KIRBY HILL & DISTRICT PARISH COUNCIL
(Incorporating:
Kirby Hill, Milby,Thornton Bridge, Humberton and Ellenthorpe)
A meeting of the above Parish Council was held on 14 July
2008 in the Coronation Hall, Milby, in accordance with the Local Government Act
1972, due notice having been given. The
meeting opened at 7.00 pm.
Present: Cllrs.
Smailes(Chairman), Helliwell, Parr, Renfrew, Wilkinson and Martin Rae (Clerk)
1 Apologies: NYCllr
Watson, DCllr Brown, Cllrs Merson, McKenzie, Lister and Widdows
2 Code of Conduct: Cllr
Wilkinson expressed an interest in agenda items 7b and 7c
3 Minutes of the
Meeting held 12 May 2008 had
been distributed and were accpeted as a
true record and duly signed
4 Finance
Balance stood at £3,703 (incl
£500 grant from NYCC J. Watson fund, not yet spent)
Rent of
room to pay £5.50
A Foster (grass cutting 1st
half-year) to pay £250
PWLB loan 1st half-year
payment £728.67 paid
5 Correspondence
a)
HBC Standards Committee Regulations
New regulations came into force 8
May 2008. Regulation 8 requires HBC to
provide every Parish Council with written notice and agenda in respect of
meetings of its Standards Committee.
These are available from the clerk on request.
b)
HBC Consultation meeting with Parish Councils
This will be on 1 October at
Aldborough Village Hall. Cllr Renfrew
volunteered to be one of the KHPC respresentatives. Deadline for agenda items is 12 September 2008 and clerk will
send a remindr nearer the time. ACTION CLERK
6
Clerk’s/Councillors’ Reports
a)
Police Liaison – Cllr Parr attended the last meeting
and reported. Venue had been Crown Hotel in Boroughbridge but a disappointingly
low turn-out to hear Insp Linton talk about the new policing arrangements. Parishes had been asked to put forward
items/issues for prioritisation.
Cllrs thought that there was now
more evidence of a police presence in
Boroughbridge, which they welcomed.
Cllr Renfrew asked for future
agendas to be forwarded to her. Cllr
Wilkoinson would remain the official representative of KHPC on the Police CAP
group but this did not prevent other councillors attending the meetings. ACTION CLERK
b)
Joint Parish Council – Cllr Parr had attended the 10
July meeting. He felt that, like
the police meeting, it was a
useful forum for information exchange . Of particular interest to KHPC the
impending new application for an MSA was discussed, as well as an update on the
Milby Lane Waste site application. Also the prospect of hydro-electric power
from the river Ure weir – to be discussed at greater length at the next meeting
(25 Sept). This was something that had begun with a presentation to The
YoreVision AGM.
c)
YoreVision – the clerk reported on the AGM and
presentation by Water Power
Enterprises. He also commended the new walks leaflets to
councillors and reported that a group was now looking at doing further walks
leaflets for Myton and Staveley.
d)
CAP/Parish Councils meeting 23/6. The clerk had
attended this meeting at which
agreement was reached over the approach CAP and the councils would
take at the
Planning Meeting in Northallerton on 15/7 (now cancelled – see 7d)
e)
Commercial Development Group – the Chairman explained
that the results of the first
public consultation on the develooment of
this site (Advance Technology, opposite
High
School) would now be made available at a further round of consultation to
be
held on 17
and 19 July at the High School.
7 Ongoing
matters/updates
a.
106 monies War Memorial – the
chairman had received a quote for £400+VAT
from James
Wilkinson for ironwork 15” high on 18” posts. Cllrs approved the
sketch and
the clerk was asked to write to Mr Wilkinson accepting the quote.
106 monies
should contribute circa £300. ACTION CLERK
b.
MSA – the clerk reported on the 7
July meeting with representatives of the
developer (Heather Ive Assoc) at
which the pre-application public consultation was discussed. Gareth Owens of
the re-constituted RAMS (Residents Against Motorway Services) also attended. The
meeting had been called by the developers, who were persuaded to undertake a
fuller and longer consultation than they had planned – in accordance with the
new Statement Of Community Involvement in HBC’s Lcal Development Framework. It was expected that the planning
application would be submitted to HBC in early September. The clerk will
receive the public response forms resulting from the consultation and will
forward them to the developers.
c.
B6265 Layby Cllr Parr had raised the issue of
the mobile canteen as one of the
many
ongoing problems with this layby, along with the overnight HGV parking.
Local
resident and RAMS leader, Gareth Owens, had also contacted the council
to urge
again that something be done urgently about the layby as its present
state, and
apparent lack of will on the community’s part to do anything about it,
only
played into the hand of the MSA developers.
The clerk would contact Ken
Major of
NYCC Highways again. He had also raised the matter with CCllr John
Watson,
who had also put pressure on Mr Major.
ACTION CLERK
d.
Milby Lane Waste Site proposals It had
been learnt earlier in the day that the
Ogden
planning application had been withdrawn.
Cllrs expressed relief and
gratitude to CAP(Communities
Against Pollution) for the work they had done. They hoped that the signs would
now be able to come down. The clerk
reported that KHPC’s donation had been £141
towards one of the two very large banners used at the site meeting on 1
July.
The clerk reminded Cllrs that the
Milby site was still on NYCC’s preferred list for Waste operations and that CAP
would still be fighting to have it removed at the forthcoming NYCC
Minerals/Waste meeting.
e.
Speeding – Helperby Road/ Burton Cottages – Cllr
Renfrew had shown the
Highways proposals to other
residents in th area and all were satisfied with them. It was now just a matter of awaiting
implementation in the autumn.
f.
30mph signs – now in
place in Leeming Lane (but 40mph signs still to be
removed
from signs on exit from village green – Highways have been informed)
Church Lane nd Millings Lane signs still to be completed. So
far only the posts
had been installed.
g.
Thornton Bridge signs –
awaiting installation in the autumn. £1500 funding now
secured.
h.
Weight limit signs – Cllr Parr raised the
matter of an increasing number of
lorries
exceeding the 7.5 tonne limit coming through the village and obviously not
for local
access. He agreed to monitor this to
try to identify companies whose
vehicles
were the ‘culprits’. Letters could then be written by the clerk advising
them.
ACTION CLLR PARR
i.
Grass Cutting- Cllr Parr was concerned
about the quality of the village green
grass cutting at this time of year
and also about the future, should the present conractor be unable to continue.
On the first matter it was agreed that the system should continue whereby Cllrs
Parr and Wilkinson would contact the clerk if they felt an ‘extra’ cut was
required. On the second matter the clerk would obtain a quote from HBC’s grass
cutting dept. to supplement other quotes already received in 2006. ACTION CLERK
Also with regard to the village
green Cllrs were advised that the tree at the junction with St John’s Walk was
obstructing the pavement. Cllr Wilkinson agreed to investigate and possibly cut
back some branches.
ACTION CLLR WILKINSON
j.
Litter Picking – the clerk advised that a
notice was being included in ‘Beyond the
Pews’ advertising for people who
might be interested in forming a regular volunteer ‘litter picking group’. This
was being done in conjunction with Langthorpe PC and the two councils would
contribute to the purchase of necessary equipment. The clerk also advised that
the insurance (public liability) aspects were being investigated.
k.
Kirby Hill Roundabout signs – Cllrs
Parr and Merson had asked for this matter
to be raised following a sudden
rash of new signs around the roundabout perimeter. These had, all except one, been removed by HBC.
The matter of the roundabout’s
sponsorship had again been raised by Boroughbridge Town Council at the recent
Joint Parishes Meeting. The clerk had advised BBTC’s Cllr Wilkinson that KHPC
had not accepted NYCC’s invitation to take responsibility for the roundabout
and that he must deal direct with NYCC regarding setting up any sponsorship
arrangements.
l.
NYCC Footpaths Kirby Hill/Milby – NYCC had
confirmed that the North-South
path would cross through the new
strip of woodland close to the Farm Shop to meet the East-West path.
m. Out-of-hours
delivery Kirby Hill School Cllr Parr
and the Clerk had established that it was the milk delivery occurring at around
five in the morning and disturbing residents. Cllr Parr had understood from
speaking with the headmistress that such deliveries should not be happening
before 7.30am. The clerk to contact the headmistress again to advise that 5am
deliveries were again taking place.
ACTION CLERK
n.
Internal Audit – this would take place at
the clerk’s house on 23 July. The chairman being no longer able to attend, it
would be necessary for another Cllr to take his place. The clerk would contact
Cllr Widdows, who had earlier said he’d be prepared to do this.
o.
Village Green bench – the
bench near the St John’s Walk junction was in a state of poor repair. The Chairman said he would contact Colin
Slator with a view to having it repaired on a ‘materials’ cost basis. ACTION CLLR SMAILES
8. PLANNING
a. Milby Lane Waste Transfer Operation. WITHDRAWN 14/7/08
b.
BT 08/02567/KIOSK removal Parish council had neither objected nor
supported
removal,
saying it had insufficient evidence of use. Subsequent info. from BT
showed
just ONE call made from the box in a 12 month period.
Merting closed at 8.40pm
NEXT MEETINGS: Monday
15 September 2008 7.00pm
Monday
10 November 2008 7.00pm
SIGNED……………………………………………………………. DATE……………………