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Cllr D Faulkner (Chair) Cllr R Kenworthy, Cllr R Read, Cllr A Todd, Cllr A Woodcock, and Cllr P George
1 member of the public
Cllr G Stoker
None
None
The minutes of the meeting held on the 9th November 2020 were approved Proposed by Cllr George seconded by Cllr Woodcock. The minutes will be signed at the first face to face meeting that is arranged following government advice.
Reports had been received and circulated.
Cllr Kenworthy reported that the building had not been formally signed off by Building Control and he was awaiting the electrical certification.
It was agreed that although the Clerk had made the decision to open the toilets without consultation, project decisions would be made by consultation with the council in future.
The clerk to conduct a site visit to confirm the desktop risk assessment for the toilets and unit. It was agreed that window cleaning should be by using a long-armed pole with no working from heights. The cleaner requested additional shelving in the cleaning cupboard – this is to be reappraised on site by the clerk and cleaner in light of the ultimately lockable storage unit under the sink. .
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The unit to be advertised with rent from £35-£60pw dependent on the maturity and size of the occupying business. The Clerk kindly agreed to take photographs of the unit and develop and distribute an appropriate advert.
None present.
None
None received
None undertaken
7/2020/4075 Glenrowan, Bootle Station,
Erect first floor extension, on side elevation
Granted
British Gas December electricity bill (direct debit) £ 9.08
SLCC membership renewal £ 34.00
L Cooper reimburse domain name renewal costs 2019-2021 £ 32.00
L Cooper Clerk’s salary and expenses £515.46
HMRC PAYE £107.60
KMC GRAFFIX Sign for toilets £ 15.00
P George Signage for toilets £ 27.57
Waterplus Water for toilets £ 62.36
Martin Stanev Design of Commemorative Poster £250.00
The following invoices were paid under financial standing orders
L Cooper Building Regulations fees £ 432.00
J Nuttall 1st payment for toilet refurb £12960.00
L Cooper Repayment of Naming costs £ 48.00
WH Amos New website and annual fee £ 850.00
L Cooper reimburse cleaning matls £ 180.96
J Nuttall 2nd payment for toilet refurb £ 8500.00
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Proposed by Cllr George Seconded by Cllr Read to approve payment.
L Cooper overpayment for Building Regulations £6.00
The Clerk reported that an overpayment had been made on the reimbursement of the Building regulations fee and this had been refunded to the council.
The Chair reported that paperwork had now been received from the bank to add Cllr Read as a signatory.
The Clerk reported that the bank statement had been checked and verified by the Internal auditor
The Clerk had undertaken an estimation of fixed costs for the remainder of the financial year which equated to approx. £4k. It was noted that there was one more bill to be received for completion of the building works.
The Clerk confirmed that the application for the precept for the financial year 2021/22 has been submitted
There were 3 vacancies on the council. An application to be co-opted on was received by Julie Fell.
It was proposed by Cllr Todd and Seconded by Cllr George and resolved that Ms Fell be co-opted onto the council.
Cllr Faulkner reported that the poster was now completed and required printing. Quotations to be obtained for the printing onto A1 laminate if Northern Rail were unable to provide this as part of the request for their contractors to conduct the installation to ensure compliance with all their procedures etc. It was a hoped that a ceremony could be held in June to coincide with the end of the war, subject to Covid-19 restrictions.
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The final draft document to be uploaded onto the website and notice board requesting comments and feedback from the community. A request for volunteers to take the plan forward will also be sought.
Cllr George reported that the problem on Hyton Lane had been reported to the dog warden. Cllr Todd to contact the dog warden and request that notices be put up
The Clerk to circulate the list of meeting dates for 2021.
It was resolved that the notice board attached to Captain Shaw’s school be moved to the newly refurbish toilet block. Cllr Faulkner to contact Bootle in Bloom to agree the position for planters to be placed outside of the toilet block in conjunction with the notice board. It was proposed this takes the form of one or two narrow planters to match others around the village. Once this is agreed the resiting of the notice board can be undertaken.
Cllr Faulkner was in discussion with ENW with regards to charge points. One suggestion is the car park next to the toilets for local resident overnight charging.
Cllr Faulkner reported that the race planned for March 2021 has been postponed to May 2022. It is hoped that an opening event can be held later in 2021
Cllr Faulkner reported that this was on-going
Cllr Faulkner reported that a meeting was held with RWM re the proposed GDF. It was noted that as expected there was a mixed response to the proposal for the potential siting of the GDF in South Copeland. In answer to Cllr Todd, he clarified that no decisions about siting had been taken. The Working group would look for areas with potential for the development of a GDF and then look to form a Community partnership which would guide the further examination of that potential.
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All correspondence has been previously circulated. No issues arise from the correspondence. The following had been received in addition:
The Clerk reported that a consultation had been received from LDNP re planning, this to be discussed at the February meeting.
The next meeting scheduled to be held 8 February 2021 at 7.30pm via Microsoft teams. Any member of the Public wishing to join the meeting will need to request access prior to the meeting via the Clerk to enable invitations to be sent prior to the start of the meeting.
There being no other business the Meeting closed at 9.16pm