POYNINGS PARISH COUNCIL

Clerk to the Council                                                
West End Cottage 

Mrs Nicki Cutress                                                       
The Street
Poynings 

West Sussex BN45 7AQ

Tel: 01273 857221 

UNCONFIRMED

Minutes of the meeting of Poynings Parish Council held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 13th May 2008  

Present:                        Mr Mark Lee                      Chair 

Ms Sheila Marshall            Vice Chair 

                                    Mr Malcolm Johnson 

                                    Mrs Astri Souch 

                                    Mr Colin Warburton 

                                     Mrs Nicki Cutress            Clerk to the Council 

                                    Mrs Gina Field                  District Councillor 

Apologies were received from Mr peter Griffiths, County Councillor 

1.     Minutes 

The Minutes of the previous meeting, as circulated, were approved and duly signed by the Chairman. 

2.     Matters Arising 

(a)     Insurance 

The Clerk had sent details of current Insurance Policy to Came & Co, despite making phone contact nothing in writing had been received.  It was agreed to continue to insure through Allianz Cornhill. 

(b)    Honeywell Farm 

The Clerk is to follow this up again from last meeting. 

(c)     Simon Zec 

The Clerk had written to Simon asking that he continue with the cutting of the cemetery and churchyard but to reduce the number of hours he spends on the rest of the village in the short term, due to budget.  ML will endeavour to see Simon to explain further. 

3.     Planning 

(a)     Park Wood – upgrade access road – despite objections from PC regarding safety this was passed by MSDC 

(b)    Rushfield Paddock – two storey extension – the PC had made no objections to this application 

(c)     Rushfield – Farm shop – the PC would object to this application. 

4.     Expenditure 

The following amounts were authorised for the period March and April 2008.  

Date          Payee                                                   Amount 

5.3.08       S E Water – cemetery                          £11.00 

5.3.08        N Cutress – ¼ salary – Jan - March   £200.00 

5.3.08        Simon Zec – Dec – Feb cemetery etc £322.50 

                                                           TOTAL            £533.50 

Receipts. 

28.4.08          MSDC – Precept                                   £1563.00 

                                                          TOTAL             £1563.00 

5.      Any Other Business 

(a)     30mph signs 

Various parishioners had commented that the signs at the roundabout were not visible due to their positioning. The Clerk will ask Highway Rangers to cut back hedges to increase visibility in the first instance. 

(b)    Transition Group 

Mike Airey had contacted the Clerk about the possibility of forming a Transition Group.  He explained what this was about and it was agreed that it would be discussed further at the next PC meeting in July.  In the meantime anyone interested in finding out more should contact Mike direct. 

6.      Date of Next Meeting 

The next meeting of Poynings PC will be held in the Village Hall at 7.00pm on Tuesday 1^st July. 

Meeting closed at 7.40pm and was followed by the Annual Parish Meeting.