2025 Parish Council Minutes

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF TETNEY PARISH COUNCIL
Held at St. John's Methodist Chapel schoolroom on the 10th July 2025
Present: -    
Councillors:   S. McMillan (Chair)          J. Kerman            R. Lukehurst       M. Anderson         R. Coles                A. Winslow            A. Moorby      
                                   
Clerk: S. Booth        
Public: 2

64/25 CHAIR'S WELCOME
Cllr McMillan welcomed everyone to the meeting. He explained the building was a no smoking venue and where the fire exits were located. Cllr McMillan welcomed the new Lincolnshire County Councillor Bayleigh Robinson to the meeting.
                                             
65/25 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Cllr Fletcher gave her apologies due to other commitments. Proposed to accept apologies by Cllr Kerman, seconded by Cllr Moorby. All in favour of accepting the apologies. Resolved to accept apologies.

66/25 DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
a) To record declarations of interest by any member of the Council in respect of the agenda items
listed below. Members declaring interests should identify the agenda item and     
type of interest being declared. None.
b) To note dispensations given to any member of the Council in respect of the agenda items  
listed below. None.

67/25 MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING held on 5th June 2025
Had been previously circulated. Proposed by Cllr Moorby and seconded by Cllr Anderson to accept the Minutes. All in favour. Resolved to accept minutes. 
"These be adopted as a true record".

68/25 OPEN FORUM 
None.

69/25 TO RECEIVE EXTERNAL REPORTS
a) ELDC - A joint press release has been made by East Lindsey and Sth Holland District Councils with regards to the splitting of Lincolnshire into 2 unitary councils. The proposal is for the northern area to comprise of Nth Lincolshire, N.E. Lincolnshire, Lincoln and West Lindsey as a unitary council and the southern area to comprise of Boston, East Lindsey, Sth Holland, North Kesteven and South Kesteven. 
The UK Shared prosperity fund is now open for applications.
b) LCC - Cllr Robinson is the vice chair of Highways and will be looking into the structure of our roads and how the foundations can be improved rather than spending money on repairing patches of road repeatedly. He repeated that LCC have withdrawn from the group looking at a nuclear waste site near Great Carlton. A joint letter has been sent from LCC, the mayor of Lincolnshire et al regarding the proposed pylons scheme by Nation Grid. He asks that everyone voices their opinions on the matter asap.
Cllr McMillan asked Cllr Robinson to check whether the footpath to the benches at the crossroads would still be going ahead as it had been arranged immediately before the election. Cllr McMillan also asked if the resurfacing of all the footpaths within the village would be going ahead as agreed before the election. Cllr Robinson said he would find out and let the PC know. 
c) Outside representatives – Cllr Coles attended a Governors meeting at the primary school and reported that some children were being drawn into anti-social behaviour by older children and that the primary school and local secondary school had been working togther to tackle it. The primary school had suggested that the PC contact the local community PCSO and ask for them to drop by the playing fields and speak with the children.
Cllr Lukehurst reported that the village hall now has an internet connection and CCTV cameras are to be put on the existing poles and connected to the internet. He also reported that the Village Hall committee have rejected the terms set by the PC for the use of the public toilets by the children's football training sessions. The PC are disappointed with the Hall committee for wasting the PC's time and money spent in accommodating the request to then reject the offer. 
The Clerk reported that she had been invited to attend and present the awards at the annual WI flower and craft show.
A summer social evening with bingo is being held at the Chapel on Tuesday 15th July at 7pm. All welcome.

70/25 PARISH COUNCIL MATTERS
a) To discuss .gov.uk email address - The Councillors previously agreed to a 10 year contract with Cloud Next for £874.91 +vat with an initial discount of £100 +vat. The layout of the email address was discussed and agreed to go with  Cllr.firstname.surname@Tetney.parishcouncil.gov.uk. Clerk to liaise with Cloud next.
b) To review the Scarecrow festival in July - Thanks goes to all those who made a scarecrow. The scarecrows were all excellent and a lot of time, thought and effort had gone into each one. However, the number of scarecrows on display this year was underwhelming, it will be decided at a later date whether to hold one next year.
c) To update on the toilets - A meeting took place with a local plumber to determine if it was possible to replace the pipework to aid a better flow and what options were available for the cistern problems. Further to that meeting the clerk and chairman attended a grant funding event at ELDC where different funding streams were discussed. It was unanimously decided to apply to the East Lindsey Investment Fund (ELIF) for a grant to refurbish the whole of the toilets. Clerk to get quotes ready for the grant application. Cllr Coles agreed to help the clerk with the application.
d) Headstone application received and approved for the late Mr Bryan Lovesey.
e) To discuss, approve and amend the cemetery regulations to state "owning a property within the parish does NOT give the right for interment within the cemetery." and "All interments and purchases of burial/cremation plots is at the Parish Council's discretion." - To be deferred to the next meeting to allow for further wording to be considered.
f) To discuss repairs to the Market Place bus shelter - Ridge tiles and guttering missing or damaged, graffiti on walls again, Cllr McMillan to clean the graffiti. Clerk to get quotes for the repairs.
g) To discuss a parish council presence on social media- More presence is needed to show what the PC is doing within the community. The current face book page is run by a volunteer from the community and it was agreed to ask them if Cllr Coles could be added as an administrator to allow for more PC news to be put on.

71/25 FINANCIAL REPORT
Expenses for June/July 25

Receipts for June/July 25

Bank balances as at 1/7/25        

Proposed to accept finances by Cllr Coles, seconded by Cllr Lukehurst, all in favour. Resolved: To accept finances.                

72/25    EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS      (for information purposes only)    
Thanks goes to Mr Rance who has dug out a wild area at the allotments which has created a parking space, he has also bought and replaced a tap at allotments and cuts all of the grass paths around the plots. Cllr Moorby proposed a garden centre gift voucher as a thank you, seconded by Cllr Winslow, all in favour. Resolved to purchase a garden centre gift voucher as a thank you for Mr Rance's efforts at the allotments. A letter of thanks will be sent too.
A resident from the gold course estate has been seen fly-tipping grass cuttings into the dyke on Station Rd, this is illegal and will cause blockage and potential flooding in the area. A message is to be sent to all residents via the face book page asking them to stop.
Planning permission decision notices are no longer being sent with accompanying conditions. The PC has complained to ELDC to be told the new planning system doesn't allow for the conditions to be included. This is not satisfactory. Cllr McMillan is to contact Andy Booth at the planning department.

73/25   NEXT AGENDA ITEMS
Cemetery regulations, Toilet refurbishment.
 

74/25    FUTURE DATES
No meeting in August.
Thursday 11th September 2025,
Monday 6th October 2025,
Thursday 13th November 2025 in the Chapel school room at 7.30pm.

75/25    To resolve on whether the Council will move into closed session - The Council decided not to go into closed session in accordance with the Public Bodies (admission to meetings) Act 1960 due to the confidential nature of the business to be discussed.

Meeting closed at 9.15pm.