Council Meeting – 15th March 2000
GREAT LONGSTONE PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON THE
15th DAY OF March 2000
Present; Councillors Askew, Cox, Fawcett, Bowering, Gregory, Finney, Casey, Hirst
District Councillor C Crowther
178.99. Apologies for absence
None
179.99 Minutes of the last meeting held on the 16th February 2000
The Council resolved to approve the Minutes
180.99 Matters arising from the minutes
There were no matters arising from the minutes
181.99 Backdale Quarry update
No matters were reported
182.99 Planning matters
To Note Approval
- Renewal of permission for the extraction of Fluorspar, barytes and calcite at White Rake, Great Longstone
The Council noted the Approval
183.99 Financial matters
To Note bank balances:
Deposit A/C £ 3,699.87
Current A/C £ 1,000
To approve payments:
- D Askew £60
- N&IS Casey £80 (Charity Vouchers)
- Clerks Salary £403
- Administration Expenses £64.86
- Beresfords Solicitors £510 (Purchase of Allotment Land Legal Fees and Disbursements)
- Cox Brothers (Felling tree on footpath, footpath works and repairs to wall) £117.50
The Council resolved to approve the payments
184.99 Village Hall
There were no matters to report
185.99 Playground Equipment
Councillor’s Cox and Fawcett have spoken to Mr Long who will complete the work on the slide by Easter
186.99 Petition re Mobile Recycling Unit
The Council received a Petition objecting to the siting of the Mobile recycling facility in the Croft Road Car Park. The Council heard that the Licensee at the White Lion has now agreed to the facility remaining on the Car Park at the White Lion so the Petition need not be considered further. The Clerk was instructed to express the Council’s gratitude to Mrs McGovern.
187.99 Millennium Celebrations
The Council discussed the sports day and social event that is to take place on the last Saturday of the Millennium week celebrations or such other ” free ” Saturday as may be available. Councillors agreed to accept responsibility for various parts of the organisation of the event
188.99 Allotment Land
The Council resolved to formalise the Tenancies of the Allotments and set a rent of £5 per Garden plot. An Allotment register is to be created and the four spare allotments are to be offered for rent in Under the Edge.
The Clerk is to write to the existing Tenants and investigate grants available to improve the land and walls
189.99 Maintenance
There are complaints regarding the defective footpath surface on the North side of Main Street above Church Lane. The Clerk is to report the Complaints.
190.99 New Noticeboard
The Builder is to be reminded that the work must be completed by the end of the financial year
191.99 Glass Recycling Scheme
The Council was pleased to hear that Mrs McGovern, the Licensee at The White Lion, had told the District Council that the Mobile Recycling Centre could now be left in the area of the former bottle bank. The bottle bank has been moved to a safer location closer to the White Lion.
The Clerk was instructed to write to Mrs McGovern as above.
192.99 Great Longstone Business Park
No report
193.99 Correspondence:
- Mrs Sidwell re Horse riding in the Meadows area: The Council will write to DDDC to ask that signs be erected to remind Horse riders that riding is not permitted on footpaths
- DDDC re Footpath in Church yard etc: Clerk to write to the Parochial Church Council
- J Nolder re Matlock to Buxton Railway: Chairman to Reply
- DCC SACRE Annual Report: Noted
- DDDC re Area Community Forums: Noted
- PDNPA re Public Participation in Authority Meetings: Noted
- Fundraising Appeal Re Marie Curie Cancer Care – To be considered at time of setting next precept
- DALC Circular: Noted
- DRCC re Community Food Seminars: Noted
- Local Government Commission Electoral Review of DCC: The Council is to formally object to the Proposal to create the new County Division extending to some 35 miles in length
- Derbyshire Police Authority Policing Plan: Noted
- PDNPA re Parish Council Day: Noted
- DCC re Road Accidents Summary: Noted
- DCC re Elvaston Castle: Noted
- DRCC re Derbyshire Village of the Year: The Council resolved to enter the Competition once again this year
- DCC re Derbyshire Local Transport Plan: Noted
- East Midlands Development Agency Rural Action Plan: Noted
194.99 Date and Time of next meeting
The Council resolved to meet next on the 19th April 2000 at 7.30 p.m. in the Village Hall
