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Minutes of January 2018

Minutes from January 2018 meeting

UPPER NIDDERDALE PARISH COUNCIL
Parish Clerk: Mr Alan Bean
21 Doublegates Avenue, Ripon, HG4 2TP
Tel.: 01765 606395 E-mail: clerk4unpc@aol.co.uk

Minutes taken by Mr Alan Bean
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MINUTES OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON Monday 8th January 2018 at Ramsgill Village Hall at 7.30pm

  1. PRESENT Cllr S. Ramsden (Chairman); Cllr D. Fothergill, Cllr P Nethercoat, Cllr R Watson, Cllr A Challis, Cllr B Harrison, Cllr J Graham, Cllr A Sykes, Cllr J Carter

  2. APOLOGIES Cllr S Lumley

  3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

  4. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING Minutes for Parish Council Meeting held on 11th December 2017 at 7.30pm were proposed by Cllr P Nethercoat seconded by Cllr D. Fothergill, signed by Chairman Cllr Ramsden and agreed by all Councillors present as a true and accurate copy

  5. MATTERS ARISING Dog Warden, Cllr Lumley, who isn’t present today, is trying to arrange the Dog Warden to make contact. Planning issue raised after the recent application for Lofthouse post office, has had a response from HBC stating that basically they can decide if the application needs to go back to Parish Council, no matter if any changes are made that are significant or not. Telephone Box It was decided to check on HBC website to see if we can find details of where the notification for removal was placed. To be done before next meeting.

  6. COUNCILLORS REPORTS . Nothing at this time

  1. STREET LIGHTING Cllr Fothergill is to contact HBC to see what is stopping the Lofthouse light being fixed, and to follow up other lighting issues. He is also going to mention the up coming LED conversions, with reference to some places getting additional poles being placed, next to existing. This has occurred in a few locations where the relevant council has found existing lamps hard to convert.

  2. RIGHTS OF WAY No paperwork has arrived as of today.

  3. WAR MEMORIALS Nothing to report

  4. HIGHWAYS Cllr S Ramsden reported a number of Potholes in the local area. These are being reported via the Portal to Highways. Cllr S Ramsden had previously stated that he was going to contact Area 6 highways to help arrange a meeting with the best person to talk to regarding Gutter issues in the area. As not at this meeting, we are still awaiting this.

  5. PLAYGROUNDS REPORT .No new issues reported. Signage issues are still a concern. It appears someone is destroying signage in the area, which was noted last meeting as occurring at the playground in Lofthouse.

  6. PARISH CARETAKER A number of issues are pending, but cannot go forward as new caretaker is awaiting Insurance.

  7. PLANNING APPLICATIONS No applications this meeting.

  8. MILLENIUM MARQUEE nothing to report

  9. PINFOLD nothing to report

  10. WEBSITE Update due on a few items.

  11. DEFRIBILLATOR It was suggested that postcodes need writing on defibs in the area, to make it easier for emergency services. However it was seen that some do have them already written on. A letter is to be created by clerk for Chairman to sign and send to Heather Harker and Emily Challis.

  12. CORRESPONDENCE nothing to report

  13. ACCOUNTS

Balance of Millennium Marquee Account at 31/12/17 £ 2023.22

Balance of Business Account at 31/12/17 £ 5253.67

£ 7276.89

RECEIPTS

Interest £ 0.12

APPROVED PAYMENTS

Invoice For Parish Clerk

Salary 12/12/17 to 07/01/18 (4 wks at £36 per week) £ 144.00

Home office and Broadband/phone use (4 wks at £4 per week) £ 16.00

Expenses Fuel to and from Meetings (£10 per meeting) £ 10.00

£ 170.00

  1. CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS Nothing to report

  2. ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA

  3. NEXT MEETING 12th February 2018 at Lofthouse Village Hall

SIGNED BY ………………………………………………………………. DATE …………………………………………………….

CLLR S. RAMSDEN CHAIRMAN MONDAY 12th February 2018