Full Council Agenda 8 Mar 2016

The members of Morebath Parish Council are summoned to the following meeting
of Morebath Parish Council
to be held in the Village Hall, Morebath on
Tuesday 08 March 2016 at 7.30pm
MEMBERS: Cllr Jeffrey Andrew (Chairman) Cllr Tony Conway (Vice Chairman) (*)
Cllr Merv Adams (*) Cllr Bob Hatton Cllr Peggy Reed (*)
Cllr Brian Smeeton Cllr John Wescott (*)
Clerk: Martin French
Invited
Cllr Polly Colthorpe - County & District Council Representative
Cllr Ray Stanley - District Council Representative
Cllr Andrew Moore - District council Representative
Members of the public are also invited to attend and have the opportunity to speak in item 4 only
AGENDA
Meeting protocol 7:30pm – 8:00pm
1. Apologies
Cllr Merv Adams
2. Declaration of interest
3. Dispensation to councillors
4. Open Forum – members of the public, and councillors with an interest have the opportunity to address the meeting (limiting their contribution to 3 minutes)
5. Minutes of the meetings held on 12 January 2015 (minutes have been circulated)
To be agreed as true and accurate record and to be signed by the Chairman
6. Reports
a. County Councillor (PC)
b. District Councillor (RS) (AM)
c. Police (PCSO)
Items for discussion and decision 8:00pm – 9:00pm
7. Grasscutting (JA)
a. Update
b. Proposal : It is proposed to confirm with Bill Dart that he can continue with grass cutting around the car park
c. Proposal : It is proposed that a grass cutting contractor is sought for the additional areas of the old railway bridge, the play area, (others to be named) up to a maximum expenditure of £400 per annum
8. Road Safety (BH)
a. Progress report
9. Environment (BS)
a. Update on matters
i. Velthams Barn
ii. The Old Post Office
b. Proposal : It is proposed to spend a maximum of £500 on preparation, plants and planters, for the area adjacent to the old railway bridge
c. Proposal : It is proposed to allocate up a budget limit of £250 per annum towards the upkeep of the area around the old railway bridge
d. Proposal : It is proposed that purchases are made from Cove Garden Nursery
e. Proposal : It is proposed that a Working Group is set up to carry out the initial work and to maintain the site alongside the old railway bridge
f. Proposal : It is proposed to purchase two bollards to be erected at either end of the old railway bridge at a cost of £150 plus installation.
10. Footpath P3 (BH)
a. Proposals for 2016/17
Items of Information
Finance, Planning & other organisational matters 9:00pm – 9:30pm
11. Planning
12. Communication with MDDC re mobile home
13. Finance (Clerk)
a. Bank balance to date Current Acct £
Business Reserve Acct £
b. M French (Clerk) £153.60
c. HMR&C £38.40
d. DALC £45.00 (Highways conference Bob Hatton)
e. TAP funding
Proposal : It is proposed to apply for TAP funding of £250 to make repairs to the tent used for the village fete
f. VAT refunded £223.54 received
14. Date of Next Meeting
a. Parish Council Meeting Tuesday 10 May 2016 at 7:30pm
………Martin J French……….. Martin J French (Clerk) Dated:- 04 March 2016
(*) Bank Mandate Signature