Reports & Minutes of Business conducted by email due to Covid 19 restrictions January to April 2021
MARTON & GATE BURTON PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk to the Council: Mrs G Martin
6 Mount Pleasant Close, Marton. DN21 5AE
Tel: 01427 728377
https://marton-gate-burton.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Report of business conducted by email during the lockdown due to Covid 19 restictions, January to April 2021.
1. FINANCE.
Balance of both accounts as of the end of December 2020 £10,719.17. (Includes £3,450 reserved for land at bottom of Trent Port Road, £1,735.65 CIL, and £2,000 for maintenance of the land off Littleborough Lane.)
Expenditure:
January
Steve Spence 72.00
(Christmas tree – previous cheque cancelled as VAT had not been included)
Multidata 38.92
G Martin 149.76
February
Multidata 38.92
G Martin 149.76
March
Multidata 38.92
Lincs Groundcare 384.00
G Martin ( including stamps) 157.68
April
Multidata 38.92
Multidata 38.92
G Martin 149.76
NK District Council (cemetery rates) 308.08
Income
Rent for Parish field 30.00
Precept 9,500.00
Total both accounts £19,063.61
Explanation for additional cheque for Multidata;
The cheque for February has gone missing between its arrival at Multidata and their bank. As the PC would have had to pay for the cheque to be cancelled, it was agreed to send a replacement on the understanding that the amount paid would be credited to the PC if the original cheque is found whilst it is still valid or returned to us to be destroyed if it is out of date. All cheques are crossed so it is unlikely there will a problem.
It was agreed virtually on 8 March 2021 to affirm that three signatures will be continue to be required on cheques.
The bank mandate has been updated and the following are signatories:
Stephen Spence
Neil Cody
Christine Durning
Lorraine Musgrave
Gill Worrell.
2. BUS SHELTERS.
Lincolnshire County Council has offered a grant towards the bus shelter on the West side of High Street, i.e for travel towards Gainsborough.
As Hutchinsons Builders are now unable to install the shelter, Shelter Maintenance Ltd has been contacted to do the work. However, regulations have changed in that there must be a minimum clearance for pedestrians, wheelchair users, and so on to pass the shelter. As the shelters that have been purchased have sides, there would be insufficient clearance.
A way round this issue is being sought.