BISHAMPTON AND THROCKMORTON PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on Monday 13th December 2004 at the Villages Hall, Bishampton

Members and Officers present: Mr E Carter (Chairman), Ms T Gilligan, Mrs M Hall, Mrs B Lammas, Mr R Segar.

Also present were Mr John Mills, Mrs Rita Mills and Mr Les Hughes.

04.11.01 Apologies for absence
Apologies were received and accepted from Cllr Beever and Cllr Tucker who were detained at work, Cllr Chadwick who was working away and Cllr Argyle who was attending another meeting.

04.11.02 Declarations of interest
Cllr Hall declared a personal interest in item 3.1; Cllr Carter declared a prejudicial interest in item 4.2 Budget for 2005/2006 as he is the parish council representative on the village hall committee and also a member of the church council.

04.11.03 Planning Applications

04.11.03.01 98/00911 – Mr and Mrs J Mills
Cllr Hall left the room. Wychavon District Council wish to reconsider the application at their planning meeting in January and the views from the Parish Council on the original application were read out. The Parish Council confirmed that the views initially stated still remained. The 106 legal agreement had not been completed to comply with the restriction of no further expansion on the site.

The Chairman brought the meeting out of session but there were no comments made by the members of the public present.

The meeting came back into session.

04.11.03.02 W/04/02195/PP and W/04/02196/LB – Mr and Mrs R Showell – Erection rear porch and rear porch extension.
Councillors discussed this application and no objections were raised.

04.11.03.03 W/04/02193/PP and W/04/02194/LB – Mr and Mrs Morel – Installation of 3 Conservation-type roof lights to front elevation.
The previous comments made by councillors on an earlier application for roof lights still stand, as councillors do not feel it is in keeping with the aesthetics of the building. Councillors, due to how the building would look, refused the application.

04.11.04 Finance

04.11.04.1 Cash Reconciliation Amendment
The Clerk issued revised sheets to councillors to confirm the balance in the account of £25,364.32 as at 24th November 2004. The closing balance was £25,255.54 and the alterations to the account would hopefully be available at the next meeting.

04.11.04.2.1 Budget for 2005/2006
The budget was considered, with a footpath grant to be requested of £1032.00, the amount outstanding for the villages hall was to be paid to them and their allocation for 2005/2006 was to be £1000. Councillors voted to keep the precept at £14,000 and although the Clerk asked for it to be minuted that a minimum of £15,000 was recommended, the £14,000 precept figure was retained.

The attached table relates to the proposed budget for 2004/5.

04.11.05 Progress for Parish Plan
This item was deferred until the next meeting, in view of the time.

04.11.06 Date of next meeting
This was confirmed as being Monday 10th January 2005 at 7.30pm with Cllr Segar to chair the meeting.

The meeting closed at 10.15pm.

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Chairman Date

Bishampton & Throckmorton Parish Council Budget 2005/2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budget 2003/4

 

Budget 2004/5

Actual to

30/11/2004

Est to 31/3/2005

Budget 2005/6

 

Notes

RECEIPTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Precept

£14,165

 

£14000

£14000

£14000

£14,000

 

 

Interest

£15

 

£175

 

 

£250

 

1

Grants

£845

 

£1456

£398

£398

£1032

 

2

Sundry

£20

 

£30

£6

£6

 

 

 

Parish Plan

 

 

£2997

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL RECEIPTS

£15,045

 

  £18658

  £14404

£14404

   £15,282

 

 

Balance from Reserves

£1,100

 

£5000 

 

£5000

£380

 

 3

Total

£16,145

 

£23658

   £14404

£19404

   £15,662

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAYMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clerk's fee

£3,400

 

£3,325

£1859

£3325

£3600

 

 

Audit

£210

Audit & insurance

£750

£511

£800

£900

 

 

Insurance

£400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting costs

£125

 

£150

£83

£160

£180

 

 

Repairs

 

 

£1000

 

£530

£200

 

4

Conservation

£100

 

£100

 

 

£100

 

 

Footpaths

£1,200

 

£1,300

£400

£600

£1200

 

2

Mowing

£2,300

 

£2,100

£1857

£2200

£2200

 

5

Throckmorton Parish Room Operating Cost

£350

 

£130

£109

£130

 

 

6

Grants

£900

Grants & donations

£1,000

£1830

£1830

£1200

 

7

Donations & subscriptions

£300

Subs & training

£700

£222

£500

£500

 

 

Villages Hall & Play Area

£1,000

 

£1,000

£341

£1000

£1000

 

8

Throckmorton Parish Room & Play Area

£3,000

 

£5,000

£230

£5000

£1500

 

9

Admin & stationary

£500

 

£500

£227

£400

£500

 

10

Sundries

£100

 

£400

£20

£20

£700

 

11

Training budget (for Clerk and Councillors)

£200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Election costs

£60

 

£0 

 

 

 

 

 

Transport

 

 

£0 

 

 

£200

 

 

Parish Plan

£2,000

 

£6,000

 

£3000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

£16,145

 

£23455

£7,689

£19,595

£13,980

 

 12

 

 

1

Based on an assumption of roughly 2% pa on £14000

 

 

 

 

2

FOOTPATH ACCOUNT  2004/2005

 

 

Brought forward from 2003/2004

£742

 

Grant received in 2004/2005

£398

 

Further grant due – none expected

£0

 

Total funds available for 2004/2005

£1,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spending to date in 2004/2005

6 cuts of Jubilee Walk @ £30 and  4 cuts of Badger Walk @ £48

£372

 

 

 

 

Footpath work

£400

 

 

 

 

Total Footpath work to date

£772.00

 

 

 

 

Estimated further spending to 31.3.05

£200

 

Total spending in 2004/2005

 

£972.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance remaining in footpath account

£168.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Unspent monies on the Parish Plan may need to be carried forward  

The underwriting of the Throckmorton Parish Room project may need to be carried forward

£380 allocated for Dog Bins to be reallocated as none available for purchase in this fiscal year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Repairs to village seats in 2004/5. Nominal sum for incidental repairs for 2005/6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Mowing of Jubilee & Badger walks now in footpath expenditure - this figure for amenity areas only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Line removed to simplify entries

Now just Villages Hall and Throckmorton Parish Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Higher than budgeted last year due to grant to Hill & Moor over travellers site planning issue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Grant towards Villages Hall and play area provision.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Includes monies to assist in progressing replacement project or meet operating cost

 

 

 

 

10

Includes £150 allowance to Clerk for use of own computing equipment and office facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

An allowance of £500 for dog bins of which £380 allocated in 2004/5

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

The difference between receipts and expenditure is £1682 which will be used to supplement council reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total estimated receipts 2004/2005

£19,404

 

 

 

Total estimated payments 2003/2004

£19,495

 

 

 

Surplus for year

(£ 91)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at 30/11/2004

£25,256

 

 

 

VAT refund due (estimate)

£570

 

 

 

CASH POSITION AT 30/11/2004

£25,826

 

 

 

Add estimated receipts to year end

£0

 

 

 

Less estimated payments to year end

£11806

 

 

 

Estimated cash at 31 March 2005

£14,020