Annual Parish Meeting 10th May 2007
Littlethorpe Parish Council
Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on Thursday 10th May 2007 in the Littlethorpe Village Hall at 7.30pm.
Littlethorpe Parish Council
Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on Thursday 10th May 2007 in the Littlethorpe Village Hall at 7.30pm.
Present:
Mrs. W. Orme (Chair)
Mr. J Wardle
Mr. C. Laker
Mrs. J. Jowitt
Mr. W Lupton (Clerk)
11 parishioners
1)Apologies
District Councillor I.
2) Adoption of Minutes from last Meeting - 23rd May 2006
Liz Tite requested that two letters from R. Tite and J. Edmondstone be added to the Minutes before being adopted. It was agreed that the letters, once the Minutes had been approved, could be attached as addendums to the Minutes rather than become an integral part of the Minutes already agreed in principal in July '06 . It was agreed that the draft of the 2007 APM minutes would be available for comment until formal adoption at the 2008 APM meeting. Any comments received before the July Parish Council meeting would be included in a further draft that would be presented at the July Parish Council meeting. J Edmonstone was concerned that issues shown on the last minutes remained unresolved and were coming round again. Precise procedures to be agreed as an agenda item at the Parish Council July meeting.
The Minutes were then formally adopted by the Parish Council, proposed by Cllr. Wardle and seconded and seconded by Cllr. O’Connell.
3) Chairman's Report
It was resolved by the meeting that the Annual Report be given at the next meeting, due on the 22nd May 2007
4) Treasurer's Report
Accounts to date
2006/2007 year end accounts
It was resolved by the meeting that these reports be held over until the next meeting due on the 22nd May 2007
5) Questions from the floor
After some discussion from the floor it was resolved by those present that the format for the Annual Parish Meeting should be changed for future years and that it should become an opportunity, as recommended in the Good Guide, for varied interest groups to be invited to the meeting and that the meeting should present an opportunity for all parishioners to become involved. It was hoped that the new style of meeting would be less formal and that by involving third parties many more people would wish to attend.
Concerns were raised by the lack of progress in forming a Neighbourhood Watch and it was resolved that the Clerk should contact Alan Drinkall at Newby Wiske to arrange the attendance of a police representative at the July meeting Representation is also to be made to the Community and Policing Response programme to arrange a meeting.
The subject of the land owned by the Hield Trust in the village was raised and it was agreed that a representative from the Parish Council should make personal contact with the trustees through Mr. Hutchinson, as very legitimate concerns held over the potential misuse of the land by 'travellers' and its general state of repair.
The Clerk was requested to liase with the Village Hall booking administrator to identify available dates for future meetings prior to the meeting on the 22nd May.
The progress of the Parish Plan was discussed and Mr. O'Connell reported on the limited progress to date. Four key themes have been identified:
Pinfold
Footpath network
Road Safety
Rights of Way
R Curtis felt that it would be best to draw a line under the whole Parish Plan survey and make a formal record as to what had happened and that the Parish Plan had lost momentum
At this stage virtually no funds from the original £2700.00 grant has been spent and the contribution from the Parish Council not yet requested. The findings to date are on the internet but broadband is required to access the detail which limits accessibility for many people. Those present expressed their support of the Parish Plan and requested Cllrs. O'Connell and Orme to continue their good work.
Cllr. Laker agreed to contact Highways after concerns were raised about the road where
The meeting closed at 9.20 pm.