Notes - 7th May 2025
Notes – 7th May 2025
4 members of the public; Jon Mold (Chair) and Diane De Halle (Clerk) present at the meeting
Notes
1. Minutes of the last meeting (28th May 2024)
The minutes were approved as a true record to the meeting.
2. Annual report from the Parish Council Chairperson
Welcome to the Annual Parish Meeting and we firstly say thank you to Ian and Denise for allowing us to hold it in the Three Horseshoes.
It’s been a relatively uneventful year for the Parish Council so there is actually very little to report on. We are still struggling to attract residents to fill the three vacancies on the Council and we have just three positions filled at the moment which makes arranging meetings quite difficult due to our various other commitments. However, we will continue to appeal for more people to come forward in the village newsletter.
In terms of our funding to meet mainly administration costs, East Lindsey has 102 Parish Councils which raise income via a local precept. We sit at number 26 in terms of the level of precept raised which for last year was £3,384, a sum of £26.86 per year household. The highest precept raised by a local Parish Council was £216,000 which created a charge of £193 for each of its 1,100 households, so we are pretty good value. We always aim to keep costs which are in our control as low as possible. At the end of the last financial year, the Council had £1,597 in cash reserves compared to £1,309 at the start of the year.
We continue to ensure that the village defibrillator is properly maintained and fully operational and notices have been placed on the Asterby and Goulceby noticeboards signposting its location.
The two planters were kindly maintained by Tina and Graham last year and they have offered to do the same again this year so a big thank you to them.
We are also pleased that the pub has re-opened after the winter break and the new ‘serve yourself’ option and shop are going down well. We would also like to welcome Darren and Sue who are new to the pub.
In terms of keeping residents informed of important and other news, through the Clerk we regularly update our website which also has links to organisations such as:
Love Lincolnshire Wolds
East Lindsey District Council (ELDC)
Lincolnshire County Council (LCC)
Lincolnshire Police (Louth Rural)
The site also covers such things as:
Local Elections
The Connect Bus timetable
Wolds Activities
Flood information etc
As a Parish Council we note that at the recent local elections, the County Councillor who represented our area (Hugo Marfleet of the Conservative party) lost his seat to a Reform UK candidate (Alex McGonicle). We look forward to meeting Alex at future meetings of the Council.
That’s it from me so thank you for listening (I said it would be short) and if there are any questions or other matters to raise with the Parish Council you are welcome to do so now.
3. Open forum for residents to put forward ideas for improvements for the village and discuss issues important to residents – none received
Meeting Closed at 6.45pm