Agenda 29 October 2019
ASHFORD-IN-THE-WATER PARISH COUNCILClerk: Mrs A J FoxDerwent Cottage, Calver Bridge, Calver, Hope Valley S32 3XATelephone: 01433 631689Email: angelafox@btinternet.com The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 29th October 2019in Ashford War Memorial Institute at 7.30 pm
- Apologies for Absence: Cllr C Harrison
- Declaration of Members’ Interests
Members must declare any prejudicial interest in any item included on this agenda on the sheet provided.
- To receive and approve requests for dispensations from members on matters in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest
- Public Participation
- Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held 1st October 2019
To approve the minutes of the last meeting, subject to amendment, ifdeemed necessary.
- Confidentiality
To consider whether any item of business should be conducted with thepublic excluded.
- Items reported by the Clerk
- Conveniences: Update on water and electricity services
- Flooding issues: complaint raised with DCC via Cllr Twigg
- Roundabout in Hall Orchard: repair ongoing
- Dog signs in Hall Orchard, sign on Hall Orchard gate and other signs: site meeting
- Trees in churchyard: work will take place 14 & 15 November – Mr Vaughan and PCC informed
- Retention of Parish Council documents: form received from DCC
- Air Ambulance Textile Bank: update
- Japanese knotweed in cemetery: recent letter from Dr Pykett
- Lighting in Court Lane: telephone call from resident
- Additional Picnic Tables in Hall Orchard
- Bins left on footway: update
- Christmas trees: update
- Quotations for grass mowing 2019/20
- Arrangements for paying-in honesty box takings: update
- Vegetation at junction A6/Buxton Road: now cut back
- Dam in River Wye
- White Lining: response from DCC
- Bin on Sheepwash Bridge
- Emails from member of public re Ashford War Memorial Institute
20 Annual Governance and Accountability Return
- Items Raised by Members:
1) Street lighting in conservation area (Cllr Windle)2) Over grown footpath alongside A6 Dukes Drive Ashford, beyond Kirkdale turn-off towards Marble Works (Cllr Windle)3) Vegetation over-growing highway on Buxton Road from A6 junction towards village (Cllr Windle)4) Maintaining salt bins (Cllr Windle)
- Planning Matters:
1) Decision: 3 Ashford Lane – Granted subject to conditions2) Any planning matters received before 29th October 2019
- Financial Matters
- to note bank balances as at 29th October 2019
- to approve payments of accounts:
- a) Cleaning conveniences (to be advised)
- b) PKF Littlejohn (audit) £240.00
- c) Chemodex £149.04
- d) Pigeon Tech (website hosting annual renewal) £69.40
- e) Community Heartbeat Trust £50.40
- f) DDDC (wheeled bin) £110.50
- g) Any invoices received before 29th October 2019
3) to acknowledge receipt of payments:
- a) The Bull’s Head re conveniences £1,104.00
- b) Danes Monumental Ltd re the late Mr J Storr £30.00
- Correspondence
1) Requiring action:
- a) BT Consultation letter re decommissioned telephone boxes
- b) Approval of additional inscription re the late Mr J Storr
2) Information:
- a) Letter from Peak District Rural Housing Association re ‘Homes for Local People’ project
- Next Meeting
- Date of next meeting
- To consider the invitation of advisors or officers of other
Bodies (e.g. District or County Council) to attend