Extraordinary Meeting June

Extraordinary meeting June

June 2023 Agenda Extraordinary Meeting

Moulton Parish Council

 

The Chair (Geoff Cooper) has called An Extraordinary meeting. It will be held on Tuesday 27th June at Moulton Community Centre at 6.30pm.

 

  1. Public Forum - to last no more than 10 minutes

 

  1. Apologies for absence

 

  1. Declarations of Interest

 

  1. Play Park

 

  1. If necessary, to consider passing a resolution under section100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from the meeting in order to discuss any items of business that may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in those paragraphs of part 1 of schedule12A of that Act as amended by the Local Government Access to Information (variation) Order 2006.

 

 

 

 

                                                                              Published 22/06/2023

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the Extraordinary Parish Meeting of The Moulton’s Parish Council held on Tuesday 27th June 2023 at Moulton Community Centre. 

 

Present: Parish Cllrs Cooper (Chair), Woolf, Henderson, Kirk, Sanderson, Ingham, Sneath and Wright along with Parish Clerk. 

 

Thirteen members of the public also in attendance.

 

 

The Chairman Cllr Cooper welcomed everyone to the meeting.

 

1)Public Forum 

Play Park

Cllr Sneath and Woolf declared they are District Councillors.

Cllr Woolf explained the history of the park process and offers over time and how the Parish Council has got to the point they are at today. (Original offers of 1 acre with a Car Park nearer the High Road or 1/3 acre at the village end with a hand gate. It was confirmed by the Chair that the Parish has accepted an offer of 1/3 acre for a park.

Members of the public did not feel there was a need for a car park which Cllr Woolf agreed that was also the feelings of the Parish Council.

Members of the public asked why the offer was only 1/3 acre when the original offer was 1 acre with a car park that was not 2/3 of an acre. Cllr Woolf stated that the Parish Council did not know the answer to this.

Cllr Sneath explained the potential costs going forward.

Cllr Henderson replied to a member of the public regarding ‘missed opportunities’ over the years, stating that the Parish have attempted to purchase land over the years but have always been outbid.

Cllr Kirk stated the original offer was that District were going to pay fees, are they still going to pay the fees?

 

2) Apologies for Absence 

Cllr Tibbs, Cllr Wakefield, Cllr Hahn

 

3) Declarations of interest 

Cllr Sneath and Woolf declared they are District Councillors.

 

4) Play Park

A list of questions was compiled to be sent to Marc Whelan such as ‘How long would the lease be?’ and ‘Are the District still going to pay for a footpath?’

Cllr Sneath asked if the Parish could not afford the play equipment straight away, could it be fenced and open to the public as a picnic area first?

Cllr Kirk stated it would not be financially viable to pay for a footpath for land that the Parish does not own.

 

5) If necessary, to consider passing a resolution under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from the meeting in order to discuss any items of business that may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in those paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of that Act as amended by the Local Government Access to Information(Variation) Order 2006.

Finances and contractors were discussed regarding the park.

 

 

 

Meeting Closed at 8pm.