Cllr Mrs Janet Wright (Chairman)

Cllr Mike Prestwood (Vice-Chairman)

Cllr Frank Elkington

Cllr John Creese

Cllr Tim Brumpton

Cllr Mrs Patricia White

Cllr Mrs Mandy Murphy

Cllr Simon Barrett

Cllr Adam Petty

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING REPORT 2009

The Annual Parish Meeting took place on Monday 23rd March in the Old School Market Rasen Road. The meeting was chaired by Cllr Mrs Janet Wright, Chairman of the Parish Council. Nine members of the public were in attendance.

Prior to the meeting, Ian Turvey, former Councillor and Chairman of Welton-by-Lincoln Parish Council and Hugh Gilfedder, Chairman of the Parish Plan Monitoring Committee gave a presentation of the Welton-by-Lincoln Parish Plan.

Chairman’s Report

Garden waste skips have once again been provided by the Parish Council, at a monthly cost of £745.00.

The Council have agreed again to grant St. Chad’s Church the sum of £500.00 to help towards their grass cutting costs.

We have been actively seeking funding from West Lindsey to assist with the cost of providing a purpose built pavilion for use by the football teams, hopefully a resurrected tennis club, and the outdoors bowls club. We have also applied for grant aid to WREN. If we are not successful with obtaining funding we will consider modular type buildings.

Councillor Mrs Mandy Murphy, together with a small working group have complied a 3 year improvement plan for the village.

The Council are pleased to report that the Nettleham Woodland Trust and volunteers, including children from local schools, has planted over 9000 trees in the new Nettleham Woodland Trust reserve, to be named Monk’s Wood at the end of Ashing Lane. They anticipate that in February 2010 more trees will be planted. Overall the woodland will cover approx. 19 hectares of land, a very large asset to the village and future generations

An automatic irrigation system has been installed on the outdoor bowls green, paid for with a grant from the Awards For All Lottery Fund.

A Christmas tree and lights were installed within the St Chad’s Primary School grounds, with their kind permission, the switching on ceremony and carol singing took place at the beginning of December and we hope to make this an annual village event.

Kissing gates have been installed at the end of the footpath off Nursery Close, 4 trees have been planted and hedging plants will complete this years landscaping of the area.

Three large planters were positioned on the green around the War Memorial, albeit rather late in the flowering season, but proved to be very attractive, with one neighbour willing to look after and maintain them and another neighbour willing to plant and maintain the flowers around the war memorial itself, the area has been much enhanced. The Council’s appreciation of their efforts must be recorded.

Cllr Mrs Janet Wright, Chairman, Dunholme Parish Council

Financial Report

The income for the Parish Council this year is in the region £68,000. The precept (the money allocated by WLDC) was £27,000 and when setting the precept for 09/10 the Council has been very mindful of the current economic climate and kept the increase to only £1,000.

DDIBC generated income of £36,000 and other income has been gained by the interest earned on bank accounts, although at the present time and for the foreseeable future this is considerably reduced, the LCC contribution received towards the cost of grass cutting in the village was £1,764.00, tennis courts, football pitch and bowling green hire fees.

The Council was successful in its bid to the Big Lottery Awards for All Grant scheme is securing an award of £5,940 for an automatic irrigation system for the bowls green. Let’s hope we get the weather this year to allow it to be used!

The new pavilion is being actively pursued and a grant funding application is being put together to WLDC for £84,334 from their Leisure Fund and a grant application to WREN (Grants awarded under the Landfill Communities Fund) for £50,000 has been unsuccessful, it seems they all want someone else to commit funds before they do, chicken and egg situation unfortunately, but we will keep bidding.

Monies in the bank total £150,000 and this includes reserves for the maintenance of POS areas and the insurance claim monies for the pavilion. £60,000 has been paid over to the Council for the future maintenance of the Manor Farm development.

Annual expenditure has been in the region of £75,000 and includes monies used to purchase new benches and seats, floral displays for the War Memorial

The Council has again this year provided green waste skips at an annual cost of £5,500.

Grants awarded to local groups/organisations have included £600 to the Dunholme News, £500 to the Parochial Parish Council towards their grass cutting costs for the churchyard and graveyard and £100 to the Scouts who did the village good turn by helping out on our clean up of the village one evening last May.

Repairs to the Tennis Courts fencing were carried out at a cost of £700 and it is hoped in the future that the Tennis Club can be resurrected, although the Courts are well used on a first come, first served (excuse the pun) basis.

Extensive maintenance of hedges, trees, the playing fields and woodland areas has been carried out totalling £4,500. Grass cutting costs were £4,500.

The working group formed to look at the play areas in the village have been busy reviewing the equipment and a new Cone Climber has been purchased at a total cost of £7,500 and is to be located on the Allwood Road play area.

For the first time this year, the Council Christmas tree was displayed outside the school and for the relatively low cost of £200 (tree, new lights and refreshments), an enjoyable evening was had by all, approximately 200 turned up from all areas of the community and the school itself, it is planned to make this an annual event.

The recently formed working group have developed a three year Village Improvement Plan and has aspirations to spend funds on a number of projects including flower tubs, village signs, improved grass cutting.

Julie Murray

Proper and Responsible Financial Officer

Would you like to make a difference to your community?

Why not become a Parish Councillor?

All parish council seats are due for election in 2012 when local elections are held.

What is the role of a Parish Councillor?

·         To represent the ward and the views of it's residents that he or she represents at grass roots level

·        To work in areas of community leadership

·        To plan, run, develop and monitor parish council business

·        To always work in the public interest

How long is a term of office?

Four years unless elected at a by-election when you would serve until the next scheduled election.

Will I have time to be a councillor?

Dunholme Parish Council meet on the 3^rd Wednesday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

How much will I get paid?

There is great reward to be gained by serving your community at grass roots level, though unfortunately there is no provision for a parish councillor to be paid. You may be reimbursed for expenses. There is a limit to how much may be claimed.

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DUNHOLME PARISH COUNCIL

 If you have any issues you wish to bring to Councillors attention or any ideas you would like to put forward, why not come along and join in.

The agenda is posted on the Notice Board at least three days prior to each meeting and the first 15 minutes of the meeting is an open public forum.

If you wish to contact the Parish Council please write to The Clerk at 12 Ashing Lane, Dunholme, LN2 3NN, e-mail on dunholmepc@btinternet.com or telephone 01673 862738.

PARISH COUNCIL - VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT PLAN

At the March meeting of Dunholme Parish Council the new 3 year Village Improvement Plan was agreed and Councillors took on the responsibility for overseeing areas of the plan. Details of the first year of the plan can be viewed on the Parish Notice Board, but what you will not see there is the need for community involvement if the plan is to succeed. We all need to work together to enhance our environment.

It is intended to have a more proactive role in the monitoring and upkeep of highways, footpaths, open spaces and play areas as well as enhancing the area of the Beck and improving the historic Pinfold. We have already asked LCC for permission to install seven flower containers which we hope will be successful and develop further next year. It is intended to initiate a village sign design competition and plans are afoot for a garden competition and an entry into the Village-in-Bloom festival next summer. We hope you agree that the area around the War Memorial is so much more attractive and local neighbours have offered to maintain the attractive containers, which add to the already pleasing display round the memorial itself.

We are very grateful to the residents and businesses that have already come forward with their suggestions and offers of help; R & S L North of Lincoln Road have donated the flower containers, two residents have undertaken to walk all the footpaths to assess any work necessary and other residents have offered to help with the maintenance of the flower containers.

Thank you!

If you are able to make a practical input into any of the objectives on the plan please contact the Clerk (01673862738 or e-mail dunholmepc@btinternet.com) who will put you in touch with the Councillor overseeing that objective. Thank you in advance for you interest and involvement.

Cllr Mrs Mandy Murphy