Parish Council Meeting 23 January 2018 Minutes

CHARSFIELD PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of Meeting Held on Tuesday, 23^rd January 2018

Present: Councillors Pedgrift (Acting Chair), Owen Williams, Moor, Godwin and Pam Hembra (Parish Clerk)


						Action
1.	Apologies and Approval of Absence
	Councillors Winkworth, Hedger and Murray
2.	Declarations of Interest
	Councillor Pedgrift – Recreation Ground Councillor Moor – Village Hall
3.	Approval of Minutes of the Meeting held on 21^st November 2017
	Minutes were approved and signed by Councillor Pedgrift with one amendment.
4.	Progress Reports for Information or Matters Arising
	Nothing had yet been heard from David Chenery about the cost of countdown markers despite several emails. Clerk to continue to contact. The Public Space Protection Bill did not get through. The Parish Council and the Recreation Ground need to make a specific request to the Council for individual PSPOs requiring dogs to be kept on leads on the recreation ground and in the churchyard.					Clerk Clerk
5.	Points from the public – A chance for the public to raise matters of interest relevant to Charsfield.
6.	Reports
6.1	County Council Apologies were received from Councillor Vickery
6.2	District Council No report received
6.3	Recreation Ground Nothing to report
6.4	Village Hall The Village Hall Management Committee asked if the PC would help to finance security cameras to go outside the village hall. The PC agreed in principle but would like prices. It was pointed out that a licence might be needed to use cameras. Councillor Moor to report back with further information.					FM
7.	HIGHWAYS
	SAVID, SpeedWatch and B1078 Calming Update Nothing to report.
8.	Planning:
	There were no planning applications.
9.	Finance 9.1 To authorise payments as listed below:
	Date	Detail	Ref	Power	Amount
	30/11/2017 30/11/2017 23/01/2018 23/01/2018 23/01/2018 23/01/2018	Anglian Water SALC – Data Protection Training SALC – Finance Training Potsford Services – Defibrillator Lighting Inland Revenue P Hembra – services	100557 100558 100559 100560 100561 100562	S125 LA 2011 ss 1-8 LA 2011 ss 1-8 LA 2011 ss 1-8 LA 2011 ss 1-8 LA 2011 ss 1-8	£70.64 £26.40 £90.00 £120.92 £66.20 £301.30
	9.2 It was agreed to increase the Clerk’s salary to £9.05 per hour from February.
10.	Emergency Planning – It was felt for a small village there were likely to be two possible emergencies to consider – flooding or snow. – Information would need to be cascaded through the village and a list of possible people is to be compiled. – The Village Hall (primary) and St Peter’s Church (secondary, being on higher ground) could be collection points for sandbags etc. – A local farmer would be asked to store both sandbags and sand for such an event. – This is work in progress.					FM/ Clerk
11.	Data Protection Waiting on further information.
12.	Telephone Kiosk Waiting for February Parish Magazine to be published.
13.	Date of Next Meetings
	To be advised Suggested dates for 2018/2019: 22^nd May 2018 17^th July 2018 18^th September 2018 20^th November 2018 22^nd January 2019 19^th March 2019
	The meeting closed at 8:35 am