August 2022 Minutes
BUTTERWICK PARISH COUNCIL
Honey Lodge
Sea End
Benington
Boston
Lincolnshire
PE22 0DN
Email: butterwickpc@gmail.com
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF BUTTERWICK PARISH COUNCIL HELD IN THE VILLAGE HALL ON TUESDAY 16 AUGUST 2022
Present:
Councillor: A Gosling Chairman
Councillor: K Forman, L Pearson, N Donnelly, A Quickfall, C Smith
Also present
Mrs C Anderton – Clerk of the Council
Public Forum
There were no items for the public forum
2022/71 Apologies
Apologies were received and accepted from Cllr M Knowles and Cllr Peter Bedford, Boston Borough Council.
2022/72 Receipt of any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011.
There were no interests declared.
2022/73 Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting
It was RESOLVED that the notes of the meeting held 5 July 2022 be approved and signed by the Chairman.
2022/74 Reports from Lincolnshire County Council and Boston Borough Council
There were no reports received.
2022/75 Issues relating to the environment of the Parish
The clerk confirmed that a letter had been sent to the residents of the property with the fence that was being propped up however, Cllr Gosling confirmed that nothing had been done to address the situation. The clerk confirmed she would follow up with a second letter stating the issue would be reported to Lincolnshire CC if the issue was not rectified.
The clerk had previously forwarded an email from Cllr P Skinner, Lincolnshire County Council, to all councillors stating that there were no outstanding issues on file relating to the footpath on Brand End Road. The clerk advised all councillors to report the issues on FixMyStreet whereby these problems may then be addressed.
Cllr Donnelly had raised concerns, prior to the meeting, of the fire hazard due to the hot weather on the dry weeds and grasses at the BT hub. The clerk had reported this and received a job reference however Cllr Donnelly stated that the issue had not been dealt with at that point. The clerk confirmed she would chase this up with BT and would forward their response to all councilors.
Members of the council had taken the opportunity of looking to see where in the village would be a good place to site a bench. After discussion it was RESOLVED to install the bench in the Village Hall car park an equal distance between the entrances and adjacent to the footpath. The clerk confirmed she would source a brochure and costings for the bench.
2022/76 Finance
It was RESOLVED to accept the payments as per the payment sheet 08/2022.
2022/77 Matters for discussion or to be added to the next agenda
There were no additional items to discuss or add.
2022/78 Date and Time of the next Parish Council Meeting
Date and time of the next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held on Tuesday 13 September 2022 beginning at 7.30pm. There being no further business to discuss, the Chairman thanked those in attendance and declared the meeting closed.