Odstock Parish Council
An Ordinary meeting of Odstock Parish Council was held
on 12 December 2016 in the Barker Room, Nunton.
Present:
Rod Poynting (Vice-Chairman), Colin Berry, Stephen Stapley,
Nigel Start, Sally Nelson, David Williamson-Jones, Richard Parsons
(Clerk) and two members of the public.
Apologies:
Gavin Simmonite (Chairman) and Wilts Cllr Julian Johnson.
48/16 Open Public Forum: It was reported, the Telephone Kiosk at
Nunton has been removed.
49/16 Declaration of Interest:
None.
50/16 Minutes of the Ordinary OPC meeting held on 12 September were
approved and signed by Cllr Williamson-Jones.
51/16 Community
Initiatives:
a) Radnor Hall Committee: The Short Mat Bowls equipment
is now ready for use.
b) Parish/Community Planning: Cllr Nelson
reported progress with the plan and still a lot to do. Britford PC has
expressed an interest in understanding how the influence of neighbouring
parishes might affected any of these plans.
c) Odstock Telephone Box:
Ownership transfer to OPC of the K6 kiosk will soon be completed. Ref:
Min No. 6/10.
d) Village Noticeboards: A quote of £205.68p for the
refurbishment of the Odstock noticeboard was accepted.
e) Parish
Website: The proposed PC sub-committee, setup to explore the
implications of creating and maintaining a website for the benefit of
all parishioners, has yet to convene a meeting. Cllr Start is ready to
make constructive comments on the look and feel of a website and Cllr
Poynting believes the objective is to have a central database containing
information about the three villages which anybody might want to access.
The availability of the original government funding on offer may have
expired and the objective of the PC sub-committee is to be ready to take
advantage of any new funding initiatives. Accurate information can be
easily maintained on Wikipedia.org
52/16 Nunton Recreation Field:
a) Play Area: Cllr Williamson-Jones agreed to conduct a thorough
inspection of the play equipment.
b) Pavilion: Cllr Poynting has
submitted grant applications to fund the replacement windows project.
c) Facilities Usage: Instead of a license agreement, Cllr Start is
proposing a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ to assist PC members decide
how to respond to eligible requests for using the Field and the
Pavilion.
53/16 Transport, Roads and Footpaths:
a) Wiltshire
Council Highways: The Odstock ‘issues log’ is proving to be effective in
identifying urgent maintenance.
The following ‘issues’ have been
identified as requiring attention:
1. Weeds and fallen leaves
encroaching across footways between Odstock Church carpark and Jubilee
Gardens.
2. Weeds and fallen leaves encroaching across footways
between Jubilee Gardens and Odstock Nursery School.
3. Weeds and hedge
encroaching across footway from Odstock Church towards Nunton, between
hedge and fence.
4. Hedge encroaching across footway from Odstock
Crossroads east towards Nunton, right-hand side of road.
5. Weeds
encroaching across footway from A338 towards Bodenham, past the Radnor
Hall and on to New Hall Hospital.
6. Visibility for drivers in both
directions at Jacobs corner at the bottom of the hill from the hospital,
before the first bridge.
7. Weeds and soil encroaching across footway
from Nunton junction along A338 towards Britford.
8. Small pothole on
road from southern most A338 junction towards Nunton Church.
b) C.A.T.G: Cllr Berry suggested a project to build a footpath around the
Plains Tree opposite Odstock Church. Cllr Start reiterated his proposal
to selectively apply 20mph speed-limits at the Radnor Arms and Odstock
Nursery School. The next GATG meeting is on 1 March, 6:30pm, in the De
La Wyle Room at Bourne Hill Council Offices.
c) Dog Fouling:
The
request for a dog waste bin was unanimously rejected as being
impractical to arrange the emptying.
d) Community Speedwatch:
Cllr
Start reported eight trained volunteers are ready to start. His team
will work with those in Coombe Bissett and Harnham. They will be
‘driving down speed... driving up safety’.
54/16 Planning: There
were no planning applications for consideration.
55/16 Reports
and Correspondence:
a) Wiltshire Council: The next Area Board meeting
is at Trafalgar School, Downton on Thursday, 26 January.
b) Wiltshire
Association of Local Councils: Application deadlines for Transparency
Code funding are 6 January, 3 February and 10 March.
c) Publication
date for Notice of Wiltshire Elections 2017: 15 March for day of poll on
Thursday, 4 May, 2017.
56/16 Finance:
a) Internal Audit: The
current internal auditor has agreed to his appointment for a fifth
consecutive year.
b) OPC's Community Grants: It was resolved to award
£600 to ONB PCC for Churchyard and Jubilee Gardens grass cutting and a
£250 contribution towards the cost of the annual Radnor Hall lease.
c) Precept requirement for 2017-2018: It was resolved to maintain the
precept at the current level of £12,068.38p.
d) Payments: The
following were approved:
Bawden Contracting Services Ltd – Grass
Cutting 578 £403.13p
Grant Thornton UK LLP – Audit Fee 2016-2017 579
£150.00p
Odstock with N&B PCC – Grass Cutting Grant 580 £600.00p
Radnor Hall – Contribution towards Annual Lease 581 £250.00p
HAC
Joynt – Ground Maintenance 582 £250.00p
Bawden Contracting Services
Ltd – Grass Cutting 583 £403.13p
R Parsons – Clerk's salary and
expenses, on account 584 £724.00p
Southern Electric – Nunton Field
Electricity DD £19.74p
57/16 Any Other Business (for information
only): Cllr Berry is concerned about mud from tractor traffic along
Nunton Drove and Rose Lane. He is proposing to bring this to the
attention of Highways and/or the CATG committee.
58/16 The next
Ordinary OPC meeting is scheduled for 13 February.
The meeting
closed at 9:08pm
Signed without amendment by Cllr Rod Poynting
who chaired the meeting and counter-signed by Cllr Sally Nelson as a
true record on 13 February 2017.
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