Scrooby Parish Council, 09 05 2011

Minutes of Scrooby Parish Council Meeting

MONDAY 9th May 2011

SCROOBY VILLAGE HALL

1. PRESENT

Ed Marshall - Chair, Heidi Robbins, Christine Bailey, James Arrowsmith, Dennis Brooke, Sheila Firth

Also present: DC Barry Bowles, PCSO Catherine Phillips

Due to non-election of previous councillors, Christine Bailey and Dennis Brooke, the meeting was not quorate. However, as the two ex-councillors were present we deemed it correct procedure to approve the minutes from the last PC meeting. As noted below, other matters were postponed until and an adhoc meeting of all elected councillors could be arranged

2. Apologies

Matt Pollard, Dennis Marshall

3. Minutes of April Meeting

Proposed as a true record by James Arrowsmith and seconded Heidi Robbins. All agreed.

4. Matters Arising

DC Bowles suggested we write to Sheila Place at NCC in Harworth about the changes/cancellations to buses. He believed that individual letters would have a greater impact on the bus operator than a petition. Chair & Parish Clerk to contact Stagecoach in the first instance.

5. Correspondence

Emails were received by the PC regarding the potential sale of the lakes in Scrooby. Lakes are privately owned and nothing to do with PC.

6. District Councillor's report

The new DC, Barry Bowles, had no report to give as it was his first meeting. He gave his contact details to the Clerk.

7. Finance Report

No finance report was submitted as the Treasurer was not present.

8. Police Report

The new PCSO Catherine Phillips attended the meeting and gave her contact details to the Clerk. She reported that she had spoken to the owner of Andrew Neil Car Sales about parking cars on the footpath. She had also spoken to some of the young people and warned them not to use the lakes for swimming.

9. Planning and Village Plan

No planning applications have been received.

10. Play Area

Nothing yet to report, awaiting quotes for fencing.

11. Village Hall

Quotes have been received for repairs to the village hall, quotes will be accepted when the Council is quorate.

12. Environment

Nothing to report.

13. Neighbourhood Watch Scheme

Nothing to report.

14. Any other business

The Council members agreed to hold an ad hoc meeting of the Council the following week on the 19 May 2011 to deal with matters requiring formal approval.

Meeting closed at 8.40pm

Next meeting Tuesday 7 June 2011 7.45pm Scrooby Village Hall