ST STEPHEN IN BRANNEL PARISH COUNCIL

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1 ST STEPHEN IN BRANNEL PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of St Stephen in Brannel Parish Council held at the Brannel Rooms, Fore Street, St Stephen on Wednesday 7 th February 2018 starting at 7.30pm. Present: Chair: Cllr Hatton Vice Chair: Cllr Sibley Messrs: Cllrs Edmonds, Hallett, McLening, Mills, Parker, Simpson and Wonnacott MBE. Mesdames: Cllrs Mrs Harris, Mrs Tippett, Mrs Wonnacott and Mrs Yates. In attendance: Linda Ranger Clerk, Ruth Mills Administrator and PCSO Relf. Cllr Hatton welcomed everyone to the meeting. He ran through housekeeping procedures and advised everyone present that if they intended to participate in the meeting, they could be recorded, photographed, filmed or otherwise reported about. FPC16/18 Apologies: RESOLVED to accept apologies from Cllrs Mrs Allsopp, Davey and Cornwall Councillor Wood. FPC17/18 Declarations of Interest: None. FPC18/18 Dispensation Requests: None. FPC19/18 Public Participation: A police report had been distributed prior to the meeting. There had been 112 calls to the Police between 8 th November and 6 th December 2017 in relation to the Parish. It advised that there had been 35 crimes and 19 offenders were known and had been arrested, charged or cautioned. The reports were broken down as follows Coombe 1 Foxhole 11 High Street 1 Lanjeth 3 Nanpean 7 St Stephen 8 Treviscoe 3 Whitemoor 1 08/18

2 PCSO Relf had broken down the crimes and advised that 20 were domestic related. Members were advised that due to the decrease of staff in the neighbourhood policing team, PCSO Relf would no longer be able to attend meetings or supply monthly reports. PCSO Relf took questions from Members. Cornwall Cllr McLening spoke on meetings that he had attended which covered policing, the Cornwall Council budget, waste, disabled parking, holiday lets, speeding, the stadium for Cornwall, the Local Plan, housing need and general highways matters. PCSO Relf left the meeting at 8pm. FPC20/18 Full Council Meeting Minutes: RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 3 rd January 2018 be signed as a true and accurate record. FPC21/18 Matters Arising: FPC04/18 The cheque had been posted to St Stephen Cottage Garden Society. FPC09/18 No other offers had been received. The matter would be placed on the March Full Council agenda. FPC11/18 The relevant paperwork had been sent to Unity Bank. FPC22/18 Committee Meeting Minutes: Employment & Cemeteries Committee The minutes of the Employment & Cemeteries Committee meeting held on Wednesday 10 th January 2018 were received. RESOLVED to approve the following recommendation That Simon Newland and Gary Warne attend a PASMA tower scaffolding course at a cost of 85 per person. Planning Committee The minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on Wednesday 17 th January 2018 were received. There were no recommendations therein. 09/18

3 Finance and General Purposes Committee The minutes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting held on Wednesday 24 January 2018 were received. RESOLVED to approve the following recommendations 1) That the following grants be awarded: a) Lanjeth & High Street Memorial Hall Annual Grant 900 LGA 1972 s133 b) St Stephen AFC Annual Grant 500 LGA 1976 s19 Misc Prov asked that a representative be invited to the next meeting to collect the cheque and give an update on the organisation. 2) That the maintenance contract with SSE for the car park lighting along Fore Street, St Stephen be signed. FPC23/18 Payment of Accounts: RESOLVED to approve the accounts as presented Items for Ratification: Cheque Unity Bank Opening balance deposit Total Direct Debits SWALEC Car park electricity (Dec) 9.20 British Gas Nanpean public toilets electricity OneCom (Dec) E-on Brannel Room electricity (Dec) E-on Parish office electricity (Dec) E-on St Stephen public toilets electricity (Dec) 7.52 E-on Nanpean cemetery electricity (Dec) E-on St Stephen cemetery electricity (Dec) NEST Pension contributions (Jan) Total /18

4 Debit Card St Johns First aid kit supplies St Austell Glass Replacement greenhouse glass AP Stationery Payslips Swift Toilet roll (Public toilets) B&Q Chains & padlocks Alpha Brannel Room chairs 1, Google services (Feb) 9.90 Google services (Jan) 8.69 Total 1, Telepay Various Salaries Period 10 8, Total 8, Transfer A transfer of 5,000 from the Business Account to the Treasurers Account to cover new monthly electric direct debits and debit card payments. Items for Approval: Electronic SeaDog IT Website hosting fee (Jan) Mercer Sec Brannel Room caretaking (Jan) Jewson Digger hire x Grahams GM Machinery servicing parts D May & Sons Maintenance materials WF Collings Emergency repairs to roof R Mills Travel expenses S Dowrick Travel expenses st Call Skip hire CIS Cleaning materials Compu-K Internet security (6 machines) Applied Fluid Grave shoring equipment service Power Complete Compliment Slips Business Sols CALC WWYC Training Total 2, The Clerk advised there was a further payment of 40 to Kernow Kupcakes due that wasn t on the list. Cheque Imprest Petty Cash HMRC Tax & NIC Month 10 2, R Blackie Fuel Total 2, /18

5 Direct Debits Initial Hygiene Contract (Feb) 9.92 E-on St Stephen public toilets electricity Concorde Copier charge Total Transfer To approve a transfer of funds 20,000 (to include February salaries and neighbourhood plan costs) from Business Account to Treasurers Account. Monies Banked: Bank Interest (Jan) 5.83 Craft Workshop Rental (Jan) Brannel Room Hire Burial Fees Day Account Interest (Jan) Neighbourhood Plan Grant 5, Total 6, FPC24/18 Change of Meeting Date: RESOLVED that the Planning Committee meeting be moved to 14 th February 2018 and the Development & Environment Committee meeting be moved to 21 st February FPC25/18 Code of Conduct Complaint: Members were advised that a Code of Conduct complaint against Cllr Sibley had been received by Cornwall Council. It had been found that the Code did not apply and the complaint had been rejected. FPC26/18 Policies: RESOLVED to adopt the following policies as presented Lone Worker Winter Maintenance further RESOLVED to buy a second mobile phone for the use of lone workers. FPC27/18 Councillor Accounts: Members were given feedback from the Good Councillor training and the approx. costs of having Council accounts. RESOLVED that Seadog IT set up individual s accounts. FPC28/18 SLCC Regional Training Seminar: RESOLVED that the Clerk and the Administrator attend the seminar on Wednesday 18 th April /18

6 FPC29/18 General Data Protection Regulation Training: RESOLVED that the Clerk and Cllr Mrs Wonnacott attend the training on Friday 2 nd March FPC30/18 Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group: Cllr Mrs Wonnacott gave an update on the Neighbourhood Plan and the work that had been carried out since the last meeting. FPC31/18 Consultations: RESOLVED to support the Proposal to change car parking charges proposals 2018 Off Street Parking Order consultation document. FPC32/18 Correspondence: The following correspondence was noted - Post: 1. SLCC: The Clerk Magazine - January 2018 edition 2. Clerk & Councils Direct - January 2018 edition 1. Cornwall Council: Notice of road closure 2. NALC: Chief Executives Bulletin editions 1 to 5 3. CALC: NALC Larger Council Committee feedback 4. SLCC: News Bulletin dated 11 th & 26 th January SLCC: GDPR update 6. Cornwall Council: Localism newsletter dated 1 February Cornwall Council: Communities and Devolution Bulletin - Planning 8. Brain Tumour Research: Information on charity Invitations: 1. St Austell Bay Economic Forum Launch of the St Austell Place Shaping Strategy on 1 st March 2018 at St Austell College between 7.45 and 9.30am (breakfast meeting) 2. Cornwall Council Crowdfunder Roadshows on various dates and at various locations. 3. Cornwall Council Event to launch digital venue toolkit on Monday 26 th February 2018 at Carnon Downs Village Hall between 10am and 2pm. 4. Volunteer Cornwall Networking event on Friday 23 rd February 2018 at The Hall, Treverbyn between 12 and 2pm. 13/18

7 FPC33/18 Information and Answers: a) The Clerk advised that an Adverse Weather policy had been put together and would be placed on the March agenda. b) Members were given information on the Post Office Drop and Go service that the Clerk was going to trial. c) The Clerk clarified the situation on abstaining from voting. d) Cllr Edmonds gave feedback from the St Dennis & Nanpean Community Trust meetings. e) Cllr Simpson advised that he had attended planning training on behalf of the Planning Partnership. f) Cllr Hallett thanked everyone for his birthday wishes and card. g) Cllr Parker asked if there was anything that could be done about speeding vehicles along Churchtown Rd, St Stephen. Cllr McLening responded. h) Cllr Mrs Wonnacott advised on the next Tregargus Trust meeting dates. i) Cllr McLening reported that the CIL percentage would be changing. j) Cllr McLening handed out posters advertising the China Clay Community Network meeting. k) Cllr Sibley advised that Carly Wicks Headteacher of Nanpean CP School had resigned. The recruitment process would start in the next few weeks. The meeting ended at 9.05pm Chairman Date 14/18