HALE PARISH COUNCIL Of the Halton Borough in the County of Cheshire Draft MINUTES of the ORDINARY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Held at 7.30PM on MONDAY 21 JULY 2014 in HALE VILLAGE HALL Opened at 7.55pm Part 1 1 Members present Chairman A Jones Councillors D Ford, P Healey, C Williams, G Wright Also present: Clerk T Rogers-Smith Public 2 2 Apologies Cllrs E Hudson, S Sage, A Ambrose, I Moscrop, L Trevaskis 3 Declarations of Interest with regard to items on the agenda Cllr Jones declared an interest in the Village Hall. 4 Minutes of the previous Meetings Resolved that the minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Meeting of the Parish Council held on 2 June 2014; proposed by Cllr Jones and seconded by Cllr Healey, agreed by all; be signed as a true record. Resolved that the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council held on 16 June 2014; proposed by Cllr Ford and seconded by Cllr Williams, agreed by all; be signed as a true record. 5 Chairman’s / Clerk’s Report Civic Service Chairman and Vice Chairman attended the Mayor’s Civic Service which was a lovely event. 6 Public Forum / Police Report Police Report took place prior to the meeting from 7.35 to 7.55pm PCSO Marnick distributed a summary report for Hale during the past month. There are 46 entries including Theft from motor vehicle [arrest made], lead thefts Arklow Drive and Malin Close, burglaries, ASB, suspicious person at pony sanctuary, HGV complaints, alarms, dog fight – HBC checking, man in a boat led to a call out of emergency services who were not needed etc. Two new PCSO’s will be patrolling from this month. Encourage reporting of incidents by residents. Cllr Jones reported that a traffic survey will be carried out and the location agreed is at the shops with a request for good coverage. Public Forum 8.05 to 8.15pm HGV’s request for the traffic survey to be asap; will it be by people or machine recording; outside the shops. Mr Baker reported that 2 aviation fuel tankers went through the village although this is banned by the airport. Many Grundy vehicles. Mr Baker to continue to canvass residents Clerk to check with Cllr Ambrose re small aircraft Cllr Jones to liaise with Cllr Wharton re HGV’s Blocked grids on Hale Road reported by Mr Baker but no action taken Litter Hale Road pick up is only being done by HBC to Tech 9. Reportedly due to lack of safety for workers. HBC contact centre / phone calls long waits to be seen, on hold for long time eg Clerk took 42 minutes to get a reply. Clerk to contact HBC Sound monitoring by Mr Baker recorded57 dB for planes and 58 dB for HGV’s. 7 Planning Report Applications: a 14/00382/HBCFUL Proposed construction of 5 no. railway sidings to be implemented on a phased basis to serve the Mersey Multimodal Gateway (3MG) connecting to the national rail network West Coast Mainline via Ditton Junction sidings at Ditton Strategic Rail Freight Park Ditton Road (west) Widnes Cheshire Halton Borough Council Municipal Building Kingsway Widnes Cheshire WA8 7QF Comment by 7 August Concerns about the impact on:- traffic through Hale [need HGV restrictions]; impact on the conservation area; noise; visual; environment etc Clerk to contact Halebank / Comments to be submitted b 14/00327/LBC Proposed repairs to sandstone facade at The Manor House 21 Church End Hale Liverpool L24 4AX The Manor House 21 Church End Hale Liverpool L24 4AX Comment by 10 July No objections c 14/00369/TPO Proposed works to trees covered by TPO 26, group G4, Lyme Tree, prune lower branches and crown lift, Oak Tree, crown lift and Rowan Tree (not included in TPO) remove, all at Park Lodge Church End Hale Liverpool L24 4AX Park Lodge Church End Hale Liverpool L24 4AX Comment by 31 July No objections 8 Financial Report a Grant applications none b Receipts Nil c Payments between meetings Nil d Payments July HMRC Tina Rogers-Smith Tina Rogers-Smith Tina Rogers-Smith PAYE for clerk to end Aug Clerks pay arrears 2013/2014 Clerks pay July/Aug advance Clerks expenses W Stephens Poppies BT Total All payments approved Landscape work July/Aug advance Village hall cleaning phone bill 154.40 reference 002116 30.01 reference 002117 650.25 reference 002117 143.55 reference 002117 823.81 100.00 reference 002118 268.80 reference 002119 107.26 reference 002120 1452.27 e Village Hall [i]Lottery funding application is through stage 1. Stage 2 starts with a telephone interview for Cllr Jones with Lottery funding representative. [ii] Grant application submitted to the Area Forum for £2500 for new radiators in the Village Hall for September. 9 Correspondence 738 emails 739 emails 740 emails HBC Democratic Services various HBC Planning various CHALC training / Annual meeting /newsletter 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 emails emails emails emails emails email emails journal email email emails email email email email email Connecting Cheshire various updates HBC various re War Memorial lighting various Police & Crime Commissioner Rural Services Network updates Cheshire Police Alerts various – inc armed policing PCSO Marnick updates ican alerts scam cold callers;scam debt collectors; PPI reclaims Clerks & Councils Direct Youth worker re photography exhibition 4 July youth centre Connecting communities 4 Sept Crewe networking etc various re signs HBC re meeting with Mr Parr Wed 24 Sept 6pm Boardroom Kingsway M Wharton re 10 July Cycle Tour BADMINTON England summer community offer M Wharton traffic survey request CCA Community Pride awards 9/10/2014 10 Parish Issues a HGV’s Cllr Wharton has requested a traffic survey. Cllrs to gather information Cllr Jones to liaise re traffic survey details Mr Baker to continue to canvass opinions from residents Highways and Police to be invited to the village Letter draft to be prepared for September b Shore path Cllr Williams reported that some areas had been cut but others remained too long. Clerk to contact HBC c Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust Cllr Ford highlights the importance of a PC representative on the board and his name can be put forward. Clerk to contact other PC’s Clerk to contact Paul Oldfield Biodiversity Officer, Mersey Gateway Crossings Board d Shops Cllr Wright has followed up on complaints about lack of maintenance at the shops. He met with the landlords agents a few weeks ago and it is hoped to make progress. e Carnival Cllr Wright asked about future meetings as there used to be one6 to 8 weeks after the Carnival. Cllr Williams indicated that the next meeting is likely to be October/November. Clerk to forward information to C Gallagher 11 Dates of next Meeting 15 September Monday 7.30pm Ordinary Meeting Part 2 Items of a “confidential or other special nature” during which it is likely that the meeting will not be open to the public and press as there would be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100 of the Local Government Act 1972. Clerk holidays notified Meeting closed at 8.55 pm Signed as a true record ………………… Councillor A Jones Chairman 15 September 2014 Tina Rogers-Smith, Clerk to Hale Parish Council 32 Coppice Green, Kingswood, Westbrook, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 7WA, Tel: 01925 710947 Email: [email protected]