Draft minutes subject to confirmation
MARY TAVY
PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Held in The
Reading Rooms
Wednesday 15th
June 2005
Present:
Cllr T Pearce (Chairman) Cllr P Jarvis (Vice-Chairman)
Cllr A Prosser Cllr J Pendall - Cllr W Squire - Cllr P Hilborn - Cllr G Hill
Cllr M Anning - Cllr J Higman
DG Evans (Clerk)
Others present:
Four members of the public PC K Reed Mr Paul Glanville DNPA Cllr P Scannell WDBC
Apologies for
absence: None
Absent with no apologies received:
None
61-2005 Parishioners time:
Mr Molloy launched into a tirade of abuse, aimed mainly at Cllr Jarvis, whom he accused of corrupt behaviour regarding the latest edition of the Mary Tavy Gazette. The clerk warned Mr Molloy about his conduct and requested that he address members properly and refrained from the inflammatory language he was using. (Cllr P Scannell withdrew from the meeting room at this point.) This was reiterated by the Chairman who stated that unless Mr Molloy conducted himself in a proper manner he would be asked to leave the meeting. Mr Molloy requested that the members place his complaint(s) regarding Cllr Jarvis and Cllr Prosser before the Standards Board. Mr Molloy was advised, by the Chairman, that if he considered any impropriety had occurred with any of the members, a point that he did not share, he should place the matter(s) to them himself and request an investigation. Mr Molloy stated that he considered that any complaint from a member of the public had less chance of being investigated than one placed before them from members. This was dismissed as fallacy by the Chairman. Cllr Hilborn enquired as to whether the allegations made were of a personal nature or should be viewed as council business? He continued that if it was personal then this meeting should not be used as a forum to air it. (Cllr P Scannell returned to the meeting at this point.) The Chairman thanked Mr Molloy for his input and asked the other members of the public present if they had anything they wished to raise. As no one else had any points to raise he formally opened the meeting.
63-2005 Minutes of the previous meeting:
The minutes of the meeting held
on Tuesday 10th May 2005 were signed, by the Chair, as a true and
accurate record.
64-2005 Receive
report from DNPA Ranger:
64.1 Paul Glanville stated that he strives to visit all parish councils at least once a year and today was his annual visit to this one. He asked those present if they had any problems? Cllr Hill requested information regarding the abandoned car on his land as it had been abandoned on Boxing Day and both DNPA and the Police had been made aware of the situation at the time. Mr Glanville stated that he was working with the Police on this matter. Mr Glanville finished by stating that he is always around and will always strive to respond to calls for assistance on National Park issues. The Chairman thanked him for attending and his continued work. Mr Glanville remained to observe the rest of the proceedings.
65-2005 Receive report from PC Reed:
65.1
PC Kevin Reed stated that he has now been in his new post for two months and
the Police have received twenty-one calls to the area during this time. Of
these five have been logged as crimes. Two being incidents of minor damage, one
of assault and one a traffic incident. He stated that he has maintained a high
profile around the village and that he
would investigate the abandoned car referred to by Cllr Hill. Cllr Scannel
stated that she has had two reports of vandalism on parked cars in Bal lane and
that the person who had suffered the damage had identified the person(s)
concerned to her. She requested that the Police patrol this area on weekend
nights as evidence of under age drinking taking place had also been found. PC
Reed stated that the more he is informed of incidents like this the greater the
chance he can be effective in his response. He suggested to Cllr Scannel that
it would perhaps be best if he spoke to her privately after the meeting
regarding the incidents she had highlighted. Cllr Scannel agreed to this.
66-2005 Matters arising:
66.1 Horndon Post Codes The clerk reported that this has finally happened and all affected addresses have been changed from Peter Tavy to Mary Tavy. Cllr Jarvis requested that this council write to all the emergency services control centres advising of this change. This was agreed and the clerk was requested to advise them accordingly. It was agreed to remove this item from future agendas.
66.2 Receive update re letter of
complaint The Chairman reported that the letter had been notified to the
Police who have spoken to the writer and requested that he refrain from his
harassment of the members. (At this point
Mr Molloy attempted to make comments and was told by the Chairman that he could
not speak on this item.) Cllr Hill requested that a copy of this letter
should be forwarded to the Education Authority and the Chairman of Mary Tavy
Primary School Board of Governors as the writer of the letter is a School
Governor consequently Cllr Hill considered that the appropriate authorities
should be made aware of the way this person is conducting himself. This was
carried by a majority of six in favour with three against. The clerk was
requested to advise them accordingly.
67.2005 Correspondence:
67.1 Stones on verges Following complaints from residents the clerk reported that Colin Hicks of Highways had been advised of the problem of large boulders being placed on land designated as Highway. Colin Hicks has written to the property owner requesting that they be removed. It was agreed that he should be made aware of other properties where stone/boulders were being used in a similar manner.
67.2 BT Telephone boxes A proposal was received from BT to turn two of the three telephone boxes within the parish into cashless boxes. The two boxes concerned are sited at the cattle grid near Horndon and near St Marys Church. They would be available for emergency calls, reverse charge calls and credit/debit card calls but would no longer accept cash. It was agreed that this was probably the best compromise that could be achieved and was far preferable to the previously suggested removal of them.
68.2005 Financial report:
68.1The financial report detailing the following balances was circulated:
Current account - £6019.79
Cemetery account - £3585.31
68.2 The following payments were authorised:
Clerk Honorarium plus stamps £184.48 SLCC (New edition of CAB) £40 Mainly Stationery £467.06 Insurance £532.44 Mr Langdon (delivery of Gazette) £90.24
69.2005To receive report from Chair of
Cemetery Committee:
69.1
Cllr Jarvis reported that the safety check on headstones had been completed
with three being highlighted as requiring attention. The stonemasons have
quoted £25 for each to be safely re-instated. It was agreed that the parish
council would pay this amount and attempt to recover these costs from relatives
of the deceased. It was also agreed to pay the stonemason £44.06 being his
invoice for carrying out the safety inspection. Internment fees of £85 and £20
for a re-inscription to be carried out on an existing headstone were received.
70.2005 Planning:
70.1 The following applications have all been visited by the planning committee:
70.2 Town Head Cottage No objection
70.3 Glenside No objection
70.4 Bonny View Objection on grounds of insufficient information to make a decision and concern expressed regarding sewage disposal.
70.5 Three new homes on Brentor Road The change of floor levels to the original plans was discussed, no objections in principle were raised however, concern was expressed regarding the amount of changes being requested from the original plans. The Chairman agreed to discuss this with DNPA.
70.6 Midlands farm no objection
70.7 New dwelling to rear of Post Office This will be viewed in the next day or so. It was noted that this had been previously refused by DNPA.
71.2005 Items raised for inclusion on this
agenda:
71.1 Highways Road drainage problems in Mary Tavy Cllr Pearce reported that he had met with Colin Hicks of Highways and had a planned meeting soon with Steve Cryer of SWW regarding the problems with culverts on Gibbet and drainage courses by Holly Lodge. It was agreed that Cllr Pearce should progress these items on behalf of the parish council.
71.2 New delivery arrangements for the Mary Tavy Gazette A quotation from Mr Langdon to distribute the latest issue at half the cost of postage had been received by Cllr Jarvis. After discussion with the Chairman an executive decision had been taken prior to this meeting as the latest issue carried details of the Fun day which needed to be with people before last Saturday. Mr Langdon has completed the distribution within four days to all properties in the parish. Mr Langdon was thanked by the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman for his efficiency in distributing them out so quickly and accurately. Cllr Jarvis proposed that his services be used in the future providing Mr Langdon would undertake it again and at the same cost. This was seconded by Cllr Hill and unanimously agreed. Mr Langdon stated that he would be pleased to undertake the task, for the same cost, in the future.
72-2005 Items raised for inclusion on the
July agenda:
72.1 Web site
72.2 Receive a full report with costings on the latest edition of the Mary Tavy Gazette from Cllr Jarvis.
72.3 Beating the Bounds To agree if the parish council will act as facilitators and agree a date to hold it under the organisation of Cllr Higman.
61.2005 To agree the date of the next
meeting:
61.1 The date of Tuesday 12th July was agreed for the next meeting of the Parish Council to commence at 7.30pm to be held in the Reading Rooms.
There being no further business the meeting was formally closed by the
Chair at 9.15pm.
DG Evans
Clerk to the Parish Council 17 June 2005
Signed as a true and accurate record .Date .
(Cllr T Pearce - Chairman)