East Kirkby Parish council Meeting
21st January 2021 – Via Zoom 19.00 start
Present: Cllrs B Nowicki (Chairman), C Brandwood, D Brown, C Roe, JH Mussett (Clerk)
Apologies: Cllr V Lingard
Declarations of interest: None - based on the published agenda.
Approval of the October 2020 minutes:
Chairman ascertained that all the councillors had read the September minutes and that they were an accurate representation of events.
Acceptance of the October minutes was proposed by Cllr Brandwood, seconded by Cllr Roe.
Action: Chairman signed the minutes off verbally and will post a copy on the notice-board.
Parish Council website:
Chairman asked if the councillors had been to look at the website and all were very complimentary.
Chairman asked councillors if we should offer website space to local businesses and charge them £50 per annum. It was generally agreed that this would be a good idea. Cllr Brandwood suggested that we contact the local businesses and offer them free space on the website till June 2021.
Suggestion was proposed by Cllr Brandwood, seconded by Cllr Roe.
Action: Chairman and Clerk to make a list and contact.
Update from County and District Councillors (Via Clerk):
Economic recovery; Vaccination letters; Green waste – Sign up to the green waste collections and enter the ‘competition’ to receive your annual charge for free.
Action: Clerk to send these 3 mails on to Councillors.
Financial matters:
Precept: Clerk advised Councillors that the precept of £3,000 had been submitted to LCC.
Minute ref: 125/01
Clerk’s wages: Clerk’s wages totalling £133.00.
Minute ref: 125/02
Acceptance of clerk’s wages was proposed by Cllr Brandwood, seconded by D Brown. Unanimously agreed at the subsequent vote.
Planning applications:
None received.
Urgent matters for discussion
Dog mess: Cllr Brandwood asked about the possibility of getting more signs, which Chairman has. Action: Chairman and Cllr Brandwood to put signs up in the village.
Action: Clerk to chase Dog warden
War memorial: Cllr Brandwood mentioned that the war memorial is going slightly green with moss.
Action: Clerk to ask Leakes of Louth what product would be suitable to use for cleaning.
Parish Council has had a complaint regarding slurry tankers coming through the village and wrecking the verge down on both Fen Road and Chapel Lane as they have to pull off the road.
Action: Chairman and Clerk to write to Hawkes advising them of the problem.
Chairman thanked the councillors for their attendance and contributions and closed the meeting at 19.40.
Next meeting date:
Thursday 18th February 2021 - starting at 19.00
Via Microsoft Teams
Any items to be brought before the Council can be submitted to the Clerk via eastkirkbypc@gmail.com
by the Thursday (1 week) before the meeting.
Please visit our new web-site via:
https://east-kirkby.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/
Dates for 2021 meetings: 18th March; 15th April; 20th May – all meetings start at 19.00. Until restrictions are lifted by the Government, meetings will continue to happen via Microsoft Teams or ZOOM.
Please bear with us as we are getting to grips with the technology. We anticipate being able to open up the meeting to the public again in March or April (via Microsoft Teams or Zoom). If you wish to ‘attend’, please let me know and I will send you the link.
(All dates and “venues” are subject to change)