Minutes

Item No

Discussion

Action

2021/1

It was proposed by Cllr Diver and seconded by Cllr

 Scarborough that Cllr Foster be appointed as

 Chairman for the forthcoming year .

Resolved All Favour

2021/2

It was proposed by Cllr Foster and seconded by Cllr

Scarborough that Cllr Diver be appointed as

 Vice Chairman for the forthcoming year.

Resolved All Favour  

2021/3

Apologies

 Cllrs Andrews,,Cllr Harrison and Cllr Brockway

2021/4

Declaration of Interests.

There were no further declaration of interest to declare than those declared on an annual basis

2021/5

Minutes of Parish Council Meeting 18th August 2020

It was proposed by Cllr Diver and seconded by Cllr Scarborough to accept the minutes as a true and accurate record of the meeting. Resolved all in favour.

2021/6

 Councillor and Clerk’s Report

Cllr White

She was part of a members forum to address issues for litter. Litter picking had happened on A46 and the outcome was very positive.

Eco friendly housing is important in the area.

Cllr McNeill.

He could not recall any planning applications at Riseholme

The Green Bins are now being collected. It was to be commended that the bins have been collected throughout the Covid pandemic if problems had arisen it would have caused a great deal of difficulties within the community.

Public service staff are to be commended for being able to work in a variety of tasks to meet the Covid need,

2021/7

2021/8

2021/9

2021/10

Finance

Final Accounts

The Final Accounts as prepared by S, Diver were presented and showed the Parish Council to be in a healthy position. It was proposed by Cllr Diver and seconded by Cllr Scarborough that Cllr Foster should sign the accounts. Resolved All Favour

Annual Audit and Certificate of Exemption

The Certificate of Exemption and Annual Audit for 2020/2021 as prepared by the internal audit was presented and Cllr Diver and seconded by Cllr Scarborough that Cllr Foster should sign the Annual Audit and Certificate of Exemption. Resolved All Favour

 Payments since last Meeting

The Clerk presented the financial accounts  since the last meeting.:-

Date           no.              Payee         Services     Amount                                                                 £

29.09.20    152 C Emerson            Clerk's remuneration (net)             xxx

29.09.20    153 HMRC                   PAYE                                               xxx

29.09.20    154 Burton Club,CPRE Room hire, subscription              61.00

15.12.20    155 C Emerson            Clerk's remuneration (net)             xxx

15.12.20    156 HMRC                   PAYE                                              xxx

18.03.21    157 C Emerson            Clerk's remuneration (net)             xxx

18.03.21    158 HMRC                   PAYE                                              xxx

18.03.21    159 S Diver/Intellitech Website consultancy                  200.00

03.04.21    160 Lincs Assoc of Local Councils Membership 2021/22                                                                                                              85.47

Receipts

01.04.20 West Lindsey DC £2,000.00

They were proposed to be accepted by Cllr Scarborough and seconded by Cllr Diver. Resolved All in favour.

Balance   £5875.00,

It was proposed to accept the balance

by Cllr Foster and seconded by Cllr Diver

 Resolved All in favour.

Governance

The Council’s Financial Regulations Standing Orders and Code of Conduct had been circulated and it was proposed by Cllr Foster and Cllr Diver to accept them for forthcoming year, Resolved All in Favour

2021/11

Planning Application

Planning Applications had all been responded to. The planning application at Grange de Lings was discussed and Cllr McNeill advised which documents which were most appropriate to consider on the planning portal.

2020/12

Membership of LALC and CPRE

It was agreed that these were important organisations . It was proposed by Cllr Diver and seconded by Cllr Foster that  membership should be renewed. as appropriate. Resolved All in Favour

2020/13

Insurance

The clerk advised that arrangements were made through a specialist broker for parish councils. It was agreed that the clerk should renew as appropriate.

2020/ 14

Broadband

Cllr Foster advised that  St Georges Lane were taking advantage of Open Reach Broadband Scheme with Government Grants in St Georges Lane. Currently, this was not available in Riseholme Lane. The University had laid extra cabling but this was a closed academic network cable..D, Bull reported that residents on Riseholme Lane were looking to providers and Quickline had been proposed but this was not necessarily the best system. It was agreed further discussions needed to take place with residents. Cllr Foster agreed to pick this up. Cllr McNeill expressed concern and agreed to discuss it at WLDC and arranged a meeting with the Chief Executive for the following day

2020/15

New Parish Computer

The clerk reported that the parish computer was needing to be replaced. Cllr White and Cllr McNeill agreed to each offer £250.00 to fund the replacement. Cllr Foster warmly thanked them for their generosity.

2020/16

University Update

Harvey Dowdy

She advised that the main change for the University was that the Vice Chancellor was going to retire. Under her stewardship the University had doubled in size and had opened a medical school which although currently under the Nottingham which was as required, it was anticipated that it would transfer to Lincoln. Already the University had been training nursing staff.

The University had been “fire fighting” like many organisations throughout the pandemic. In particular they had supported many “looked after children” ensuring their safety and well being whilst staying in the area.

At Riseholme work had continued at a pace on the robotics and agritech.

Matt Bagley

He reported that there was an increase in activity with farm students. Lincolnshire trained 45% of farming students.

The support at the University was excellent for the students.

The lambing had been good with lambs output being within the UK top 5%.

There was a discussion regarding the footpaths and the closure of the campus. It was understood by the Parish Council,D. Bull and residents that closure had been appropriate due to the pandemic, however, the University were asked whether they were now looking to reopen it. Residents of Riseholme and visitors to the campus had enjoyed a wide range of access across the space for very many years.

Harvey Dowdy reported that they had opened a permissive footpath and  but would now consider the further .request. She confirmed, it was not just Covid which caused the now continued closure but rather the aggritech work and robotic work that had to be undertaken in safe surroundings and there was an issue of industrial espionage and vandalism to the campus was not unknown.

Discussion took place on the possible restablishment of access through specific areas as the Parish Council and residents through this meeting understood that Covid was no longer an issue and the points that were being raised was the long term business of the University.

Harvey Dowdy confirmed that a public consultation would take place but wanted that to happen in the Autumn. The Parish Council and residents welcomed that offer and confirmed that they would also, in the meantime, look to what were the best options.