June PC Mins

HUNSDON PARISH COUNCIL

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Minutes of Parish Council Meeting held at

8.00pm on Monday 28th June 2010 in the Village Hall, Hunsdon

= Present: - = Cllr D Gibbs (Chairman)

= ; &= nbsp; Cll= rs D Kitching (Deputy Chairman), M Newman, S Oliver, H Brown, B Toll.

= In attendance: - = J Robinette (Clerk), John Ashley (PPP Warden), 1 member of the public, Derek Clark (PP)

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1. Apologies for absence.

R Beeching, Cty Cllr and D Clark, Dist = Cllr.

2. Approval of minutes of parish council meeting held on 17^th May 2010

= The minutes were approved and sign= ed by the chairman.

3.&= nbsp; Reports on outstanding matters.

A414 crossing. After further investigation by chairman D Gibbs it was found that = no further progress had been made by Eastwick and Gilston Parish Council.

4. Reports from members representing the Parish Council on outside organisations and

= attending meetings on behalf of the Council

(a) Hunsdon = JMI School Gove= rnors. Cllr Newman informed = the council that the school fete which took place in May had been very success= ful and enjoyed by all. With regard to the school community governor appointme= nt, there had been 3 nominees for 2 current vacancies; informal interviews where tak= ing place and once the governors had identified their preference then one person would be put forw= ard to the PC as its representative= . Miss K Tugwell, teacher of reception class for 10 years was leaving the school = to take up a post in Broxbourne. She has been a valued member of the teaching= team and we wish her well. She will be replaced in January 2011; a supply teach= er will be sought for the autumn term.

(b) Parish Paths Partnership. Nothing to report.

= ; (c) Council for the Protection of R= ural England (CPRE). Nothing to repo= rt.

(d) Poor’s Land and St= ock Charity. Nothing to report.

(e) Village Hall Management Committee. The fete was a = great success and takings were up on last year. Thanks to all who helped. The refurbishment of the Village Hall’s annexe should be completed by the end of July. Refurbishment of the kitchen is ho= ped to take place if funding permits. An official opening day is likely to take place in September.

(f) Allotments. Allotments are being well l= ooked after and in full use, although the ditch again needs tidying. =

(g) Police Liaison. Cllr D Kitching informed the co= uncil he had been asked to advise on how best to deploy the rural special consta= bles to ensure they were placed effectively. He informed the council that there= had been no reported crimes within the village in the past month.

(h) SHN. Cllr Newman in= formed the council that a meeting took place between SHN and NHJV on 27^{th
May. Due to the change in recent government, local planning development de=
cisions
should now revert to Cty councils and therefore the E of E plan would beco=
me
obsolete. As public consultation is soon to commence on the Local Developm=
ent
Framework, SHN will be ensuring the opposition to H=
arlow
north is fully focused, to make certain that it is omitted from East Herts=
Local
Development Plan.}

(i) Dist Council. Nothing to report.

(j) <= u>County Council. Cty Cllr R Breeching h= ad E mailed the clerk a brief report. It was read to the council by Chairman D = Gibbs. It stated that the winter pothole repair work had almost been complete, resurfacing 100 sites and 1.2 million sq metres. The clearing of ice and s= now from foot paths had cost the council £3.8m. POLICE ACTIVITY Drivers = had been observed for 1 hour in Hertford between 8.15am & 9.15am; various distraction activities noted, they included use of mobile phones, reading, eating, drinking and doing hair and make up. Operation Utah had brought in a n= umber of arrests; including no insurance, no licence, theft of met= al, offensive weapons and counterfeit charity plastic bags. SAVINGS WITHIN THE COUNCIL. The next year’= ;s savings for the Cty council are as follows. 2010/11 £31m, 2011/12 £76m, 2012/13 £107m, 2013/14 £144m.

Parish Plan.

= Welcome Pack. After caref= ul consideration to publishing costs, this will now only be sent to new resid= ents within the village. (Approx 25 per year was agreed). The Parish Council ag= reed to fund the paper inserts on a yearly basis as these would need regularly updated. Cty Cllr R Beeching would fund the folders.

6. Village Infrastructure.

Bus Stop. Chairman D Gibbs was still trying to = pursue the placement of a seat at the C3 in Acorn St. He will update the council at the next me= eting.

VOTY. The judging had been held on 18th June, thanks to all who participated. The results would be announced on 1^st= July at County Hall.

Dog Bin and bench. The dog bin fo= r Back Lane = had been ordered and so had the bench for the play area. The clerk will now organis= e a contractor to place both of them.

Sign Post. A new contractor for the making of the village sign post must be sought.

7. Planning.<= o:p>

i. Decision by EHDC Development Control on earlier applications.

= ; i. The Laundry House, Church Lane. Proposed swimming pool and associated building. REFUSED

&= nbsp; ii. 6, Paddock Close: Insertion of rear dormer window: REFUSED.

ii. New Applications:

i. Berkeley House. 7 Widford R= oad: Removal of pool/poolhouse, construction of 2 and 1 storey bedroom house wi= th garage and parking.

2. Finance

i. Spending for approval

Clerk’s salary for June	£221.32
D Clark Internal Audit f= or 10	£40.00
Cash for Litter pickers	£100.00
Petty Cash	£40.00
Haptc annual sub	£522.09
J Franklin (grass cutting)	£412.43
St Albans Diocesan <= /span>( Rent)	£162.50

(b). End of Y= ear Finance

= ; The clerk informed the council that the internal audit had been completed by D Clark. He had confirmed that the council’s paperwork = had been correctly dealt with and had completed the external auditor’s paperwork. The councillors approved the figures for the end of year at the previous May’s meeting. Chairman D Gibbs and Clerk J Robinette signe= d all the paperwork for the external auditors. The clerk will now send this to t= he external auditors.

8. &= nbsp; Correspondenc= e.

= None recd.

9. &= nbsp; Any other bus= iness. <= /span>

&nb= sp; a. Spinney a= t Widford Road. Chairman D Gibbs agreed to speak with Savills regarding the use of the Spinney.

= b. Local Rural Conference. This = was attended by D Gibbs, M Newman and D Clark. They all felt that it had been = a = worthwhile day and that there were positive points to be noted

= c. Speeding of Tractors. It had = been noted that tractors had been speeding through the village and that the lar= ger = tractors encroached the on-coming traffics lane. D Gibbs agreed to speak with the l= ocal farmers.

= d. Bus Stop Church Lane. D Gibbs = agreed to write to request a bus stop in Church Lane, near Orchard House.

= Meeting closed a= t 9.15pm

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Minutes are always available on the village web sit= e - www.hunsdon.org.uk .