Parish Council Minutes meeting 12th May 2025
SOUTH COCKERINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Monday 12th May 2025 at Grimoldby Village Hall at 7.30 pm
Present -Cllr S Needham,(Chair) Cllr P Hope, Cllr J Beilby, Cllr R Bell
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE – None
2. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS – None
3 STANDING ORDERS –Revised April 2025 The recently published model Standing Orders were adopted Proposed Cllr Needham, seconded Cllr Beilby agreed unanimously. ACTION CLERK
4. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/ PRESENTATIONS None
5. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS
(5.1) Minutes Monday 13th January 2025 – Proposed Cllr Bell, seconded Cllr Beilby. Agreed
6 MATTERS ARISING FROM MINUTES
(6.1) Clerk confirmed that issue with the Road Sign and the Safety Barrier at end of Church Walk reported to LCC. Road sign been inspected and removed, no replacement had been determined as necessary The Safety Barrier at end of Church Walk / South View Lane has
been replaced,. Road Salt requested from LCC delivered to Needham Farm.
(6.2) Chair informed meeting that The Village News had now ceased publication due to ill health of staff involved in its production and reflected on the decision made by Parish Council not to agree to the payment request received earlier.
(6.3) Cllr Bell reported that repairs to the Defibrillator Cabinet completed.. In addition to the Hammerite coating a plastic strip had been glued to the top of the cabinet to facilitate water runoff.
7 FINANCE REPORT
(7.1) Current overall balance is £4700.22 Business Account £2316.46 SCPCC Account £2383.76. Parish Precept for 2025/26 of £1000received from ELDC
(7.2) Outstanding Invoices. Village Hall Hire £20 for 13/5/2025; NCM Invoice for grass cutting £300 and Invoice for Insurance from Zurich £286.45.
8. CORRESPONDANCE REPORT All relevant correspondence forwarded to all Councillors electronically.
9, PLANNING MATTERS - None
10. NATIONAL GRID TRANMISSION GRIMSBY TO WALPOLE.
(10.1) Current position reviewed and agreed to keep the matter on future agendas
11. MATTERS APERTAINING TO PARISH BUSINESS
(11.1) Concerns were raised and discussed with regards to the vulnerability of parishioners to ‘rogue’ traders such as itinerant gardeners where recent events suggested that they were an increasing problem. Agreed to alert as many parishioners as possible to be cautious and to avoid paying cash upfront before a satisfactory job had been done.
(11.2) It was noted that concerns had been raised regarding vehicle speeding with issues being noted on Pedlar Lane, South View Lane and Chapel Lane. The Parish Council to keep the issue under review.
12 DATE OF NEXT MEETING Arranged for 7.30 pm Monday 13th October 2025.
Chair…Cllr S Needham