2022 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

BENINGTON PARISH COUNCIL

MINUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT THE BEONNA ON MONDAY 18th July 2022 at 7.00 pm.

PRESENT:

Parish Councillors K Pinner (Chairman), G Gostelow, J Grant, and B Holland

Boston Borough Councillors P Bedford and J Welbourn

Mrs J Barnes (Clerk)

1   NO APOLOGIES

2   MINUTES

2.1   The minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on the 13th June 2022 having been previously circulated were approved and signed by the Chairman.

3   MATTERS ARISING

3.1   The grass at the side of the footpath between the church and Bede Crescent was still an issue.  

3.2   No signage at the top of Hall Lane, was still causing numerous problems with HGV’s turning off the main road.  

3.3   The overgrown hedge near the Church still needed attention, left with Councillor Pinner.

3.4   It was reported that the Tourist Signs for The Beonna, were now in place.

3.5   Councillor Pinner stated he was waiting for a quote on fitted hoops at the Playing Field.

4   NO DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 

5   PLANNING 

5.1   B/22/0197  -  The application for change of use from two flats restricted to holiday accommodation to a single dwelling with Use Class C3 at Keepers Cottage, Middle Mere Bank had been granted.

6   PARISH MATTERS

6.1   Highways  -  It was reported that several pot holes on Hall Lane had now  been dealt with. 

6.2   Councillor Grant Scheme  -  In the absence of Councillor Bell, no additional information was  available.  Councillor Pinner to make further enquiries.

6.3   Beonna Update  -  The Chairman reported that Outdoor Seats and Planters would be purchased as the Parish Council’s contribution to the community for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.  He also stated that a Business Plan was being put in place for opening the Café.  The Clerk reported that she would be showing the display of photos and memorabilia at the Heritage Day on the 17th September.

6.4   LALC Networking Day  -   The Clerk gave a report on the Networking Day she had attended at Woodhall Spa on the 6th July.   Speakers had included Pear Technology, the digital mapping system and John Turner, CE of the NHS integrated care board.  She had also attended workshops on Civility and Respect, Code of Conduct, (the new model being introduced in 2020) and the Risk Register.  Both the Code of Conduct and the Risk Register would be Agenda items indue course.  

7   CORRESPONDENCE

7.1   Numerous emails including those from LALC, had been forwarded to all councillors.

7.2   The Clerks & Councils direct July edition was handed to Councillor Pinner.

8   FINANCE

8.1   The clerk reported that the Certificate of Exemption had now been sent to the External Auditor and the documents were now on the website.

8.2   The clerk presented the up-to-date accounts, precept spending to date and evidence of the bank balance. This included numerous transactions for The Beonna.  A VAT refund of £3,654.39 had been received.

8.3   The following payments had been authorised and agreed.

9   NEXT MEETING

The next meeting was arranged for 15th August 2022, at 7.00 pm at the Beonna.  Further dates for 2022 were also agreed.  It was also noted that next year’s dates would be discussed at the August/September meeting, with a fewer number of meetings notification to be sent to all councillors, with a reminder regarding the 6-month rule.

There being no further business the Chairman thanked those in attendance and closed the meeting at 7.40 pm