Minutes of the meeting of the Parish Council held on Tuesday, 11 March 2003 at The Institute.
Councillor Fisk, Chairman, presided over Councillors Auger, Chambers, Lewis, Stevens, Warrick, Watkins and the clerk.
No members of the public were in attendance.
120 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Apologies for absence were received and accepted from Councillors Abel, Shinkins and Thompson.
121 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST none.
122 COMMUNITY CLEANING GRANT
The Chairman welcomed Mr I Yates, Head of Business Services at South Kesteven District Council to the meeting in order to discuss the District Council’s new street cleaning contract arrangements with effect from 1 July 2003.
Mr Yates outlined how the new contract will differ from that currently in place and advised members that a new grant would be available to the Parish Councils of larger villages to enable additional litter picking to be undertaken at local hot spots’. South Kesteven District Council would support the Parish Council through the payment of a grant, provision of equipment/clothing and officer assistance in relation to recruitment, employment and health & safety issues. It was confirmed that the Parish Council would be able to commit additional resources from its own funds to further enhance the service is so desired.
Members were pleased to learn that this was a supplementary service designed to compliment the cleaning works undertaken by South Kesteven District Council and felt that there was potential for such a scheme to be introduced in Deeping St James.
It was unanimously agreed to make a decision on whether to go ahead at the October meeting of the Parish Council as it was felt that the new street cleaning contract arrangements would need time to settle in. In the meantime, members will draw up a list of areas in the parish that would benefit from additional litter picking arrangements.
Mr Yates then answered members’ questions on the recently introduced recycling scheme, which appears to have been well received in the trial areas. He announced that it was hoped to add glass to the list of items for collection later in the year.
The Chairman thanked Mr Yates for attending and the meeting closed at 8.40pm.