Minutes of Meetings
The minutes for Parish Council Meetings are approved and published at the meeting of the following month; hence minutes for the January meeting, for example, are approved at the February meeting and then published.
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LEIRE PARISH COUNCIL
| Minutes of the Leire Parish Council meeting held on Tuesday 20th January 2004 in the Village Hall. | |
| Those present:- Mrs J. Goodwin, Mr. P. Pickering, Mrs J. Gamble, Mr. K. Brown, Mr. F. Lambert , Mr. David Jennings, County Councillor and Mrs R. Bones (Clerk). Two members of the general public arrived at the meeting at 8.30 for Parishioners Participation. | |
| Apologies received from District Councillor Mr. Peter Fuchs. | |
| 4392 | Minutes of the previous meeting held on Tuesday 2nd December 2003 were read and approved. It was proposed by Mr. F. Lambert and seconded by Mrs J. Gamble that these were a true record. |
| RESOLVED: That they be duly signed. | |
| 4393 | Matters Arising |
| i) | Street Lamp Broughton Lane Mrs Goodwin reported that she had passed the information on to the resident in White House Close. |
| ii) | Street Light Station Lane/Oak Avenue We have not received any feed back from Waste Manager or the Chief Executives office. A letter is to be written to the Street Lighting Dept advising them that this lantern is out of action. |
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ACTION: Clerk |
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| 4394 | Correspondence |
| i) | PCC Churchyard Extension A letter has been received from Mr. Chris Hurst, The Treasure of Leire PCC in connection with the churchyard extension. The PCC have indicated that they are to take on the responsibility of maintenance, and have asked if the Parish Council would continue their financial support. This was agreed and a letter will be sent advising that the Parish Council would make a similar contribution to that which they have done this last year. The amount contributed would be reviewed annually. |
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ACTION: Clerk |
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| ii) | HDC Open Space, Sport and Recreation Provision and Needs Assessment A large questionnaire has been received and before this is complete a call will be made to ascertain if this is relevant to Leire. |
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ACTION: Mrs Goodwin |
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| iii) | Footpath W73 (Part) Leire Mill, Leire As no objection was made to the diversion of this footpath, an acknowledgement letter will be sent and the notice placed on the Parish board. |
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ACTION: Clerk |
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| iv) | Swift Valley Partnership Two copy letters have been received which have been sent to Swift Valley from parishioners who are very concerned about the proposal for the village. Letters are to be written to HDC planning and HDC Chief Executive Office asking if they know anything about this. |
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ACTION: Clerk |
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| v) | Hacker & Young The signed Audit has been received from Hacker and Young, and the only item to be addressed is the Risk Assessment. There remains a concern over the requirements for this, and a telephone call will be made to Mr. Tony Roe to seek his advice. |
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ACTION: Clerk |
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| vi) | The Wild Trusts Jubilee Walk Notified that this is a Wildlife Site (also known as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation) has been received. This information will be placed in the Jubilee Walk file. |
| vii) | Defra Equine Issues, Macmillan Cancer Relief, LCC Transport Plan Circulated |
| viii) | ABB Street Lighting Maintenance Charges New Annual charges to be filed. |
| ix) | LCC Hourly Service Leicester to Rugby New bus services being introduced for the local villages The new service 140 commenced on 05/01/04. |
| x) | Form Weld Limited The quotation for the barrier has been agreed at a price of £820.00 + VAT. The clerk will check that the barrier is to be the same as those in the Co-op at Broughton Astley. |
| POST MEETING NOTE Held off with this order due to the lamp post problem to be discussed at the next meeting. | |
| xi) | Lamley Brothers A new tender for the maintenance of Jubilee Walk has been received which is for £182.00 + VAT per cut. One cut in March, one cut in July and the last on September 2004. This has been accepted and a letter of confirmation will be sent. |
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ACTION: Clerk |
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| xii) | Items for circulation HDC Special Meeting, Rural Partnership Oakleaf, Labours MEPs in the East Midlands Newsletter, Village Voice, South Leics. Events Guide, Email Agency publication and Standard Committee Mins. |
| 4395 | Planning |
| i) | 03/01835/FUL Mr & Mrs White Erection of two storey rear extension 6, St. Peters Close, Leire. |
| COMMENTS No Objections | |
| ii) | 04/00033/FUL Punch Pub Co. Erection of porch and false monopitched roof to single storey rear section and internal alterations. White Horse Inn, Main St. Leire. |
| COMMENTS No Objections | |
| Planning Permission | |
| i) | 03/01542/FUL Mr & Mrs Kimberley - Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear 5 Eaglesfield End, Leire |
| 4396 |
Parishioners Participation |
| i) | Two parishioners came into the meeting to discuss the Swift Valley letter which was circulated to the whole village. A letter is to be written to HDC Planning Dept and HDC Chief Executive asking for there comments. |
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ACTION: Clerk |
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| 4397 | Playing Field - None |
| 4398 | Jubilee Walk - None |
| 4399 | Accounts |
| i) | Hacker and Young | External Audit Fee | £141.00 |
| ii) | ABB | Street Light Maintenance | £63.70 |
| iii) | Powergen | Street Lighting | £88.91 |
| iv) | HDC | Election Recharges | £69.47 |
| v) | Serviceteam | Grass Cutting Playing Field | £257.53 |
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