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LEIRE PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on Tuesday 16th April 2002 in the Village Hall.

Those present:- Mrs J. Goodwin, Mrs. C. Cambers, Mrs D. Morgan Mr. F. Lambert, Mr. P.Pickering, Mr. Peter Fuchs, District Councillor and Mrs R. Bones (Clerk)

4221 Minutes of the previous meeting held on Tuesday 19th March 2002 were read and approved. It was proposed by Mr. F. Lambert and seconded by Mr P.Pickering these were a true record.
RESOLVED: That they be duly signed.

4222 Matters Arising -
i) War Memorial - Permission from the church is required before work on the memorial can be carried out, and a cost of £83.00 is payable to the Church Administrators. Father Derek will be consulted on this matter.

ACTION: Mrs Cambers and Mr. Pickering

ii) Jubilee Mugs are on order but no reply has been received in connection with the order placed.

iii) Hedge on Dunton Road - Mrs Goodwin has been in touch with the G.P.O. who stated that they only rent this property and are not responsible for the maintenance. However, they agreed to contact the maintenance person on our behalf and request that the hedge be cut.
Post Meeting Note: The hedge has now been cut back.

iv) Bus Shelter - Mr. Fuchs has offered to speak with Harborough District Council to try and arrange for the roof to be put back onto the bus shelter on the Ashby Lane.

v) Tree Warden - Mr. Lambert has resigned from the position due to amount of work that is expected of him. The Parish Council was unaware that so much work was involved with this.

4223 Correspondence

i) Parish Audit Services - Information in connection with the new arrangements for the auditing of the accounts has been received. Mrs Goodwin and the Clerk will look further into the new arrangements.

ii) Mrs Warden - A letter has been received from Mrs Warden advising us that David Warden wishes to give up his allotment on the Frolesworth Road. There are now two allotments available for rent. A letter is to be written to Father Derek requesting that he place an announcement in the Church Newsletter.

iii) Leicestershire and Rutland Assoc. - New Support for Parish Councils - To be circulated.

iv) Jackson & Co - Mrs A.E. Redfern (deceased). The final amount, granted for help on the up-keep of Jubilee Walk, has been received. This will be signed when Mrs Goodwin gives the authority to the Clerk.

v) D. Ryan - The full break down of the cost for the re-pointing of the bridge on the Frolesworth Road has been received. A copy of this is to be sent to Leicester County Council for their attention and comment.

vi) BTCV - A letter from the new Practical Projects Officer for the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers in Leicestershire and Rutland has been received. This is to be placed on file i.e. Jubilee Walk file.

vii) Housing Advice and Information Days - A leaflet has been received in connection with four housing advice and information days, which are to take place over the next few months. The leaflet is to be placed on the notice board.

viii) Information has been received in connection with Guidelines and Developers re Badgers. This information will be passed on to Lamley Brothers.

ACTION: Mrs Goodwin

ix) Availability of community funding through Vital Villages scheme - To be filed for future reference. This will be placed in the Jubilee Walk file.

x) Philip Cross, 01/01325/FUL - A reply has been received in connection with the access gates not set back 5 metres from the highway boundary, Land Part OS 3961, Broughton Lane. This is receiving attention and a full reply will be forwarded to us as soon as possible

xi) Whack-a-Ball Summer Junior Sports Programme - The annual letter from Harborough District Council has been received asking if the Playing Field can be used again for activities for children aged 5 - 11 during the week commencing Monday 19th August 2002.
There was no objection to this, and a letter is to be sent advising of this.

ACTION: Clerk

xi) Items for Circulation - Standard Committee Minutes, and HDC Minutes.

4224 Planning
i) 02/00509/FUL - Mr & Mrs M. Pope - Erection of porch to front of dwelling. Inglenook, 11 Frolesworth Road, Leire.
COMMENT - No Objection

Planning Consent
i) 02/00184/LBC - Leire Parish Council - Restoration of war memorial, St. Peters Church, Main Street, Leire.

4225 Queens Jubilee Celebrations - We have been advised that the Main Street cannot be closed for the celebration party which we hope will go ahead for the Queens Jubilee Celebration. Mrs Harris has informed us that we are unable to close the street and she wishes to pass the celebration back to the Parish Council. This will be discussed in full at the Annual Open Meeting on the 21st May 2002.

4226 Parishioners Participation - None

4227 Jubilee Walk - Nothing to report

4228 Playing Field - Nothing to report

4229 Accounts

i) Mr. G. Sutton Maintenance Work £84.00
ii) Village Hall Committee Rent for the Years 2000 to 2002 £172.00
iii) Powergen  Electricity Bill £88.91

The meeting closed at 10.00p.m.

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