Draft notes of the meeting of the 25th of November 2025
Draft notes of the meeting of Minting and Gautby Parish Council held on the 30th of November 2025 at Minting Village Hall at 7.00pm. To be confirmed at the next meeting.
Present: - Cllrs E.B.Clark [EC] chairman and acting clerk, H.Padfield [HP], J.Padfield [JP], W.Hughes [WH], L. Bury [LB] J Saville [JSa], A Cadman [AC] and 1 member of the public.
7.00 pm Public forum.
Question asked about the apparatus that has been positioned into the water course opposite the Green in Minting outside a parishioner’s house. Apparatus (Flood Telemetry Gauge) is to measure water volume to help with monitoring possible flooding in Minting.
7.10 pm Formal council meeting.
[1] Chairman’s welcome and apologies for absence.
Apologies from County Cllr N. Oliver and District Cllr W. Gray, also a later apology from Cllr. Stuchfield citing illness.
Proposed WH seconded LB Carried unanimously.
[2] Declaration of interests.
None declared
[3] To confirm, or amend and sign the draft notes of the meeting of the 30th of September 2025.
Proposed LB seconded AC Carried unanimously.
[4] Matters arising from the minutes of both meetings.
Discussed later in the Meeting
[5] Correspondence
-Online survey has been released by LCC to access public opinion of how well LCC is performing.
-An email asking for volunteers to train on an online portal how to use, manage and record the information from the new flood telemetry equipment that has been placed around Minting. Cllr’s WH and LB volunteered for the training and LB suggested she would ask Cllr. JSu if he would like to be involved.
[6] Reports from District/County Councillors, if any.
None from District or County Councillors however, an update from Cllr Gray will be circulated to Parish Councillors from Cllr.EC.
[7] Finance
a) To approve reconciliation of Lloyds Bank account
Proposed JSa seconded WH Carried unanimously.
b) To approve payment – ICO fee £35
A fee of £47 has been taken from the bank account instead of the expected £35. EC will query this extra amount with the bank.
Proposed AC seconded LB Carried unanimously.
c) To consider the quotation from MCD Surveying and if accepted to approve the fee of £800 + VAT (total £1000)
Proposed JSa seconded LB Carried unanimously.
d) To agree a payment to Minting VHC in respect of defibrillator electricity for 2025.
After discussion it was agreed to suggest to Minting VHC that a payment of £30 would cover all associated costs of the defibrillator.
Proposed LB seconded AC Carried unanimously.
[8] Parish Maintenance:
a] Play equipment inspection
AC explained options of suitably qualified persons to carry out the inspection and costs. Some discussion around this and PC agreed to go ahead. AC agreed to email identified company ( Nordic Playground Institute) and pass over future dealings to EC.
Proposed WH seconded AC Carried unanimously.
b] C.E.R.T. team insurance
WH has approached the leader of the local C.E.R.T group who has agreed to take over responsibility of this and deal with matters concerning insurance liabilities directly.
c] 30 mph signs
All signs have been replaced.
d] Road salt
EC will email Cllr. Oliver re procedure for applying for salt: 2 bins, 1 in Minting and 1 in Gautby.
[9] Any other business (discussion only) and matters for the next meeting.
2026 Meeting dates: usually the last Tuesday in alternate months from January. Suggested dates; Jan 20th, March 31st, May 26th (Annual meeting), July 28th, Sept 29th, Nov 24th.
Annual Parish Meeting suggested date Wed 6th May. Short discussion re possible speaker for the annual meeting but no decision made. This will be discussed at a later date.
Meeting closed at 7:45pm.