September 2019 Minutes
Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting of Great Ponton Parish Council
Held on 16th September 2019 at 7pm in Village Centre.
Present:
Cllrs E.Booth. Chairman, P.Jackson, Vice-Chairman, D.Booth and G.Taylor.
District Cllr Adams arrived at 19.40. Two members of Grantham Town Football Club Academy.
Welcome.
Public Forum.
1. Apologies of absence.
a. Apologies received from Cllr Cruickshank, reasons given and accepted by all.
2. Declarations of interest.
a. None received.
3. Notes of the minutes of the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on 13th July 2019 to be approved as the new minutes.
a. Resolved to accept these minutes
4. Matters arising for the minutes:
a. Highways matters. More potholes had been reported and some have been filled in. On the whole the village is looking really tidy.
b. Speed Indicator Device. 34196 vehicles had passed the unit with an average of 22.2 mph. The unit was based to count vehicle towards the A1 through the village from July to present day of meeting.
c. Boundary in village. Ongoing.
5. Village Centre Matters/Report.
a. The AGM is booked for the end of October. More people have joined the committee. One evening event raised £300 for Macmillan. Harvest Festival Supper booked. The centre is quite busy.
6. Community Playing Field.
a. Nothing to report.
b. To receive update from the football club. Grantham Town Football Club Academy have had lots of meetings regarding the use of the football pitches. Plans have been drawn up to create flat pitches on tiered levels as there is a 10 mtr rise, with a clubhouse towards the end of one pitch. There is a good opportunity to create the best pitches in the area, but the cost of this is around £60-70k and three months’ work. South of the County Lincs FA have no fields in this area. They will seek a quote to floodlight the pitches to be able to play at conference level. The current cabins on site, will be ok for the time being, but long-term plan is to replace with a better structure.
c. Caravan & Camping Club. Still some people are staying. The Camping & Caravan Club have done the annual inspection and all is well for the oncoming year.
7. Financial matters.
a. The latest financial report had been circulated and it was resolved to accept the figures given.
8. Browns Trust.
a. The accounts stood at £29.47 and £223.83 At the next meeting the Christmas cheques will be done.
9. Planning matters.
a. Any local planning applications had been dealt with accordingly.
10. Vacancy.
a. The current two vacant seats will be discussed at he next meeting.
11. Correspondence.
a. Correspondence received was included in the agenda.
b. LALC representative to the committee. It was decided that we did not need to have a representative on the LALC committee.
12. Cllrs reports & items for inclusion at the next meeting. Or reports on other items not on the agenda.
a. Highways England will be completing reviews throughout November regarding the A1 and their decisions will be made in January 2020. There are 32 gaps in the central barrier.
13. Date of the next meeting is booked for Monday 11th November 2019
14. To resolve whether to exclude public, press or Police, who will be required to leave the meeting at this stage.
a. None.
Meeting closed at 8.24pm.