February 2019 Minutes
Notes from Fillingham Parish Meeting
Monday, 4th February 2019
1. In attendance: Margaret O’Grady (chair), Peter O’Grady (vice-chair), Glenn Cargill (RFO), Vicky Cargill (ARFO), PCSO Julie McFaul, Cllr Roger Pattison, Dawn Greetham (clerk) and seven parishioners.
2. Apologies for absence: Sarah Overton, Zoe Rampley.
3. Notices of interest: None
4. Minutes for approval of meeting dated 3rd December 2018: The minutes were unani-mously agreed and were approved and signed.
5. Matters arising from those minutes not covered in the meeting: The Parish is now en-rolled in the Community Speed Watch Group at a cost of £40. The Parish will receive six yel-low 30mph signs which will be displayed as previously agreed.
6. Reports:
I. Police: PCSO McFaul reported two incidents. The first was a suspicious vehicle which was scrap metal collection. PCSO McFaul advised the Parish not to leave washing ma-chines etc. in evidence. The second was the incident involving the village Christmas Tree decorations which were vandalised. Although one parishioner came forward, there is no further information. The Parish was also made aware of on-line scams. PCSO McFaul left the meeting.
II. Finance: Glenn reported that the finances are strong. The following invoices have been paid: £40 subscription for Community Speed Watch, £139.91 utility, £89.48 water bill, £200 security lights. A grant of £1,000 has been received from Tesco with a further £400 raised through events.
III. Village Hall: The boiler in the hall is faulty and an engineer will be attending on 14th Feb-ruary. The Firestop check has been carried out and one extinguisher has been replaced. The Food Hygiene form has also been completed and returned to West Lindsey District Council. It was agreed that the £1,000 donation from Tesco be spent on renewing the kitchen door and window, Listed Building Consent to now be applied for. The remainder will be added to the amount needed for the new notice board.
IV. Playground: Regular checks are being carried out and there are no issues to report.
7. Correspondence: Invoices received as above. A letter of thanks was sent to Mr Rose for the donation of the village Christmas Tree.
8. Parish/District/county matters: Cllr Pattison gave an up-to-date report of the situation at Scampton Airbase. The Leisure Centre in Gainsborough has now been refurbished and the Call Connect Bus service is available for transport. There is an outreach program from Gains-borough Leisure Centre to take classes to the surrounding area. The Leisure Centre at Market Rasen is due to be refurbished. There followed a conversation regarding the funding of Lin-colnshire Police and the possible increase in Council Tax.
9. Any other business - Planning: Planning application number 138864 - land off Rectory Lea. Planning application for six houses has been received. To date there are two objections logged on the West Lindsey Planning site, with the third forthcoming. Following a discussion, it was agreed that the Parish put forward the concerns raised to the Parish Meeting about the de-velopment to the Planning Committee and these will be made available in draft form for com-ment prior to submitting to the Planning Committee. It was agreed that the Parish also request a site visit from the Planning Committee to discuss these concerns. A final letter will be sent to the Planning Committee on or before 15th February. The meeting was reminded that Margaret as chair, Peter O’Grady and Dawn Greetham as parish representatives reside in Rectory Lea, for the purpose of disclosure regarding potential interests.
Any other business – Other topics: It was agreed that Margaret instruct Starglaze to install secondary glazing to the windows in the hall. The majority of the cost will be covered by the IGAS grant, which can now be drawn down upon, additional costs to be taken out of funds.
10. Date of next meeting; Monday, 4th March 2019.