May 2023 DRAFT Minutes Annual Parish Meeting
MARTON & GATE BURTON PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk to the Council: Mrs G Martin, 6 Mount Pleasant Close, Marton. DN21 5AE
Tel.:01427 718377
magbparishcouncil@hotmail.co.uk
https://marton-gate-burton.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting 1 May 2023 commencing at 7.00pm
PRESENT:
Cllr Steve Spence ( Chair )
Cllr N Cody ( Vice Chair)
Cllr M Allen
Cllr C Durning
Cllr L Musgrave
Cllr J Patrick
Also Present :
Sue Moody
1. WELCOME. Cllr Spence welcomed everyone to the meeting.
2. Chairman's Report. Cllr Spence gave his Annual Report (copy attached)
3. Clerk's Report. Mrs Gillian Martin gave a financial report ( copy attached)
4. REPORTS BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS. None present.
5. OTHER POINTS RAISED. The history of the acquisition of the Woodland and the work undertaken so far was reviewed briefly.
The clerk was asked to thank outgoing West Lindsey Councillor Jane Ellis for her help and support to the Parish Council and to the Parishioners.
The meeting closed at 7.30pm.
Chairman's Report May 2023
To be added when available in text format. The report is, however, available in PDF version in the Annual Parish Meetings and Reports (PDF) archive.
Clerk/Responsible Financial Officers Report 2022/23
Please note that the Account Summary presented at this meeting is not the final audit for the year 2022/23.
The audit will be completed within the next few weeks.
The precept received for the financial year 2022/23 was £10,500. A grant of £700.00 for the Jubilee and a Wildlife grant of £500.00 plus £400.00 from the Councillors' Initiative Fund were also received, which have helped towards the cost if developing the woodland on Littleborough Lane.
It was agreed that the unused Community Infrastructure Levy of £1,735.65which was received in the financial year 2019/2020 also be used towards the woodland. A further £525.21 CIL has since been received with more expected from the developments on Littleborough Lane, High Street and Stow Park Road.
It was agreed that some of the money reserved for the maintenance of the land at the end of Trent Port Road also be used towards the woodland as the maintenance of that land has been included in the general grass cutting contract.
The remaining payment of £2,400 for the work on the woodland has been paid in the current financial year now that the work has been completed
Bank Charges are mounting up and it may be worth looking into paying more invoices by Direct Debit, as we do with the Wi-Fi or electronic payments. In the meantime, all invoices are paid in a timely manner.
The Parish Council laptop no longer holds a charge and it was agreed that it be replaced or refurbished. This will be discussed at a future meeting.
The website has continued to be managed by Pete Langford of The Website Management Service, for which I am very grateful.
After the Election, there will be a vacancy for a member to represent Marton which must be filled by co-option before mid June and will be advertised on the website and the Noticeboards.