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MINUTES OF GREAT OUSEBURN PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 25th FEBRUARY 2004 IN GREAT OUSEBURN VILLAGE HALL.

 

Present: Cllrs, J Gill (in the chair), A Burrell, K Scott, J Rich, R Kay, R Girdham, J Winn – Clerk and 6 members of the public.

 

Apologies: Cllr’s W Brewis, C Lewis & B Robinson.

 

Minutes: The minutes having been circulated, were accepted as a true record of the previous meeting.  Proposed by Cllr Burrell and seconded by Cllr Scott.

 

Matters Arising:

Parish Plan Presentation Party:

Party to present the completed parish plan to the village to be held on Friday 19th March 6.30-8pm.  PC to pay for cost of drinks supplied by The Crown Inn up to a cost of £500.00 proposed by Cllr Girdham, seconded by Cllr Rich.  PC to purchase two display boards for evening and future use proposed by Cllr Scott seconded by Cllr Burrell.

 

Trees:

Clerk to arrange meeting with Alan Gillyard, HBC arboreal expert regarding all trees in parish.

 

Speed Limit – Branton:

Cllr Gill to write to express his discontentment at the way NYCC, Fulford are dealing with this ongoing issue.

 

Doctors:

Following a public meeting with the Boroughbridge Doctors, the parish council were extremely dismayed that they would no longer be attending the village hall to do a surgery once a week they would no longer be attending from April 2004.  Clerk to speak to Chris Shields re transport grant’s etc and ask her to come along to next PC meeting – for next agenda.  Dr Simpson from Green Hammerton surgery kindly attended the meeting and stated that although the village hall surgeries had limitations that they would be continuing to attend for the foreseeable future.

 

Broadband:

Set to be up and running on 25th March 2004.

 

Land at Village Hall:

A letter had been received from NYCC stating that the sub-soil along Lightmire Lane in Great Ouseburn next to the village hall was not recorded on the County Property Terrier.  Clerk to keep on file.

 

Playing Field:

Nothing to report.

 

 

 

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Freelanding:

Clerk spoke to Mr Beech, Aldwark Manor – no reply as yet.  Cllr Scott to apply for Waterways Trust Grant on behalf of PC.

 

Ambulance Service:

Following letter from Clerk ambulance service conducting an investigation into not being able to find addresses in village. 

 

Pipers Lane:

Cllr Gill to speak to C Craven, NYCC and ask for pipe’s to complete works.

                                                                                               

Correspondence:

 

Car Parking Bays – Old People’s Bungalows:

Clerk to write to HBC and ask that car-parking bay’s be put in to the old people’s bungalows area to ease congestion with facilities transport.

 

Footpath – Little Ouseburn/Great Ouseburn:

Work will start at the beginning of July.

                                                                       

Finance:

 

 

TREASURER A/C

MONEY MANAGER A/C

EXPENSES

VAT

CHEQUE

 

 

00401048

 

73018547

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT BALANCES

£22.16

 

£16,823.16

 

 

£567.13

NO.

 

 

£12,577.67

£12,555.51

£21,108.60

£4,285.44

 

 

 

DATE

TRANSACTION

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

PAID BY

TO CLAIM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLERK

 

 

14/02/04

Gross Interest to 13/02/04

£0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income and Expenditure proposed by Cllr Burrell and seconded by Cllr Girdham.

Planning:

HBC-Decisions:

1.         14 Springfield Rise – Erection of first floor side extension over existing attached garage and single and two storey rear extensions – Passed with conditions.

2.         Well Farm, Main Street – Renovation of retaining wall and formation of protective structure to existing wall (revised scheme) – Passed with conditions.

Applications:
1.         Langreen – Erection of 15m mast at Joinery works, Laurel Cottage – The           PC supported the application. (Broadband)                                        
2.         Clematis Cottage, Branton Green – Erection of detached double garage – The PC had no objections.

 

 

 

 

 

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Meetings:

Parish Plan:

Cllr Gill thanked Cllr Girdham for all her hard and dedicated work in producing the parish plan along with the other councillors.

                       

Sub-committee – Sports:

No meeting had taken place.

 

Sub-Committee- Footpaths:

No meeting had taken place.

 

Sub-Committee-Transport:

Meeting to be held on 10th March 2004.

 

Youth Forum:

Continuing to go well – Coffee morning to be hosted by them – 20th March 2004.

 

Village Hall:

D Child reported that the village hall was becoming increasingly difficult to run, as they had no committee.  D Child to promote village hall at launch of parish plan.  Clerk to put on next agenda – under matters arising – Future of Village Hall.  Cllr Gill to mend potholes in car park.

 

Neighbourhood Watch:

No report.

 

A.O.B.:

Graffiti on wall on Church Field Lane – Cllr Burrell to remove.

 

Parish Plan grant application to submit.

 

The date of the next meeting will be Wednesday 24th March at 7.30pm in the village hall.

 

There being no further business the meeting closed at 9pm.
THESE MINUTES ARE UNSIGNED.