main Street , opposite the village green. He said this makes it difficult for the buses to turn down Main Street , he suggested that double yellow line be placed from the top of Main Street to the Phone Kiosk, to prevent the problem. The Chairman asked the clerk to correspond with the bus service and Highways regarding the problem.

• Finance:

• Balance at the bank was total £10,923.57

• Request for authorisation of expenditure – Clerk’s Training with SLCC £25.00, Replacement of Historic Plaque Sign £149.00, Renewal of Insurance with AON £342.22, Parish Councillor Gifts £100.00, Neighbourhood Watch Expenses £78.00. Expenditure proposed by B. Fisher and seconded by T. Martin.

• Clerk’s correspondence:

• The clerk said she had received information on the Follifoot Cricket Club Gala on

23rd September 2012.

• C. Florance suggested the Parish Council purchased some bulbs from the HBC scheme. The Parish Councillors agreed, the Chairman asked the clerk to organise.

• Planning:

• Applications: No applications had been received.

• No applications received since the agenda was compiled

• Outcome of previous applications: None

• Planning enforcement notice-

• Follifoot Hall, Pannal Road , Follifoot

Case No 12/00210/PR15 Planning Ref: 12/01365/PDUCO; 10/02919/FUL

• Land Comprising Part Of OS Field 8200 – Thistle Hill, Knaresborough 12/00223/BRPC

• Date of next meeting: 8pm on 14th June 2012 at Follifoot Village Hall