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Minutes
of Meeting held on 19 July 2004
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PRESENT Chairman
Mrs. L Smith; Councillors Miss
D Chalk, Mr. M Bohling, Mr. E Bird, Mr. R Jackson APOLOGIES Mr.
A Tiffin, Mr. E Teasdale, Mr. L Wilson, Mr. R Wilson
Mrs.
Smith introduced the new clerk Judith Kent whose grandparents had both
served on the parish council in the past. Judith’s grandfather and
Thomas Bennett’s father had both signed the deed of transfer for the
village hall to the recreation room committee. A
presentation was made to Thomas from the councillors and parishioners of
Mungrisdale in recognition of the many years of hard work that he had
undertaken on behalf of the village. Louise
Tallentire, our village police officer gave a brief overview of her role.
She is a member of the local policing team and has responsibility
for Mungrisdale, Greystoke, Skelton, Penruddock and Motherby. She spends
time visiting the villages and the schools and youth groups.
If anyone would like to arrange a personal visit she will be happy
to arrange this. Regular
surgeries will be held and these will be advertised on the notice boards. PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION ·
The
verges between Moss Dyke and Scales are overgrown and need to be cut back ·
There
is a hole in the road by the village hall that needs to be repaired Action
~ Clerk to contact highways agency to arrange ·
Mr
Hockley’s hedge at the Junction of Mungrisdale Road and the A66 is
overgrown. This makes it difficult to see the road to pull out safely.
Officially it cannot be cut for a couple of years but it would help
if the grass was cut Action
~ Clerk to investigate ·
Recycling
Centre in the village is to be added to a future Agenda for discussion.
Suggestions will be needed as to where it can be sited. Action
~ Clerk to add to Agenda for next meeting ·
The
Bus Stop sign at the Mungrisdale road ends has been on the ground for the
last three years. Action
~ Clerk to write to the Bus Company ·
The
safety rail from the top of the Village Hall at the end of the public
footpath is rotting and needs to be replaced. Action
~ Clerk to investigate MINUTES
OF LAST MEETING
were read and agreed BILLS
TO BE PAID Mosedale
Meeting House to be paid for the ~May, June BT, and July meetings at a
total of £24. Proposed Mr Jackson seconded Mr Bohling – all agreed Action
~ Clerk to arrange payment DONATIONS ·
Mungrisdale
PCC requested £500 to be paid on an annual basis Miss Chalk declared and
interest as Church Warden and did not take part in the discussion. Legally
we are prevented from making an annual commitment; therefore the PCC will
need to apply annually in April, prior to setting the budget.
It was agreed to pay £300 the same as last year, proposed by Mr
Jackson and seconded by Mr Bohling. ·
Age
Concern requested a donation
towards Eden Shopmobility. Agreed
to send a donation of £20. Proposed
by Mr Jackson and seconded by Mr Bohling. ·
Cumbria
Playing Fields Association
requested and affiliation fee of £12-90.
It was agreed not to pay this.
Proposed by Mr Jackson and seconded by Miss Chalk. Action
~ Clerk to respond and arrange payments as appropriate BUDGET Copy
of the budget was circulated. There
is a deficit of £577-96. The
audit had raised concern at the high level of balances in the account of
£3739-84 and although this was not considered a large sum it was decided
that the shortfall should be taken from reserves.
The budget was adopted with the following amendments. ·
Village
clean up to be removed for £200. ·
Payment
to Age concern for £20 to be added. Proposed
Miss D Chalk and seconded Mr Bohling Action
~ An amended budget to be prepared and circulated with minutes HUTTON
ROOF GREEN Grants
are still available and now that we have moved into a new year we will be
able to claim £3500. £3000
from Sustainable Development and £500 Neighbourhood development that
needs to be used by October. Mr
Tiffin has obtained new quotes from ·
Fencing ·
Track ·
Pond
clearance and enlargement It
was felt that the responsibility of the track did not sit with the Parish
Council and that it was possibly the Highways Agency.
There was concern about using barbed wire on the fencing. It
was agreed that we proceed with the Fencing and Pond Clearance and to use
the grants for this work. Action
~ Clerk to speak to Mr Tiffin and arrange for the work to commence.
Also to investigate the responsibility for the track repairs. CORRESPONDENCE ·
Calc
circular has been received. Mr
Bohling requested a copy of each one be sent to him by e mail.
Mr Bird and Miss Chalk requested a copy be posted and Mr Jackson
does not wish to receive a copy. Access
will also be available via the intranet. Action
~ Clerk to circulate copies and add to internet ·
Events
for New Councillors and New Chairmen are to be in the autumn.
Basics
for Councillors Monday
6 September Kendal;
Monday 13 September Role
of Chairman Wednesday 8 September ·
Cumbria
Fire Service is offering free home safety checks.
This includes a free smoke detector with a 10year power cell.
Anyone interested to advise the clerk. ·
Boundary
Committee for ·
Village
Recycling Newsletter has been received and details will be added to the
web site. A booklet has also
been received and some copies will be obtained for the next meeting. Action~
clerk to request some copies ·
Parish
Plan meeting – Planning for the Future will take place on 8 October 2004
at Newton Rigg. The Cost of
attending depends on number of people.
The clerk would like to attend the meeting. Councillors interested
in attending should let the clerk know. ·
Bull
Fell works – A holding letter has been received from United Utilities in
response to our letter of 18 May. We
will hear further from them later in the year. Action
~ clerk to diarise for response ·
Posters
have been received regarding Parking in Penrith to promote the free use of
Ullswater School Car Park during the holidays and the use of Mansion House
at Weekends. Action
~ clerk to obtain further copies for each notice board and to add to the
web site ·
Calc
are moving to new premises at the Library Penrith. BT
TELEPHONES ·
Details
of the special meeting held on 14 June were read. ·
Letters
have been sent by the Council to – David Maclean; Alun Michael; Mountain
Rescue – Keswick and Penrith; Blencathra Centre; Ramblers Association;
Cumbria Tourist Board; Lancaster University at Newton Rigg; Calvert Trust ·
Replies
have been received from ~ David Maclean; Keswick Mountain Rescue and ·
Petition
signatures have been obtained ·
A
letter is to be sent to BT from the Parish Council by recorded delivery. Action
~ Clerk to write to BT MUNGRISDALE
POST OFFICE Miss
Chalk declared and interest and did not take part in the discussion. Miss
Chalk has resigned as Post Mistress and the post office will close with
effect from 21 August. The
post office are committed to retaining a post office in Mungrisdale if
someone will take it on, however there is a 3 month set up period.
No applications for the post have yet been received. It
is presently only advertised in the post office. Action
~ Clerk to contact the post office to request permission to advertise on
the notice boards. NEIGHBOURHOOD
FORUM Minutes
of the meeting held at Skelton have been received and will be added to the
web site. SIGN
POSTS Mr
Billot of Stewart Hill Cottage has requested that the sign for Newsham be
amended to include reference to Stewart Hill.
The existing sign was replaced at the expense of the parish only
recently and the highways authority decided what the sign should say.
It was decided not to proceed with this request- proposed by Mr
Bohling and seconded by Mr Bird. Action
~ Clerk to write to Mr Billot MUNGRISDALE
RECREATION ROOM Thomas
Bennett and Colin Smith, on behalf of the council have signed Statutory
Declarations regarding the Enclosure Award that was located by Mr Smith
and the Parish Records from the 1923 Minute Book to state that the land is
owned by the Parish Council. A
submission has been made to the Land Registry fro First Registration on
behalf of the Council. The
land will then be transferred to the Trustees of the Recreational Rooms.
A response is awaited from the Land Registry Action
~ Mr.
Bohling to contact the solicitors for an update PLANNING
APPLICATIONS ~ RECEIVED for ·
Blake
Beck ·
Croft
House, Mosedale ·
Bannerdale
View ·
Footpath
at Stewart Hill All
applications were made available for viewing. PLANNING
APPLICATION ~ REVISION ·
Received
for Holme Farm at Bowscale PLANNING
APPLICATIONS ~ APPROVED ·
Kerensa,
Low Mill Farm – GS Fleming ·
Fieldhead
Farmhouse – Mr. and Mrs. Davis ·
Stewart
Hill Cottage – Mr. Billot and Ms Flower ·
New
Service Reservoir at Berrier ·
Far
Howe VILLAGE
BOON EVENING This
was a joint venture between the Parish Council and the WI and was well
attended. It was a very
successful evening and the hard work was followed by a good supper at the
Mill Inn. The
next stage will be a clean up at Mosedale and this will be on Thursday 5th
August. Meeting at the Meeting
House Car Park at 6pm. Everyone
to bring gloves and secateurs/rakes etc. with them. A
survey of the area will be completed beforehand to identify what needs to
be done. Supper
will again be arranged at the Mill Inn and can be booked through Mrs.
Bamborough or Mr. Teasdale. A
further event will be arranged for Hutton Roof in due course. Action
~ Clerk to advertise the event on the boards and the internet. FUTURE
MEETING DATES
The
next meeting will be on Monday 6 September. Additional
dates for the diary are Monday
8th November Monday
10th January Monday
7th March Monday
9th May ANY
OTHER BUSINESS ·
Details of how to become a The
meeting closed and everyone was thanked for their attendance. |