April 2020 Minutes

Washingborough Parish Council

Minutes of the Parish Council held on Thursday 23rd April 2020 at 2 pm, remotely under: The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020.
Present
  • Cllr D Fothergill (Chairman)
  • Cllr Mrs J Aspinall
  • Cllr Mrs B Bland
  • Cllr R Clark
  • Cllr R Dowlman
  • Cllr G Kent
  • Cllr G Peck
  • Cllr Mrs L Simons
  • Cllr Mrs R Whipp
  • Miss K Broddle (Clerk)
  • Also Present: Cllrs G Tinsley & Mr P Scigala
125. APOLOGIES, DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST AND APPLICATIONS FOR DISPENSATION
  1. APOLOGIES - Cllrs I Carrington (NKDC) and L Cawrey (LCC)
  2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST – none declared.
  3. APPLICATIONS FOR DISPENSATION – none received.
126. NOTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
  • The Notes of the meeting held on the 20th February 2020 were agreed and signed as the minutes.
127. CLERKS REPORT
  1. LCC Website for Parish Councils – on hold, training has been undertaken.
  2. Annual Return for Councils – submission deadline for the receipt of the approved AGAR and supporting documentation, for the external auditor, has been extended to Friday 31 July 2020.
  3. Coronavirus – all information received is being put onto the website and Facebook
128. PUBLIC FORUM
  • None
129. RESIGNATION OF CLLR Mrs PIERCE
  • The resignation was acknowledged.
130. COUNCILLOR CO-OPTION
  • It was agreed to co-opt Mr P Scigala onto the Council, following his application.
131. CHAIRMEN’S ACTION GROUP (24TH March 2020) RECOMMENDATIONS
  1. The following recommendation was resolved:
    1. To not charge the Sporting Clubs who are unable to use the facilities during the current situation – if clubs are able to use the facilities later in the year or for part of their season a reduced charge could be considered.
    2. It was resolved to move the remaining items into the closed session.
    132. RATIFICATION OF DECISIONS FOLLOWING THE CANCELLATION OF THE MARCH MEETING DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
    1. The payment schedule was ratified
    2. The following planning application comments were returned under ‘Clerks delegated powers and the comments for all the applications were ‘Council do not wish to comment on this application’:
      1. 20/0036: 12 Lincoln Rd (demolish existing dwelling, erect two new dwellings)
      2. 20/0189: 27 Fen Road (front extension)
      3. 20/0071: land adj 2 Park Lane (vary condition 6 of 17/1599)
      4. 20/0316: 19 High St (front & rear extensions)
    133. FINANCIAL MATTERS
    1. The following were resolved:
      1. The schedule of payments (see below)
    Under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 Councilors’ resolved to move into closed session for the following items:
    134. SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS (SALARIES, etc.)
    • The schedule of payments was approved.
    There being no further business the meeting closed at 2.30pm

    SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS: 20 March - 23 April 2020

    a. Petty Cash
    No Date Item Value
    i 23 April 2020 Nil £0.00
    b. Current Account
    No Date Item Value
    i 23 April 2020 CC Refund £60.00
    ii 23 April 2020 Insurance Premium £3,162.82
    iii 23 April 2020 NDR (Pav) £353.40
    iv 23 April 2020 NDR (CC) £259.30
    v 23 April 2020 Water Rates (Pav) £82.00
    vi 23 April 2020 Telephone & Broadband £74.38
    vii 23 April 2020 Electric (CC) £324.94
    viii 23 April 2020 Yearly Subscription £683.53
    ix 23 April 2020 Computer Virus repair £29.99
    x 23 April 2020 Refuse Bins Collection Charge £312.00
    xi 23 April 2020 Install Additional Alarm Panel £457.37
        Sub Total = £5,799.73
    xii 23 April 2020 Salaries etc. Total for April 2020 £7,107.10
        Total expenditure: 20 March - 23 April 2020 £12,906.83