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Muker Parish Council Minutes – 2016/17 Muker Parish Council Minutes – 2016/17 22 March 2016 – Annual Meeting 22 March 2106 12 May 2016 16 June 2016 18 August 2016 29 September 2016 3 November 2016 8 December 2016 26 January 2017 MUKER PARISH ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Parish Meeting was held on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at 7.30p.m. in Muker Institute. Councillors Whitehead, Calvert, Porter, Metcalfe, Reynoldson were present. Alison Stringer the Parish Clerk also attended. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: Cllr Blackie, Cllr Blows ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN: Cllr Ernest Whitehead was elected Chairman, nominated by Cllr Porter and seconded by Cllr Reynoldson. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING: The minutes of the previous meeting held on 17th March, 2015 where read out. The minutes were approved as a correct record. All were in favour. MATTERS ARISING: The notice board in Thwaite has still not got a cork backing – this matter was to be discussed in the Monthly Parish Council meeting following the annual meeting. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AT 31.3.15: This showed an opening balance of £2548.62 Incomings of £7064.04 and Outgoings of £6885.11 The balance to carry forward is £2727.55. All were in favour. ANY OTHER BUSINESS: None MUKER PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 22 March 2016 The Parish Council meeting was held on the 22nd March 2016. Councillors Calvert, Reynoldson, Metcalfe, Porter, Councillor Whitehead presiding. The Clerk was Miss A Stringer. 1. Apologies for Absence: Cllr John Blackie, Cllr Richard Blows 2. Declaration of Interests: None 3. Minutes of previous meeting: The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 16 February 2016 had been circulated. The minutes were approved as a correct record. Proposed by Cllr Porter and seconded by Cllr Calvert. 4. Matters Arising: a. Muker Sign – There had not been any feedback from Highways regarding the sign. It was agreed that if no progress had been made by the time of the next meeting then the Parish Council would go ahead and purchase and erect a sign. b. Parking – Bramble Bottom – Muker – Cllr Metcalfe, Cllr Whitehead and Chris Mitchell Owner of Bramble Bottom had met with Ian Beighton a Project Engineer from Highways earlier in the day to discuss the issue of parking and yellow lines. Ian Beighton had explained that to extend the yellow lines even by a few feet would require the adherence to statutory requirements which were both time consuming and expensive. It would be more appropriate at this time to paint a white line in front of the building, which would hopefully deter people from parking and would be more cost effective. However if this did not work the matter could be revisited. The repainting of the yellow lines along the green and other areas within the Village along with signage was agreed at the meeting and would hopefully take place in late April early May. c. Ivelet Bridge – Signage – the Clerk had written to Highways but no response had yet been received. d. Buttertubs Gritting- Highways Customer Service had explained that that the Buttertubs Pass was a Priority Two road and therefore if there was not a requirement to grit the Priority One roads in the area, then a Priority Two road would also not be gritted at that time. The Parish Council thought that this was unacceptable as Buttertubs is at altitude and often requires gritting when other lower roads do not. It was agreed that a request be made to NYCC to upgrade the Buttertubs to Priority One and to also contact Rishi Sunak MP, Cllr Blackie NYCC and Cllr Blows RDC for their support in this matter. e. Land Slippage – Calverts Houses – Highways had commented that the problems with the road were being monitored. f. Mobile Infrastructure Project – The Clerk had contacted Rishi Sunak MP regarding the cancellation of the MIP and was awaiting a response. 5. Finance: - Orders to pay were raised for: YLCA Membership, Literary Institute and Muker Public Hall for meetings and Parish Clerks Salary. 6. Highways – 7. Richmondshire D.C. a. A letter had been received regarding the Parish Precept, Clerk to contact Cllr Blows to clarify the content. 8. NYCC:- a. Information had been received regarding changes to Household Waste Sites mainly changes to their opening times and also new charges for the disposal of tyres. Clerk to display posters on notice boards. 9. YDNPA: a. Planning Application – Greenses Farm – A planning application for changes to the garage had been received – No Objections. 10. YLCA: a. Revised Financial Regulations – N/A b. Petition to give local councils right to appeal planning regulations – It was agreed that the Parish Council would sign the petition along with individual councillors. Clerk to forward link for petition. c. Sector Led Body for Audit – a third correspondence had been received from YLCA – The Council agreed to opt into the scheme. d. Local Government Act 1972 – Section 137 Expenditure Limit – The limit is now £7.42 per elector. 11. Correspondence/AOB: a. Richmond Rotary Club – a letter had been received asking villages whether they would like to enter a best kept village competition – Clerk to place letter on notice boards. b. Cllr Reynoldson asked whether a date had been set for repairs to be made to Thwaite Bridge. At present no date had been given by Highways. c. Cllr Reynoldson raised the issue of a Telegraph Pole which has been erected in Thwaite. He was concerned not only about the location of the Telegraph Pole, which had been badly positioned but also the loose cables lying in and around areas in Thwaite, which was a safety issue. Previously cables have always been placed underground, why had this not been the case for this installation. Cllr Reynoldson to write on behalf of the residents of Thwaite. Parish Council to write to the Pole Objection Team regarding this matter. d. Cllr Metcalfe raised an issue regarding chairs, tables and signs once again being placed outside the Old School Gallery in the road. The Parish Council had previously written to them requesting them to remove the tables and chairs and keep signage to a minimum. Whilst the Old School Gallery had removed the tables and chairs following the letter they have now placed them back in front of the building. The Parish Council were concerned that people are sitting in the road and passersby are being forced into the road. Clerk to contact Highways and RDC regarding this matter. e. Cllr Metcalfe brought to the Councils attention issues regarding the recycling area in Muker in particular the grass cuttings and rotting vegetation. Clerk to contact RDC. f. Cllr Porter raised concerns regarding the Crowtrees road following recent repairs and the volume of water running down the side of the road which in places is more than a foot deep. Clerk to contact Highways. g. The condition of the notice board at Thwaite was discussed, in particular after wet weather. Cllr Reynoldson to check its current condition and report back to the next meeting. 12. Date and Time of Next Meeting: Thursday 12 May 2016. 7.30pm The meeting closed at 8.55pm. MUKER PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 12 May 2016 The Parish Council meeting was held on the 12 May 2016. Councillors Reynoldson, Metcalfe, Porter, Blows, Councillor Whitehead presiding. The Clerk was Miss A Stringer. 1. Election of Officers – Chairman – Cllr Whitehead – (Prop Cllr Porter – 2nd Cllr Metcalfe) Vice Chair – Cllr Calvert – (Prop Cllr Metcalfe 2nd Cllr Reynoldson) – Treasurer – Cllr Calvert – (Prop. Cllr Reynoldson 2nd Cllr Porter) 2. Apologies for Absence: Cllr John Blackie, Cllr Calvert 3. Declaration of Interests: None 4. Minutes of previous meeting: The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 22 March 2016 had been circulated. The minutes were approved as a correct record. Proposed by Cllr Metcalfe and seconded by Cllr Porter. 5. Matters Arising: a. Muker Sign – There had not been any feedback from Highways regarding the sign. Clerk to contact Ian Beighton of Highways b. Parking – Bramble Bottom – Nothing to report. Cllr Whitehead commented that Highways will not carry out the white / yellow line work until the road is free of salt. c. Ivelet Bridge – Signage – Highways had responded stating that a new sign was being purchased and would be erected. d. Buttertubs Gritting- NYCC Highways had written to the Parish Council stating that they will review the Priority grading of the Buttertubs in their annual meeting in August. Rishi Sunak MP had contacted Highways on the Councils behalf. Cllr Blows stated that the Hawes and Abbotside Parish Council were in support of the Parish’s request to upgrade the Buttertubs as was the Upper Dales Partnership. It was also noted that this was a problem of altitude and not just prioritisation, Highways had been informed of this. Cllr Metcalfe stated that the “golden hour” regarding ambulance response times could be affected if the Buttertubs could not be passed. e. Mobile Infrastructure Project – Cllr Whitehead read out a letter from Rishi Sunak MP detailing his efforts so far and his continued commitment to improving broadband and mobile phone coverage for rural areas. He explained that the Government had recently signed a landmark deal with the four main mobile networks which would mean that 98% of people will be able to get 4G mobile coverage by 2017. Cllr Blows discussed that Keld would be receiving superfast broadband by the summer of 2017. Cllr Porter discussed the issue of not having a landline since 6 April as it had been cut off when BT had been working on the Broadband upgrade and that others near Oxnop were also affected.
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