DEIGHTON PARISH COUNCIL
Chair: Cllr S Hardcastle
Acting Clerk: Cllr J Fletcher – deightonpc@gmail.com
Minutes of an Extra-ordinary Meeting of Deighton Parish Council held online via
Zoom Video Conferencing on Monday 11 January 2021 at 7.30pm.
21001 Welcome:
The Chairman welcomed Councillors and wished everyone a Happy New Year, He also referred to the Covid vaccination programme which he said provided a light at the end of the tunnel for a return to a more normal life.
21002 Apologies:
All Councillors were in attendance and this was noted for the attendance record.
Present: Cllrs Hardcastle (Chair), Brack, Fletcher, Chambers, Henshall & Bartram.
21003 Declarations of Interest:
Cllr Hardcastle made the Council aware that he was a neighbour of Chisenbury where a planning application had been lodged.
21004 Public Forum
No Parishioners were present and no reports had been received from the Police or the Ward Councillor
21005 Minutes of Meetings
The minutes of meetings held by Zoom Video conferencing on 2nd November 2020 and 16 November 2020 were accepted as a true and correct record of the proceedings of the meeting and duly signed by the Chairman.
21006 Resignation of the Clerk, appointment of temporary and permanent replacement
It was noted that S Mercer had resigned her position as the Council’s Clerk. The Chairman asked members if anyone would be willing to take on the responsibility of Acting Clerk until a replacement could be found. Cllr Fletcher agreed to do this.
It was agreed that the vacancy would be advertised in due course in the notice boards, on the Parish website and by YLCA. It was further agreed to appoint an HR Committee at the next meeting to deal with the detail and following advice received from YLCA to increase the hours worked to four weekly.
21007 Parish Councillor Vacancy (previous agenda item no 20054)
The Council re-considered an application to fill the current vacancy for a Parish Councillor. The matter was discussed in open forum together with consideration of a paper that the Vice-Chair had circulated to all Councillors. It was resolved by a vote of four to one to reject the application on the grounds that in the light of what had gone before and in the spirit of the Council’s Code of Conduct the applicant was not considered suitable. The applicant would be informed by letter.
21008 Accounts for Payment
Monies owed to the Chair: One months salary paid from personal bank account to the Clerk during first lockdown, (Mar/Apr/May/Jun/July, £744.25 paid in total, £595.40 already reimbursed) = £148.85
Expenses to the Chair:Zoom meeting charge November 2020 = £14.39
Christmas Lights bought by Councillor Henshall = £25.98
Autela Payroll Services = £102.52
21009 Planning
A 20/01136/FUL - Briar House, Main Street, Deighton, York YO19 6HD, Variation of condition 2 of permitted application, to relocate door on front porch and add arched window to front elevation - Approved
B 20/00069/FUL – Ackroyds Restaurant Meats, Crockey Hill, Deighton, York YO19 4SR, Erection of two storey detached house and bungalow after demolition of existing industrial buildings – Approved
C 20/02163/FUL - Chisenbury Main Street Deighton York YO19 6HD, Erection of detached single storey garage to front.
The Council had no objections to this proposal.
21010 Future Meeting Dates
It was agreed to hold meetings on the following dates as previously set:
18th January, 2021, 15th March, 2021, APM & Annual Meeting of the Council 17th May, 2021
It was further agreed that additional meetings be held, possibly monthly until the Council had cleared a backlog of work. These dates would be set at the next meeting.
There being no further business the Chairman closed the meeting at 8.15pm
Signed (Chair)
Dated: