May 2024 Minutes Annual Parish Council Meeting
ASLACKBY & LAUGHTON PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT ASLACKBY VILLAGE HALL ON TUESDAY 21ST MAY FOLLOWING ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
In attendance:
1. Welcome by Chairman and Apologies:
Cllr Roberts welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2. Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman:
Cllr Dodds proposed Cllr Roberts for Chairman, seconded Cllr Fairhead – all Cllrs in agreement. Cllr Roberts agreed to take up the role for the next financial year. Documentation signed.
Cllr Dodds proposed Cllr Miller for Vice Chairman, seconded Cllr Fairhead – all Cllrs in agreement. Cllr Miller agreed to take up the role for the next financial year. Documentation signed.
At this point in the meeting Cllr Robert opened the floor to members of the public who wished to speak/ask questions.
• Can we organise a skip? – try for 22/06 with a small skip for metal. Cllr Roberts to forward a list of what cannot be skipped to Cllr Leighton for the village website. Place info on facebook and social media.
• Consultation meeting with M.Thompson was not publicised: He thinks that drainage/sewerage is the only village concern
• Is there a potential to start a village committee that works towards protecting the unique characteristics of Aslackby? The village needs to be preserved and all parts of the community should have a say in what should be saved – not saying no to planning but doing so sympathetically.
• Can PC go for tree preservation on the trees, especially Temple Farm? Can this go for hedges and coppices too?
• This is a conservation area – can we ask Cllr RDW for help?
Cllr Roberts: To ask SKDC for an audit as one may be long overdue.
• Can we carry out a bat survey in the village? Cllr Leighton will see if he can find a link.
• Thank you to the Cllrs for all they have done.
3. Declaration of Interest: None.
4. Minutes of last meeting to be Agreed and Signed:
All Cllrs in agreement of minutes from the meeting held in 2023 to be signed. Sparse as ex-Cllr did not handover paperwork. Informed all shredded.
5. Matters Arising: None.
6. Cemetery: Money received from a headstone being set.
Poppy wreath to be ordered by Cllr Roberts and money claimed back – All in agreement.
7. Neighbourhood Watch:
What is happening regarding the dog that bit someone – what are the police doing?
When someone is banned from being in the village – what are the police doing to stop the coming and going?
A handbag was dropped and money was taken from it. On CCTV but not reported to the police.
8. Planning: One planning application is waiting for decision.
Nothing new.
9. Highways:
Pothole issues around the village: several near the ford. Some have been repaired and others have not – why? They appear to only repair the potholes that have been photographed.
Please use Fix My Street to advise of potholes.
Road sign on A15 advising of road works further up the road blocking sightlines leaving the village. Villagers laying them down flat.
10. Finance: The audited financial report must be signed off and submitted by 30/06. Need a meeting before the PC meeting.
It will be displayed after the external auditor Several examples of time sheets: agreed upon one for Parish Clerk to complete and submit with her pay cheque for signing. The clerk receives pay for hours worked and no holidays.
11. SKDC Update: apologies
12. LCC Update: apologies
13. AOB: Minutes from this meeting to be presented at our next PC meeting instead of waiting a year.
14. Date of next Annual General Meeting:
12th May 2025