May 2019 Annual Parish Meeting
Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on Tues 7th May 2019 at 7.30pm
Present 18-216 Cllr K Jolley (Chair), Cllr C Ashton, Cllr F Parish, Cllr M Kinning, Cllr P Golding, Cllr S Lansdowne, Cllr J Oldfield, Cllr C van Straubenzee, Cllr C Hodgkin, Cllr D Smith, Debbie Nicholls (SKDC Communications Manager) , Richard Bream ( G Webb Haulage Manager, South Witham Quarry), 3 members of the Public, Mrs H Sandon (parish clerk)
Apologies for Absence 18-217 Cllr A White
Visit from Debbie Nicholls, SKDC Communications Dept, to discuss the 75th Anniversary of D-Day and forthcoming celebrations including the unveiling of the Memorial Bench on the green at Harrington Rd, by Lieutenant Colonel David Hamilton 18-218
Ms Nicholls outlined the format of the day (Sun 2nd June 2019) as it currently stands to celebrate this special occasion both at Twyford Wood (former RAF North Witham) and then locally in South Witham involving local groups and SW Academy school children. Flyers detailing the event to be produced / posted through every door in the village by the WW team. SW Community Group to pay for flyers and also to provide lunch at SW Academy for those directly involved. Further meetings to be held to sort finer detail.
Visit from Richard Bream, of G Webb Haulage, new owners of South Witham Quarry 18-219
Mr Bream introduced himself to the PC. G Webb Haulage is a family run business who use its own staff, not subcontractors and have owned the site for the past two months. The PC raised the recent issue of the breach of planning regulations namely overfilling by the previous quarry owners Breedon. Also the matter of traffic access i.e. to seek assurance that all vehicles to use the haul road and not pass through the village.
Chairman’s Report of the past year, Cllr Jolley 18-220
Unfortunately Cllr Jolley could not access his report, so agreed to forward it to Cllrs / clerk (for filing) after the meeting. No public were present at this point in proceedings.
Year end Accounts 2018/19 summary position, clerk 18-221
Agreed by the PC that this would be covered by the clerk in the main meeting, as the two guest slots had taken up so much of the parish meeting.
Questions from the floor 18-222 none Meeting finished at 7.30pm