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GT. BEALINGS PARISH COUNCIL
A Meeting of Gt. Bealings Parish Council was held in the
Village Hall on Monday 18th July, 2005 commencing at 8.00 p.m.
PRESENT
Mr Eric Barnett
Chairman
Mr Julian Haywood-Smith Vice
Chairman
Mrs Sally Johnson
Mr Ken Willcox
Dr S Williams
Mrs Sarah Cartwright
Parish Clerk
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies had been received from
Peter Bellfield, County Councillor, Emily Lynch and John Carter- Jonas.
At the commencement of the Meeting
the Chairman welcomed everyone and thanked them for attending.
2. REGISTER OF MEMBERS
INTERESTS
The Chairman stated that he felt he
had to mention that he may have a conflict of interest when the proposed
play area was discussed. All present felt that Mr Barnett should remain
during discussions on that topic.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF
MEETING HELD ON 16th May 2005
The Minutes of the Meeting held on
16th May 2005 were approved as a true and accurate record of the
discussion at that meeting. The Minutes were then signed by the Chairman.
4. MATTERS ARISING FROM
THE MINUTES
(i) COUNCILLOR
It was agreed that Robin Sadler
should be approached as a replacement to Jenny Thurkettle. James Firebrace
would be asked as well.
(ii) VILLAGE FETE
Sally Johnson expressed her
disappointment at it being postponed. Mr Barnett said that we should allow
6 months to organise such an event, and that we needed to give more time for
forward planning.
(iii)
PLANNING
Seckford Hall’s proposal to build
twenty nine 3 and 4 bedroom houses had been withdrawn.
(iiii)
VILLAGE PLAYING FIELD
The Chairman advised the Council
that Little Bealings Parish Council were unanimous in their agreement that
the project should go ahead. The Village Hall Committee were not very
supportive. Their Chairman had resigned principally because he felt he had
been doing the job for long enough. At the Committee meeting it was agreed
they needed a caretaker. It was also agreed to co-opt three additional
members to widen the involvement of people in the parishes. A meeting was to
be held on the 27th July for those people who wished to be
involved in advancing the village playing field project. I.e. manual
labour, fund raising, maintenance, administration. Jenny Shaw from Little
Bealings had been helping. The Village Hall Committee preferred option was
to have a separate Playing Field Committee. Mr Barnett and Mr Haywood-Smith
did not think this was a good idea. The need for planning permission was
also discussed because the refurbishment would involve soil moving and
engineering works.
5. EXPENDITURE
(i) Cheque Signing
Simon
Williams proposed and Ken Willcox seconded the proposal that the following
cheques be issued and signed:
Salary for
Vivien Hinton £243.84
Expenses –
Vivien Hinton £ 11.07 = £254.91 total
C.A.T.S
(donation) £ 20.00
The Chairman also asked the Council
to authorise a cheque for £27.00 which had been sent to Suffolk Coastal
District Council for the cost of printing the questionnaires.
(ii)
Accounts 2004/05
The Chairman confirmed that the
Parish Council’s current account was in credit by £3,565.00. £1,500 of this
had been ring fenced for the Playing Field Project. The adoption of the
accounts was proposed by Ken Willcox and seconded by Sally Johnson. Mr
Barnett had completed the return for the external auditor and confirmed John
Stroud was satisfied with this.
(iii) A training day at a cost of £39.37 for
Sarah Cartwright was proposed and seconded.
6. CORRESPONDENCE
A letter had been received from the
County Council with a questionnaire attached that Ken Willcox kindly agreed
to fill in and distribute.
A letter had been received from
Suffolk County Council – Right of Way Improvement Plan which was to be given
to Emily Lynch as Footpath Officer.
7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Ken Wilcox donated a cheque for
£1,445.00 to go towards the Village Playing Field. This was raised from
metal detecting days.
It was proposed and seconded to
change the Parish Meeting on 14th November to 21st
November, 2005.
The Meeting closed at 8.45 pm.
The next Meeting would be held on
Monday 19th September, 2005 in the Bealings Village Hall
Committee Room commencing at 7.45 p.m.
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