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Minutes of a meeting of Wysall and Thorpe in the Glebe Parish Council held in the Village Hall, Wysall, Tuesday April 2, 2019 at 7.30pm

Couns. Simon Stephens (Chairman)

Carolyn Birch Helen Lewin (A) Vicki Plant

Stephen Reeds Lindsay Redfern Peter Wyles Gareth Cook (A)

Present: The clerk Mike Elliott.

1]	APOLOGIES Couns. Gareth Cook and Helen Lewin.

2]	MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING HELD ON MARCH 5, 2019 were accepted as circulated and signed by the chairman

3]	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were none

4] CLERK’S REPORT

The clerk updated the members on the forthcoming parish election on May 2, saying nominations closed the following day. The chairman suggested producing an A4 sheet showing the photographs of each of the people standing for election to put on show outside the village hall so that people voting could see them.

The meeting was informed that Coun. Lewin would not be standing for re-election in May.

5]	OPEN SESSION FOR THE PUBLIC. There was no one present.

6] REPORT FROM THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER

There was no report.

7] VILLAGE HALL

The wine evening had been a great success and has raised over £200 for funds.

The chairman updated the council on the plans to replace the heating units and said a specification and a quote was being prepared for the cost of the work to provide new units and the necessary wiring. The clerk said at least two quotes would be needed in view of the likely cost of the work. The chairman said Bradtech could be approached, having done work for the hall previously and the clerk said he was aware of a firm who worked on several village halls locally.

Coun. Redfern was thanked for her help and assistance in regard to the delivery earlier in the day of the shed proposed for erection in the grounds of the hall. The shed was being stored at her business premises.

Local resident Mr Mike Stanley was to carry out a survey on the electricity supply to the hall, it being suggested the costs were higher than they should be. The council that a firm who had made contact with the clerk in regard to power supply surveys should be given the information for them to investigate.

A check was to be made to ensure the hall had a TV licence,

8]	CORRESPONDENCE

Rushcliffe Borough Council were pushing again for a tree warden to be appointed in the village. It was agreed to advertise the fact on the website.

Notts County Council advised of a new broadband interactive map they had produced.	Coun. Wyles said he would attempt to attend the Department of the Environment Village hall grant scheme meeting at Oxton at the end of the week.

It was agreed to enter the Notts CPRE Best Kept village 2019 competition.

`	Insp Craig Berry, advised of their efforts to increase news of police engagement with communities. It was agreed to put a link to the police website on the council site.

Notts County Council /VIA wrote in respect of footpath blockages by crop growth by farmers and landowners and asked councils to report any instances to them so they could be rectified. Coun. Plant said she would check on a particular path that was sometimes affected.

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Coun. Reeds gave website statistics and said in March there had been 553 visitors, of which 447 were new, including one from North America.

9]	ENVIRONMENT

Coun. Wyles advised the council of an incident on Rempstone Lane where Western Power has employed contractors who had removed a 100 year old tree. The clerk would make contact with Rushcliffe Borough Council on the matter.

The chairman would meet a Rushcliffe Borough Council office to carry out a survey of the waste bins in the village. The clerk was to organise this. Guy Bryans was to be asked to refurbish a village bench. Peter James was to be approached re seeding two grassed areas in the village that needed attention, outside the church and on Widmerpool Road.

10]	PLANNING MATTERS

No applications

The clerk had corrected a decision notice sent to the Borough in connection with the development project on Keyworth Road.

Decisions

18/02845/ful. Robert Litchfield, Penbryn, Keyworth road. Erect single storey 3-bay oak framed annexe. Permit.

The clerk gave a reminder that the Borough council would not be sending out any more paper plans and could needed to look at them on line in future.

11]	FINANCE

ACCOUNTS TO PAY were approved as per the circulated list. It was agreed to give a £200 grant in connection with the annual river trip

GRANT APPLICATION Wysall Lunch Club. It was agreed to give a £250 grant in connection with the annual Peter Le Marchant boat river trip and Christmas Lunch.

Rushcliffe Borough Council have confirmed 100 per cent rate relief for the village hall

12]	CHAIRMAN’S MATTERS

The question of making wi-fi available in the village hall was to be investigated.

13] NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY MAY 8 AND AGENDA ITEMS FOR IT. (Annual Parish Council meeting, Annual Parish Meeting) It was confirmed the next meeting would be the parish meeting and it would start at 7.00pm, to be followed immediately by the annual meeting of the council to appoint the chairman for 2019/2020