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Minutes of a meeting of Wysall and Thorpe in the Glebe Parish Council held in the Village Hall, Wysall, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 7.30pm

Couns. Simon Stephens (Chairman) (A)

Carolyn Birch (in the chair) Helen Lewin Vicki Plant

Stephen Reeds Lindsay Redfern Peter Wyles Gareth Cook

Present: The clerk Mike Elliott and two members of the public.

1]	APOLOGIES Coun. Stephens and the reason accepted.

2]	MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 6, 2018 were accepted as circulated and signed by the chairman.

3]	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

There were none

4] CLERK’S REPORT

Volunteer awards were presented to Charlotte James and Mike Stanley at the Christmas Fair in the village hall on Saturday.

The chairman Sam Stephens and Coun. Lindsay Redfern attended the annual meeting of NALC and were presented with a cheque for £125, the prize for the village winning their section of the 2018 Best Kept Village competition.

5]	OPEN SESSION FOR THE PUBLIC, LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES

The question of speeding traffic and HGV’s using the village as a cut-through was raised by Widmerpool Road residents, with concerns on dangers caused by vehicles exceeding the speed limit. The clerk was to write to Notts County Council to advise them of the concerns.

6] REPORT FROM THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER

There was no report

7]	CORRESPONDENCE

A letter was received in respect of the use of Notts County Council county highways land adjacent to the village hall parking area. Diane Muston commented on the plans by the parish council to install a memorial bench on it. She said they were unhappy in that it would prevent use of the land for parking. The meeting was told the council had permission from Notts County Council to site the bench on their land opposite the parish church and members unanimously felt it should proceed with their plans,

Christine French commented on a letter sent by the chairman in regard to the operation of the village hall finances and agreed to attend a meeting in January.

Pc Howard Shinn reported there had been a car fire crime at Little Lincoln, Wysall on November 19 and two incidents of attempted theft and car damage at Thorpe in the Glebe in the same month.

Notts County Council provided the paperwork for signing in respect of Land use agreement for the recently sited signs etc on their land.

8]	WEBSITE

Coun. Reeds said all was working well with the website.

9]	PLANNING MATTERS

No applications or decisions

10]	VILLAGE HALL

The Christmas fair had been well supported and there had been 20 stands in all , including some outside in the marquee The Hall food stand at the Tour of Britain Bike Ride had made £200 for funds.

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The committee had agreed it would not be progressing the matter of provision of Wi-fi in the building at this

present time.

On February 9 a Quiz Night will be held and a wine evening on March 16. The final Breakfast morning for 2018 would be on December 9.

11]	FINANCE

ACCOUNTS TO PAY were approved as per the circulated list.

Members received a verbal report from Coun. Stephens in regard to the budget for 2019-20 in which he said he was suggesting they add a further £2500 to the precept to a figure of £14,300. He pointed out he forecasted the hall rental income will be significantly down on 2017/18 numbers as the Palates man was moving to Plumtree, falling by between £2000 and £4000

He said in his view the cost of the parish council work and running of the hall should be nearly covered by the precept, adding that if it doesn’t get hired out, the facility is still there for the village to enjoy etc.

Other items for 2018-9 he suggested were Church clock - £500, Stone memorial bench - £4000

Shed for outside - £1000, Bins round the village £120 each x 6 - £720, Stone for path alongside Steve Reed - £250, Tree work at rear of Hall - £1000 and refurbish benches 2 x £600 - £1200, making around £9000 in all, being, he felt, what the village hall rental and fund raising can help fund.

He said the precept in the current year was some £58.60 for a band D house.

12]	CHAIRMAN’S MATTERS

Members were advised that on December 12 at 6:30 there was an event for Pat Roberts to officially receive the plaque and lamp in front of the village hall in memory of David.

The chairman said that he wished the council to talk about members helping out at the village events in order to ensure the village hall committee were given a hand..

13	AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 2018

There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.20pm.