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Minutes of Thakeham Parish Council Meeting - Monday, 15th October 2007
Meeting opened: 7.30 p.m.
Present: Mr D Berry Mr J Bearman Mr R Brown Mrs L Bunyan Ms K Dawes Mr S Kirby Ms L McDowell MrD MacEachern Mr R Walker Mr J Weight In attendance Mr J Denman Clerk to the Council Members of the public
222. Apologies for absence Apologies were received and accepted from Cllr Prince and also from Cllr Brown, who would be late arriving and joined the meeting as shown below.
223. Interests of Members No interests were declared.
224. Minutes of the last meetingMinutes of the last meeting of the Parish Council held on 17th September 2007 were approved and signed. 225. Report on Action Items 225.1 (201.3) Jackets Hill: Letter sent to County Cllr Arculus 20th July, awaiting response, reminder to be sent. 225.2 (201.6) B2139 Road Safety: E-mail response received from WSCC 9th October and circulated, to be followed by a letter from them once findings have been reviewed. 225.3 (201.7) Peacocks Lane: Letter sent to Paul Goldring 29th August, awaiting response. 225.4 (202) Purple Bus evaluation: Forwarded to press 4th October after clearance from WSCC. 225.5 (209) Straw Spillage: Letter sent to complainant 20th September. 225.6 (213) Footpath Inquiry Statement: Statement from Cllr MacEachern sent to Planning Inspectorate 4th October, receipt acknowledged. 225.7 (219.1) Toddlers Play Area: Item to be included in next newsletter regarding older youths abusing facilities. 226. Correspondence HDC: Summons to Council meeting 17th October. Summons to Development Control (South) Committee meeting 16th October, passed to Cllr Dawes. Summons to Standards Committee meeting 10th October. Invitation to Strategic Development Advisory Group meeting 8th October. LDF: West of Horsham Masterplan Draft SPD published for consultation, responses by 5th November. Wireless CCTV Trial (previously circulated) - Cllr Brown attending. WSCC: Notice of footpath public inquiry, in WSCT 12th October and placed on Noticeboards. Statutory consultation for new speed limits, previously circulated with note of action taken. Minerals and Waste Development Framework update, previously sent to Cllrs Berry, McDowell and MacEachern. West Sussex Record Office Tithe Map Project (previously circulated) - copy of CD to be obtained. Defra: copy of "Ways to tackle climate change". SALC: Early notice of 2008/9 subscriptions. Notice of AGM 9th November, copy of Annual Report & Accounts, Village Halls conference 10th November, details of training weekend 2nd -4th November. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust: Annual Report 2006-07, passed to Cllr MacEachern. Village Life: Request for input to events calendar Nov/Dec edition (previously circulated). 4SIGHT: Appeal. 227. Finance 227.1 Financial Performance A report on the current financial year to 30th September 2007 was received. 227.2 Payments A report on the current bank balances was tabled and the following were approved for payment: Roger Smith: September Outdoor Maintenance 290.00 HDC: October dog bin emptying 6.93 HDC: 3rd instalment 2007/8 rates 58.00 Staples UK Ltd: Office supplies 33.97 Ashington Gas Services Limited: Works at Village Hall (charge against subsidy) 58.75 Gross salaries including PAYE / NI and Clerk's OP expenses and mileage 1214.98
£1662.63
227.3 Budget and Precept for the financial year 2008/2009 It was agreed that a Working Party comprising Cllrs Berry, Bearman, MacEachern and Weight, supported by the clerk, would meet and present recommendations to the next Council meeting. 227.4 Hedging at Linfield Copse It was agreed that approximately £60.00 would be spent on hedging, planting to be undertaken by Cllrs Kirby and Walker. 227.5 Appeal from Outset Youth Action Cllr MacEachern reported that they were not used by Rydon School. It was agreed no further action would be taken.
228. Parish Office Nothing to report, awaiting meeting. 229. B2139 Road Safety Team not yet reverted to Cllr Walker, SID will be in Thakeham full week commencing 29th October. Cllrs Bearman and McDowell to undertake training to operate equipment. 230. Cycle Stands Cllr Bearman reported that the village hall committee were not in favour of installation there. Cllr Brown joined the meeting. View from Open Spaces Committee to be sought regarding suitability of High Bar Lane playground as a potential site and reported to next meeting. Cllr Dawes to advise detailed specification of equipment. 231. Pothole approaching Village Hall Clerk to ask Cllr Prince whether Sussex Mushrooms could remedy the problem, to be followed up with a formal letter if necessary. 232. Newsletter The report from the clerk was considered. Cllr Berry observed that the timing of the distribution had been poor on this occasion with some receiving their copy more than a week later than others. Quality of next issue to be reviewed before considering any action but clerk to request notice in advance of any "fillers" being included. Next input required by 26th November, to be included on next agenda. 233. Joint Planning Advisory Working Group Meeting arranged for 16th October. 234. Parish Action Plan Document completed and ready for stuffing into envelopes and distributing. TPC recorded their thanks for the hard work of all concerned and particularly Mark Keenan for pulling the whole thing together. 235. Open Spaces Committee Met on 9th October, further meeting arranged for 13th November. 236. FCR Footpath Inquiry Advisory Committee The Chairman commented on the good work done by residents and the good quality statements that had been submitted by them. Cllrs Berry and MacEachern will attend the Inquiry and all other Cllrs were encouraged to attend. A final meeting has been arranged for 30th October and 6 speakers will be supporting the application at the Inquiry. 237. Footpaths Darren Rolfe/WSCC has cleared the silver birch from the High Bar Lane bridleway. 238. Laybrook Landfill Working Party Cllr McDowell reported on the meeting held 11th October. 239. Planning Committee Minutes The minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 3rd September were received. 240. Open Spaces Committee Minutes The minutes of the Open Spaces Committee meeting held on 10th July were received. 241. Liaison with TVA The meeting was updated on current TVA issues. 242. Adjournment The meeting was then adjourned to allow comments or questions from the public and the following was noted. 242.1 The Minerals Liaison Group will be included on future agendas. 242.2 Actions emanating from the parish plan will form part of the budget process. 242.3 Papers for the Strategic Development Advisory Group meeting regarding the Reserve Housing Site DPD have been forwarded to Cllrs Berry and Dawes by the clerk. 242.4 Sign at Town House Cottages to be considered at next meeting of the Planning Committee. 242.5 It was suggested the hedge planting at Linfield Copse be delayed until after the half-term holiday. 243. Chairman's Announcements Cllr Berry reported that he had attended the installation of Derek Spencer as the Priest in Charge and also the harvest lunch, both of which were well attended. 244. Any other business for noting or inclusion on a future agenda 244.1 Remembrance Service 11th November, Cllrs urged to attend. Clerk to contact Bob Timms regarding wreath arrangements. - 244.2 Pavilion in dangerous state of repair, Cllr Berry will raise at 16th October JPAWG meeting.
244.3 Thakeham Christmas Dinner 8th December. Date of next meeting: Monday, 19th November 2007 at 7.30 p.m. Meeting closed: 8.50 p.m.
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