Deeping St James Parish Council
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DEEPING ST JAMES PARISH COUNCIL The Institute, 38 Church Street, Deeping St James, Peterborough PE6 8HD e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01778 343266 Fax: 05603 435419 www.dsjpc.co.uk Parish Clerk: Steve Ashby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minutes of the meeting of Deeping St James Parish Council held on Thursday 31 March 2011 at 7.30 pm in The Institute.. Present: Councillors Barber, Baxter (arrived 7:40), Blessett, Coulson, Dilks, Gamble, Lindfors- Windsor, Pagella, Pearce, Pelling, Shinkins, Stevens, Thompson (arrived 7:50), Wallis and the Clerk S Ashby. Also present were County Councillor Mike Exton, PCSO Chris Clarke, Paul Hanson and Messrs Delaine-Smith. The meeting started with an Open Forum. • Two Directors of Delaine Buses talked about the Delaine proposals to provide additional services in the Deepings following the withdrawal of the Stagecoach bus service from 17/4/2011. There will be a 101 service every 30 minutes with a separate DSJ service on the 102 via the health centre, Tescos and the Heron Lea Estate. The 203 service will mirror the stagecoach DSJ route every other hour for Health Centre and shopping. This will be an extension of the Stamford bus service with passengers needing to change in MD to get to Peterborough. This is a completely commercial service without subsidy. They said that they had tried to target need rather than ideals and aspirations and took into account all the bus shelters in DSJ which will all continue to be served under the new routes. Cllr Dilks thanked Messrs Delaine-Smith for attending. o Paul Hanson of the Deepings Youth Centre spoke about the latest plans for the Youth Centre continuing to exist. Due to LCC budget cuts the funding for the Youth Centre has been cut so there is little money available for employing youth workers. The Government has said that where a service can be run at the same cost by a charity or co-op or mutual, then the service can be transferred and the revenue transferred. He is looking at the option of a charity which then opens up additional funding options. The United Charities who own the premises have indicated that they are happy if this arrangement was put in place. Paul appreciated the continued funding from the Parish Council which will allow them to stay open for 4 nights per week (5 during fair play football). He has also approached MDTC who hopefully will match DSJ funding. He has asked DSJPC, MDTC and the United Charities to provide a trustee. He will know in approx 40 days if his bid is successful. LCC have been sounded out and they have indicated they would accept this option. Members suggested that the constitution of the proposed charity should state that there should a trustee from both MDTC and DSJPC to ensure accountability • PCSO Chris Clarke reported 1 attempted burglary in Station Road but nothing was taken, 1 garage/ shed burglary and the recovery of 2 stolen cycles. Enquiries continue about graffiti in DSJ and MD and a suspect has been identified – PCSO Last is looking to use the Community Payback Team to clear graffiti. On Saturday 9/4/11 there will be a Police Road Show on John Eve Field along with SKDC Community Safety Team from 9.30 am – a similar event at Rainbow was very busy Anti social behaviour has been quiet with only a couple of small incidents. The next police panel meeting is 4/4/2011 at Joan Wake Close – start @ 7.00 pm. • County Cllr Mike Exton advised that LCC had received £6.2m for road repairs, a draft report on LCC working together with Parish Councils will be out soon, the school safety zone at the Deepings School was now in place, the Deeping School is still looking at how it might achieve Academy status, he had spoken with LALC about the possibility of providing Parish Cllr Training sessions in Stamford. • A debate took place about the impact of LCC cuts on services in DSJ including such issues as Home care charges, 16-18 year old transport charges, connexions and cuts in children’s and adult services. Cllr Exton said he would ask a Director or Portfolio holder to come to a future Parish Council meeting. He would also follow up whether there had been under spends in 2010/11 and their impact on the 2011/12 budget. 160.11 To receive apologies for absence. Cllr Bryan Helyar - Work 161.11 To receive declarations of interest, if any. Cllr Dilks declared a personal interest as a trustee of DSJ United Charities and knowing the applicant of planning app S11/0579/TCA Cllr Stevens, Shinkins and Thompson also declared personal interests as members of DSJ United Charities. Cllr Stevens declared a personal interest as knowing the applicant of planning app S11/0579/TCA and being partner of P Hanson. Cllr Wallis declared an interest in planning app S11/0501 as he knew the applicant and lives in the same street. 162.11 To adopt the Minutes of the previous meeting held on 24 February 2011. Enc 1 This was proposed, seconded and agreed. The minutes were then signed by the Chair. 163.11 To receive the Clerks Report. • First cuts of the Skate Park, Riverbank and Cemeteries – including the new cemetery hedge - have taken place. The Clerk has discovered that someone is putting their grass cuttings over the new cemetery fence (against the fence) into the church yard. This will be monitored and signs put up if it continues. • There have been 2 Funerals, 1 interment of ashes and a funeral planned for next week. There has been a call from a relative about dis-interring remains and a family dis-agreement. She was advised that the PC could not get involved in any disputes of this nature and that a legitimate request for a head stone could not be refused. She was also advised that a home office licence would be required to move remains and to seek independent advice about all the issues she raised. • Richard Wright, manager of the Community Payback service visited. Details of the planned work for the year was provided (church yard, cemetery tree removals, church walk, painting of railings, litter picking). There is a report later on the agenda about the usage of the Church Hall. An extra visit was made by the Payback Team on 29 March as another site had insufficient work and they are next due in on 5 April. The day for the Team may change in April to be a Wednesday which can be accommodated by the Church Hall. A lady who lives near the church has called to say the team are doing a wonderful job in the Church Yard and could they clear the ivy which grows over her wall from the Church Yard. • There has been one report of fly tipping outside Prentice Brothers which was reported to SKDC and 1 report of a broken street light which has been raised with SKDC and LCC. Graffiti on the SKDC litter bin on Rycroft Avenue has also been reported. • There has been one caller complaining about the ending of the stagecoach bus service. Details were given about the Call Connect service and the intended Delaine replacement service. • A missing public footpath sign and a footpath closed sign have been reported to LCC. • Tom continues to litter pick around the village and has acquired two 5 gallon water containers to be able to water the new hedge and plants on Thackers Way / Crowson Way open space. He has also painted the fence at Churchfield. • There has been a problem with the information included with council tax bills in Deeping St James and Market Deeping as SKDC inadvertently included a part of DSJ Budget information in bills across both villages instead of MDTC information in just MD. • Two complaints have been received about parking on the cycle path by the new residents of the new housing development near Churchfield. This has been raised with PCSO Clarke. • Two large green bags containing soft landing systems spotted on the verge on Linchfield road and Towngate East have been reported to the manufacturers • There have been two allotments surrendered 1 full plot and 1 half plot so these will be re-allocated shortly. There are a few plots that do not appear to be being cultivated yet – including one who had a warning letter last year. Letters will be sent to these shortly. Cllr Stevens will contact Age Concern about plot 32B • The squashing of daffodils planted last year on Rycroft Avenue was raised with Anglian Water. • The Office CCTV camera has stopped working. The clerk is arranging for 2 quotes. Members agreed expenditure of up to £250.00. • Yesterday, 30/3, an allotment holder called to say that a fence post on his plot had gone through one of the water pipes which seemed to be about 2 ft down. The water supply was turned off by Alan Bulmer of the AA who has looked at the problem today and they think they just need 2 joints and a new piece of pipe. They will fix the problem and will advise the cost. • A reminder was given about the parish elections that nominations need to be received by the Returning Officer by 12.00 noon on Monday 4 April. • the Clerk will be on leave for the week commencing 11 April 2011, and for two weeks from 1 August 2011 but the Asst Clerk will be in the office. 164.11 To receive the report of progress in relation to matters arising from the Minutes not dealt with elsewhere on the agenda.