HIGHCLERE PARISH COUNCIL

 

Minutes of an extraordinary  Meeting held at Highclere Village Hall on Tuesday 9th December 2003 commencing at 7.30pm.

 

Present:

Councillor Jim Pearson – Chairman

Councillor Russ Castle

Councillor Robert Drew

Councillor Ray East

Councillor Tom Farmer

Councillor Amanda Hosie

Councillor Don Langan

Councillor Fitzroy Somerset

 

159/03 Street Lighting in Foxs Lane

This item had been brought up at the previous Council Meeting in November but it was decided to discuss it at this meeting when all the Council Members would be there.  A decision had to be taken whether to go ahead with the lighting and if so how much should be put into the precept for them.  As had been mentioned at the earlier meeting, HCC would be against street lights but would support a proposal for pavement lighting.  It was suggested that three lights should be put in between Woodlands and Heathlands.  There were three electricity poles and they would be ideal for siting the lights.  The middle light would be opposite the bus shelter.  It was agreed that as HCC would hopefully be funding 50% of the cost and the estimated costing was £400 per light £600 would be put into the precept for this.

 

160/03 Salt Bins

We had been advised by B&DBC that if we had salt bins they would supply the salt/grit for them.  It was felt that it would be a good idea to have salt bins, the Clerk had looked into the likely costing of these and they were about £140 a bin.  Following discussion a common consensus was that three bins would be adequate.  One at the bottom of Foxs Lane, just before the Crossroads, one near the end of Tubbs Lane coming down to Mount Road and one near the bus stop at Penwood.  The Clerk would check with HCC to see if we buy the bins from them and if they are in agreement with our placement of them.  It was decided that we would probably need £500 to be put into the precept for the bins but this should be held over for inclusion in the 2005/06 precept.

 

161/03 To consider the budget and authorise the Precept for the year 2004/05

The Clerk produced an up to date record of the spending for this year and approximate figures for the rest of the financial year, together with a budget for 2004/05 uplifted by 3% over 2003/04.  The Council Members went through the budget lines and there were a few adjustments that the Clerk was asked to make.  The precept for 2004/05 would be £12,220.00.  The overall increase would be higher than 3% to allow for exceptional items, ie pavement lights and the Village Plan. 

 

162/03 Accounts for Payment

The following accounts were passed for payment.   W Bendle (litter warden) £122.30,

C Corrall (litter warden) £117.20, D Mitchell (Parish Clerk salary) £478.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 9.15pm.

 

The next full Council meeting will be on Tuesday 13th January  2004 in Highclere Village Hall, Jubilee Room at 7.30pm. 

 

Planning committee meetings will be held as and when necessary.