Parish Council

Minutes of the Ordinary meeting of the Parish Council held on

Monday 10 August 2020 at 7:00pm

Present Apologies Allen Andrews (AA) (Vice Chair) Kaye Husband Roy Foster Lisa Holden (LH) Emma McClean (EM) (Chair) Janice Robinson (JR) (Clerk)

To receive apologies and approve reasons for absence and to note the provisions regarding attendance at meetings. Kaye Husband was unable to join the meeting due to her unfamiliarity with the use of IT. The possibility of holding November’s meeting in the village hall was discussed. This would depend on any restrictions 1. in place at the time, the agreement of the village hall committee and risk assessments being carried out by the village hall committee and the parish council (PC). JR to investigate nearer the date. Kaye’s absence was APPROVED. She would need to attend the next meeting. JR 2. To receive any declarations of Declaration of Interests not already declared under the Council's code of conduct or members’ Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests: NONE. LH had contacted District Council (RDC) to check that her declaration of interest form had been received and was waiting to hear back. LH to chase RDC for a response; she stated she had no interest to declare LH 3. To confirm the minutes of the ordinary meeting held on 11 May 2020 and the extraordinary meetings held on 8 June 2020 and 16 July 2020 as true and correct records: Proposed EM; Seconded LH. RESOLVED 4. To consider and decide upon the following planning applications: Reference No; 20/00692/FUL APPLICANT: Mr Tim French (Albanwise Limited) DESCRIPTION: Installation of ground mounted solar pv array LOCATION: High Mowthorpe Farm House High Mowthorpe Road Duggleby Malton North YO17 8BW This development would be out of sight from the main road and no objections were raised. Proposed AA; Seconded RF: No comments or observations. RESOLVED 5. To receive the following planning/decision information: Since the agenda had been published the PC had received a decision notice regarding planning application 20/00349/FUL Albanwise Top Barn, Lightfoot Road, Kirby Grindalythe YO17 8DB. EH stated she was pleased that the PC’s comments regarding the bridle path had been noted and that the planning approval had included provisions regarding protecting the safety of users. 6. Financial Matters: 1. To receive the budget position and bank reconciliation to 1 August 2020. This was NOTED To receive information on the following ongoing issues and decide further action 7 where necessary: • Defibrillator for Duggleby Project EM reported that following an advertisement for volunteers two people had contacted the PC saying they would like to get involved. One had already started some work on cleaning up the phone box. EM stated that there would need to be regular check ups on the defibrillator. Hopefully more people would volunteer once the defibrillator was installed. EM had set up a WhatsApp group for people who were happy to help with the project and proposed setting up a Zoom meeting to talk through with volunteers what needed to be done. This was AGREED. • Pollution of in Salents Lane RDC had confirmed that it had written to Birdsall Estate regarding the broken drain but had not received any information other than it was to be referred to the estate manager on his return from holiday. Drain had not yet been fixed. JR to chase up RDC JR 8. Matters requested by councillors: NONE 9. To consider the following correspondence received: Visit from Rural Commission on 19 August 2020 3:15 pm to 4:00 pm. EM and KH to attend. A letter had been received from RDC too late to be included in the agenda advising that BT was consulting regarding the removal of Kirby Grindalythe’s payphone. JR had spoken to KH who had stated that the mobile coverage in the village was not yet sufficient so the BT payphone could be needed in an emergency. Proposed by RF; seconded by LH that RDC be advised that the PC opposed the removal of the BT payphone in Kirby Grindalythe until such time as the EE mobile phone mast was erected giving Kirby Grindalythe better mobile phone coverage, Once there was sufficient mobile phone signal, the PC would be interested in purchasing the call box. RESOLVED JR The letter from the Leader of RDC regarding the proposal to create a unitary authority in North Yorkshire was discussed. North Yorkshire County Council had arranged a webinar on 19 August regarding the proposal. Item to be carried forward to the next agenda. JR A discussion took place regarding the appropriate keyholder for the keys to Duggleby’s notice board. Proposed that AA hold the keys and to put his contact details on the notice board for anyone wishing to access it. 10. To notify the clerk of matters for inclusion on the agenda of the next ordinary meeting agenda: Duggleby Defibrillator; Salents Lane; North Yorkshire Unitary Authority 11. Employment matters:NONE 12. • To confirm the date and venue of the next scheduled meeting: 2 November 2020. Depending on corona virus restrictions this could be held either in the Village Hall Kirby Grindalythe or by Audio Visual means. Meeting closed at 8 20 pm