Stoke Ferry parish council
POLICE have said Stoke Ferry is to be treated as a priority in a bid to solve problems with vehicles.
Parking issues have been a particular problem and other difficulties include lorries overshooting the Grampian factory site in Furlong Drove and then reversing.
The theft of heating oil was raised and the meeting was advised there are some security measures available, including alarms.
Highways engineers will arrange for a further drain to be installed near Buckenham Drive. The hedge by the playing fields footpath has now been cut and the light on the Duke's Head repaired.
Cllr Nicholas-Letch said he had inspected this area and felt that access could possibly be a problem. This is currently along a track beside a field. He felt access could possibly be made available through the cemetery but consideration would obviously have to be given should a funeral be taking place. It was agreed that this would be discussed further when there are six applications for allotments.
Work on potholes in Bridge Road has been programmed. The clerk is to write to the occupiers of properties with boundaries along Boughton Road about an overgrown hedge.
Members were told there was still no rubbish bin outside the kebab shop.
Cllr Nicholas-Letch said some graves in the cemetery were considered dangerous because of settlement. Some which are crumbling need filling in then gravel put on top, at a cost of approximately 50 per plot.
Contact will be made with relatives. He thought a fundraising event could be arranged to help with financing the work.
A report indicating what needs to be done about the footpath in Oxborough Road is to be forwarded to the highways engineer.
Cllr Nicholas-Letch asked for an increase to 600 to be included for the cemetery in the 2009/10 precept. The precept was set at 9,500.
The council meeting scheduled for April 1 will now be brought forward to Wednesday, March 25, to take account of the end of the financial year.
The council recommended for approval plans for floodlights to illuminate the football pitch at Playing Fields, Buckenham Drive.
It recommended for refusal variation of Condition 11 of permission to permit a scheme for the provision and implementation of contamination investigation to be undertaken in a phased manner at land in Lynn Road.
A request had been received from the borough planning department for the parish council to change its decision. It was agreed by all councillors that their original decision should stand.
Accounts: Direct debit payment to e-on Energy, 39.40 (November lighting); MHB Services, 64.38 (lighting maintenance December/January): Mr D Summers, 64.53 (petrol for attending meetings May to November, 2008); Mrs C. Hardy, 255 (salary for December, 2008) and 29.64 (expenses for December, 2008); statement of account as at 11 December 2008 – total receipts, 10,432.39, less payments to date 7456.78, plus unpresented cheques 217.71. Balance in bank, 3193.32.
Correspondence included notification of a house name change from Ferrymans Cottage to Woollie, Oxborough Road, from Emerson and Son whose request for a memorial inscribed "In loving memory of Bryan Smith at rest" was approved; from Christopher Fraser MP about speed limits outside schools; and notification that the local government reorganisation meeting date has been changed to Tuesday, February 17. Cllr Nicholas-Letch will attend.
The clerk had received many complaints about dog fouling on paths. The dog control officer should be asked to visit the village.
Cllr Ferrie said he will be standing down as chairman from the AGM.
The clerk was asked to check who is reponsible for the flashing speed light opposite the school in Wretton Road, which does not appear to be working. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, February 18.
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