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Minutes of the Meeting of Kessingland Parish Council held on Wednesday 12th December 2007 at the Methodist Church Hall at 7.30pm. Members present; Cllr Martin (Chairman), Cllr Baisden, Cllr B Brown, Cllr R Brown, Cllr Burden, Cllr Crossland, Cllr Lawson, Cllr Morgan, Cllr Sinfield, Cllr Woodhead. Others Present; Mrs L Beevor (Clerk), P C Andy Roberts 6 members of the public. Agenda 1a) Apologies for absence Cllr Purkis, Cllr Provan (WDC), Cllr Starling (WDC), b) Declarations of Interest Cllr Martin declared a personal interest in any discussion regarding High Path Cllr Morgan declared a personal interest in any discussion regarding High Path 2) To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 14TH November 2007, and Wednesday 28th November 2007. It was resolved by all that the Chairman could sign these minutes as a true copy.
Meeting adjourned for public participation. 3a) WDC No report 3b) Report from police representative The police report is attached to the main copy of the minutes. There were 31 crimes recorded for November including; 14 Criminal damage 3 Arson - Seaview Holiday Village. Police report that the criminal damage is caused mainly in the evening or over night. The police are trying to catch the offenders by instigating an operation to patrol certain areas of the village. The walkway between Church Road and Lloyds Avenue has been causing problems for residents - and this is being addressed by the same operation as above. A horse at the entrance to Africa Alive had his tail cut off. 3 offenders had been caught for previous metal thefts. The Kicks Programme is still awaiting news on their main two funding bids. 3c) Report from SCC Cllr Goldsmith. No report available. 3d) Members of public i) Mrs Sweetman and Mr Radford advised council of issues at High Path in relation to car parking spaces that have been created in one of back gardens. They were concerned about the traffic issues and the extra vehicles using the footpath. They have already contacted SCC, WDC and the police over these issues and the Parish Council were shown photographs of the location. Mr Ridsdale, the WDC enforcement officer, is presently dealing with the matter. In the council minutes of 14th November, the parish council were advised that Mr Ridsdale would be pleased to attend a council meeting to advise councillors of his role. It was suggested that the clerk should write to Mr Ridsdale and ask him to attend the January meeting, and ask him to update council on the action taking place on this particular matter. The clerk was also asked to advise Mr Ridsdale that damage has been caused to the footpath and that the matter should therefore be regarded as urgent. It was also suggested that councillors should visit High Path to see the situation for themselves. ii) Mr Powell - editor of ‘Kessingland Local' apologised to council for certain information that had been used in the first issue that seemed to have been taken from the parish council website Mr Powell advised that contact had been made with the ‘Help in Need Trust' and with the ‘Safer Neighbourhood Team.' He also advised that he wished the magazine to be of value to the community and that it was not set up to rival the Kessingland Times. Thanks were extended to the public for attending. Meeting closed to public participation. 4) Chairman's Report a) Village Sign - SCC are to meet with the Chairman on 17th December to discuss a possible position for the village sign. b) Village Directory and Business Directory - these need updating - Cllr Woodhead and Cllr Baisden offered to assist. c) Safer Neighbourhood Team - met yesterday - Operation Knapsack is the name of the operation being carried out to find the youths causing problems at Lloyds Avenue and at Hall Road. d) Library - contractors will start early in the new year. The section 106 payment is being organised by WDC with the developer. e) Suffolk Link - relates to Health and Social Care - pack received for volunteers to be nominated for the project team. It was agreed by all that Cllr Purkis should be nominated. Voting rights to be requested for the Parish Council. f) Newsletter - this will be printed in January - relevant articles can be forwarded to the Chairman. g) Councillor Surgeries - It was agreed that there will be initially one surgery per month for 2008. The dates will to be set for the first 6 months and then reviewed. ‘Kessingland Local' advised that they would be happy to publicise the dates in their magazine. h) The chairman had attended a meeting on 11th December for Gt Yarmouth and Waveney Landscape Assessment. The information provided will be circulated to all councillors on a round robin basis. Questions to the Chairman 1) Re Glen Garrod departure from WDC - the Chairman had spoken to Louise Jordan Hall about Pathfinder status which has now been abandoned. WDC are awaiting the findings of a report about the boundary status. No decision will be made on unitary status until this report is received. The Chief Executive of SCC is assisting WDC at the present time. Devolution, in some format, is still on the WDC agenda. 2) Re Ashley Nursery site - the clerk was asked to obtain an update from WDC. 5) Vice Chairman's Report No report 6) Clerks Report and correspondence a) Letter received from WDC regarding the Suffolk Hedgerow survey asking whether the parish would be interested in joining the scheme. It was agreed that the parish council should register an interest and ask for details of where the hedgerows are in the village. 7) Reports from meetings attended. Several councillors had attended a meeting on 5th December regarding the School Organisational Review. For Kessingland Primary School the proposal is that an admission number of 45 would be allocated, compared to the present 60, so that the school could take in extra year groups without growing in size. This would mean that no building work would be required but there would be a need for mixed age classes. The Head has advised that she would like people to respond to the consultation expressing the view that the school would prefer a PAN of 60 for each year group. 8) Reports from committees and working partys. a) Beach warden - no report b) Allotments - Mardles rents are due on 1st January A waiting list is now being compiled again for the allotments and this can be notified in the next newsletter. Any one who wants to put their name on the waiting list is to be invited to contact the clerk. c) Amenities - no action has yet been taken following the meeting between WDC and councillors at the High Street Play Area - clerk to chase. d) Crime and Disorder - next meeting 10th January 208. e) KSSC - £384 was raised from the table top sale. f) Emergency Committee - Publicity has been given to the Emergency Plan by Radio Suffolk. Cllr R Brown offered the boat shed to members of the Emergency Plan group to use in an emergency - thanks were extended for this offer. Southwold Town Council has approached Mike Topliss regarding drawing up an Emergency Plan. g) Footpaths - Quotes are awaited from Mow and Grow and R G Maintenance for the cutting of the village footpaths and the cutting of Marsh Lane land. h) Library Groups - These will meet on a monthly basis in 2008. 9) Questions to the Chairman for future agendas. a) Is any action required by the Parish Council for the KSSC public meeting in January? - after a full discussion it was agreed that no action would be required unless asked for by the KSSC. 10) Planning applications and correspondence No planning applications to consider Planning correspondence WDC Decision - DC/07/1840/FUL - 81 Lloyds Ave - Refused It was suggested that works at 39 High Street appear to be more than in the original application - the original plans are to be forwarded to Cllr Burden. 11) Finance a) Cheques for signature - A copy of the account balances and the cheques requiring payment was provided to all councillors and is attached to the main minutes. Cheques as detailed in the Receipts and Payments Book. It was resolved by all that the cheques as detailed could be signed. b) Precept 2008/09 - at the last meeting a full discussion took place on the precept and a provisional figure of £53,225 was agreed and advised to WDC. It was resolved by all that this figure could now be confirmed to WDC. c) Following advice from Mr West at the previous meeting that he no longer wishes to cut the footpaths it was resolved that the Chairman should allocate £20 from Chairman's allowance for a gift of appreciation to Mr West. 10) Date of next meeting Wednesday 9th January 2008 at 7.30pm. There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.25pm. Chairman ...................................... Dated............................................
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