March 2023 Minutes
Notes of the Meeting of Tuesday 14th March 2023
Nettleton Village Hall
Present: Cllr K. Smith – Chair, Cllr J. Connolly – Vice Chair, Cllrs. A. Clark, D. Langmaid, Cllr T. Smith LCC.
No members of the public attended the meeting.
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE – Cllr. T. Regis (WLDC). Cllr A. O’Reilly – Reason Accepted.
2. TO RECEIVE COUNCILLORS’ DECLARATION OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCALISM ACT 2011- Cllr. J. Connolly – Village Hall
3. TO APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE NOTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL HELD 13TH MARCH 2023. These were signed and accepted as a true record. Proposed Cllr K. Smith (Chair), seconded Cllr. J. Connolly (VC)
4. TO RECIVE UPDATE FROMM LCC & WEST LINDSEY DISTRICT COUNCILLORS.
Cllr. T. Smith (LCC) Continued support, discussing ongoing repairs Normanby Road for the continued problems of surface water. This has been prioritised and updates will be communicated when available. Issues with traffic accidents @ Nettleton Gap are being looked into and updates will be given when available. If the Parish Council pay for any local gritting’ we were informed that this MUST follow the LCC gritting plans for those days. This would not be economical for the Parish Council to fulfil, so it was agreed that we would cease providing this. Snow clearing is still o.k.
5. CLERKS REPORT
As we do not have a Clerk for this meeting this section was not discussed.
6. FINANCE:
To authorise the signing of orders – The orders for payment made to the sum of £2291.76
Proposed Cllr. K. Smith, seconded Cllr. J. Connolly
Mr D Smith (Clock Winding) £150.00
J. Grainger - Jan & Feb & Mar £827.46
J. Grainger - refund of payment to HMRC £200.00
J. Grainger – Admin £26.00
LALC – Subs £236.30
LALC – Training £120.00
M. Williams -
Cumbrian Clock Co £132.00
AJ Williams – Grass cutting invoice (missed from 9/11) £600.00
Total £2291.76
7. TO DISCUSS THE PLAYING FIELD CHARITY
The letter from the Solicitor, setting out their Terms & Conditions was signed by Cllr. K. Smith & Cllr. J. Connolly and returned.
8. TO DISCUSS PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Gelders – Nettleton Fields – Discussions and correspondence still ongoing with regard to the naming of the new estate roads – ongoing.
9. TO DISCUSS KINGS CORONATION FUNDING APPLICATIONS / EVENT
It was agreed that this would not be taken any further at the moment, due to previous lack of feedback on previous events from the residents.
10. TO DISCUSS DATE OF MAY MEETING (FOLLOWING ELECTIONS)
It was agreed that the May meeting would be held on Tuesday 23rd May 2023
11. CORRESPONDENCE
Nothing to report
12. TO MOVE TO A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS STAFFING
Prior to going into this closed session, Tony Shaw, candidate for the vacant position of Parish Clerk, gave a brief speech explaining his background and experience as Parish Clerk for North Thoresby.
During the closed session all Cllrs in attendance agreed that we should offer the position to Tony, Proposed by Cllr K. Smith and Seconded by Cllr J. Connolly.
We agreed on a salary of £13.95 an hour and a reasonable time of overtime, to be agreed, to carry out a full and acceptable handover from the previous Parish Clerk.
A separate informal meeting to confirm the handover process will be arranged between Tony and the previous Clerk, with Cllrs K. Smith & J. Connolly and any other Councillors who wish to attend.
Meeting Closed at 8.25 pm
DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED