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A meeting of the Parish Council was held on Monday the 13th day of OCTOBER 2014 at
the Methodist Chapel, Bell Street - commencing 7.30pm.
COUNCILLORS PRESENT: - Mrs Batten
(Chairwoman), Mr Lambert (Vice Chair) Messrs. Cooper, Storey, Spanswick, Cock, Mrs Mills and Mrs Bane. Also present one member of public.
APOLOGIES - received from Mr Leamon,
Mr Samuels, Mrs McGeeney
& Sq Leader Neilds.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST - none declared.
MINUTES of the last meeting were taken as read, agreed and
duly signed by the Chairwoman.
PUBLIC SPEAKING - the meeting was suspended 7.32pm - re-opened
7.34pm.
MATTERS ARISING
1 RAF Feltwell - Mr
Storey advised he had been invited and attended a
Olympic style sports day on the base on 29th September. Over 300
people took part, a very good experience and he was grateful for being able to
attend.
2 SNT - email advising non
attendance, last 6 months crime figures given, these were advised.
3 Risk Assessment - Clerk
advised Prince’s Trust unable to paint play equipment due to time scale but our
email has been distributed to other projects. Gutters full again. The weather has
prevented the tennis court being swept, the court
should have been weed killed again 9/10. Fence still
on-going. Mrs Bane did report - containers
left near bin, Clerk advised these were full of glass, Ms Sargent
must have put these in the bottle bank - containers will be placed in bin.
Black bin has broken off base in play area - Mrs
Batten would look at this. Falcon Rd & Spar entrances wire needs to be
looked at. Mr Cock would do next inspection.
4 Changing Rooms - Mr
Dent carried out boiler service, reduced price of £35 net charged. Meter was
changed on 10th October. Chair advised that Mr Samuels has had her
keys to snag the building and would talk with Mr Halls re
a few items that need attention, nothing further heard. A lot of paperwork in
file was irrelevant to our building, Mr Samuels has been asked to re-do this.
It is 1 year since end of grant form completed, no
plaque yet received, Clerk to chase this, Mr Storey would enquire if Mr White
has received this.
5 Balance Sheet - Clerk
to remove “Oak Garden” off sheet.
6 Allotment Pest Control
- Chair reported of meeting held with Mr Smith, more boxes are now sited,
poison used was a solid block, replaced monthly. Tenants to be advised not to
feed chickens with maize as this is a antidote to the poison used, tenants
meeting is being held next month committee will advise. Some tenants had
requested that bait boxes are not sited near their chickens. Mr Storey advised
the contents of the bait box inspected was not of a solid block. Area to be monitored,
agreed.
7 NALC - weekly updates
received. Norfolk link copy to all councillors.
Reminders of area meetings & training update.
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MATTERS ARISING CONT
8 Rangers Visit -
response received from Highways & Cllr Daubney - Highways advise that they are dealing with issues
at present with the contractor dealing with the weed killing. Cllr Daubney advises that the
kerbed areas in the village are swept every 14 weeks, next visit due 27th
October. The Borough Council has a rural street cleaning operative whose area
includes Feltwell and who visits every 2 weeks. If we have any problems with
litter/detritus on footways then the clean up service should be directly
contacted. This was discussed as there is no evidence of this operative
visiting the village, Clerk to contact the clean-up team. Apparently the
Rangers are allocated ½ a day in each Parish. Contractor in village again 23rd
September, again hit and miss on areas - a lot of areas missed especially the
footpaths, operative did not get off their quad bike to reach areas. Another
letter to be sent to Highways re this complete waste of public money, all
agreed.
9 Road Sweeper/Verge Cutting -
as advised sweeper should be in village again 27/10. Clerk to enquire if any
further cuts are due for verges.
10 Review of Committees - Nobody
volunteered to join Allotment Committee, the possibility of tenants being on the
committee was discussed. This would be discussed further.
11 St Nicholas
Churchyard - Mr Storey advised bush has been removed, Mr Lambert disposed of
rubbish.
12 E Truss MP - Mrs Batten advised she had had a meeting with the MP, no
response received re her enquiries.
13 Old School Close - no work yet
done, Clerk emailed again 6/10 no response, telephoned today waiting for a
response.
14 Play Equipment - NFN
15 Skate Park - Mrs Bane advised she has enquired re section 106 funding,
apparently if less than 20 new properties are built then this payment is not
due. Section 106 is being replaced by CIL, this charge
will be levied on all new properties built. Mrs Bane
has also enquired re Borough funding from Mr Lawrence, no response yet.
16 Encroaching Growth - Bell Street -
removed.
17 EDP - WW1 Honours - Clerk advised editor had telephoned on 13th
August, he apologised for not replying to first
letter. He advised that the names printed in the paper were obtained from a
book that listed those lost in WW1 but Feltwell, as well as other areas, were
not in this book. An apology would not be printed, in issues since invites have
been made for lists of names to be sent in. If a list of those lost to Feltwell
is received, this will be published. Mr Cock & Mr Cooper would do this.
18 Fly Tipping - Mr Storey
advised culprit dumping tyres along Southery Road has been identified, this should put a stop
to the fly tipping.
19 Walkway - off Falcon Road - Clerk has not
inspected this since last letter sent, in hand.
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MATTERS ARISING CONT
20 Audit - completed,
notices posted with copy of return, note by external auditor re requirements
for expenditure/income over £200,000, Clerk has noted this.
21 Community Access
Defibrillator - Clerk enquired if one of these could be sited in the village? This
was discussed and would be discussed further at next meeting.
22 Report to Highways -
Highways have advised they are currently under discussion with the development
control team as to who is responsible to erect a one way sign opposite the exit/entrance
to Old School close along The Beck. For now a temporary sign has been erected
by the developers. No response re St Mary’s Street.
23 Trees Playingfield - Clerk unsure what was required - quote to
inspect trees and possibly crown these to be obtained.
24 Resident Enquiry - this has been
looked at, foliage will soon die off due to weather.
25 Bottle Bank - Last year the
bottle banks earned £1342.83 profit for the parish, Clerk enquired if the
recycling credits would be stopped, Mr Storey advised officer to contact re
this. People to be encouraged to continue using bottle bank
for glass recycling for the near future.
26 Street Light Enquiry - resident of Moatside enquired re a streetlight being erected near
property as area very dark, all Councillors to look
at area around no8 during darkness, to be discussed at next meeting.
CORRESPONDENCE
27 NCC - budget & priorities 2015/18 -
consultation starts now re a projected shortfall of just over £147.5m - with a
forecasted need to cut expenditure by £17.5m in 2015/16.Contact details
advised.
28 KL&WNBC - Tree
Preservation Order - notice of order placed on Walnut tree at 8 Bell Street -
any objections or comments to be made by 16th October.
29 RCC/Came & Co - e-newsletter’s.
30 J Perry - letter re
village sign re-furbishment.
31 Feltwell PCC - invitaiton to decorate a Xmas tree - theme books.
32 Brochures/Posters - Stoptober. Vitalise. Dementia Friends. N Hancock solicitors.
SLCC - range of books available. HAGSSMP. Parish magazine.
28 CHEQUES - were signed for
the following - L Peckham £895.57, Cash £15, Methodis Church £21.25, S Sargent
£137.24, Post Office Ltd £331.84, Berryman £27.89, MJ Dent £42, Viridor £112.32, G Smith £36, Anglain
Water £85.79, CGM £195, Mazars £720. Clerk advised
that the NMW increased to £6.50 from 1/10/14.
NO PLANNING FOR THIS MEETING
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS
29 Report to Highways - Southery Road again. Long Lane from RBL
onwards, again. Flooding on corner of Blackdyke Road. Growth around 30mph signs on Lodge
Road needs cutting back. Verges at top of Lodge Road need cutting again.
30 Lodge Road - Derelict
Building - it was noted that a building that has partly collapsed is cracking,
owners to be advised.
31 Road Closure - notice that Paynes Lane will be closed for connection work to new
property from 29th October to 3rd November.
32 No 2 Short Lane - next meeting.
33 Parish Partnership
Funding - next meeting.
34 Encroaching Hedge - Clerk has
written to 2 Falcon Rd re growth, this has been cut back.
35 Damaged Street Light - light damaged on
corner of Munson’s Lane/Place - reported to contractors to inspect and make
safe.
Next meeting to be held 10th November 2014.
Meeting declared closed 8.45pm.
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