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Minutes of a meeting of Hawkinge Parish Council
Held at: Hawkinge Community Centre
12 January 2011

Present: Councillor D Callahan (Chairman), Councillors J Heasman, T Hutt, Hilditch, G Hodgson, T Ollerenshaw and C D Tearle.

Apology for Absence: Councillor P Meloy, (unwell)

Officer Present: Mrs Tina Wiles (Clerk)

There were no questions from the public.

898. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
There were no declarations of interest.

899. MINUTES
Minutes of the meeting held on 8 December 2010 were submitted, approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

900. CASUAL VACANCY
REPORT: A casual vacancy has arisen because Joan Brisley had become automatically disqualified because she had not attended any meetings of the Council for six months. The Council noted that as the vacancy had arisen within six months of the scheduled Parish Council elections the vacancy would not be advertised.

Proposed by Councillor G Hodgson
Seconded by Councillor N Hilditch and

RESOLVED: To receive and note the report and to thank Joan Brisley for the support she had given during the twelve years that she had been a councillor.

(Voting: For 7; Against 0; Abstentions 0)

901. FINANCIAL MATTERS
The Clerk circulated the schedule of payments to be made following the meeting. A copy of the schedule is attached as Appendix 1.

Proposed by Councillor T Hutt
Seconded by Councillor J Heasman and

RESOLVED: To receive and adopt the schedule of payments attached at Appendix 1.

(Voting: For 6; Against 0; Abstentions 1)

902. PROJECTS UPDATE 22
Projects update number 22 was presented by the Clerk, a copy is attached.

Proposed by Councillor G Hodgson
Seconded by Councillor N Hilditch and

RESOLVED: To receive and note Update 22.

(Voting: For 7; Against 0; Abstentions 0)

903. HAWKINGE COMMUNITY FOOTBALL AND SPORTS TRUST – UPDATE 5
Update 5 was presented which detailed the progress of the project.

Proposed by Councillor N Hilditch
Seconded by Councillor G Hodgson and

RESOLVED: To receive and note Update 5.

(Voting: For 6; Against 0; Abstentions 1)

904. PLANNING MATTERS
The minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Development Committee of 20 December 2010 listing the planning applications received since the last meeting of the Council were presented giving details of the responses for endorsement, sent to the District Council by the Planning and Development Committee.

Proposed by Councillor J Heasman
Seconded by Councillor T Hutt and

RESOLVED: To receive and adopt the minutes of the Planning and Development Committee of 20 December 2010.

(Voting: For 7; Against 0; Abstentions 0)

905. CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence was reported as follows:
i. Kent County Council Budget Update.
ii. Letter from Hawkinge Community Centre detailing changes to hire charges
iii. Report of the Community Warden for January 2011.

The correspondence folder is available to all councillors in the Hawkinge Community Office.

Schedule of payments for 9 February 2011

Date Cheque number Payee Amount
24 January 2011 2018 Pabro performance films (office) 324.00
24 January 2011 2019 Harmer & Sons – Xmas tree installation 208.95
24 January 2011 2020 A J Locke consulting engineers ltd 587.50
24 January 2011 2021 GPM Partnership (Football Pavilion) 1,050.45
24 January 2011 2022 GSE Design & Build 15,295.35
24 January 2011 2023 Guy Holloway Architects 1,389.11
24 January 2011 2024 MLM Consulting engineers 1,175.00
24 January 2011 2025 Richard Tearle – Office counter 261.00
24 January 2011 2026 KCC – website training 20.00
01 February 2011 2027 KempCarrBrown Accountants Payroll Services 90.00
01 February 2011 2028 Clerks salary 1,585.36
01 February 2011 2029 Assistant clerks salary 699.87
01 February 2011 2030 H M Revenue & Customs 910.03
01 February 2011 2031 KCC Pension 435.20
01 February 2011 2032 KALC (training) 72.00
01 February 2011 2033 Hawkinge Community Centre – hire of hall 85.91
01 February 2011 2034 D Callahan (reimbursement) – Village hall car park padlock 6.57
01 February 2011 2035 Assistant clerks expenses 13.65
01 February 2011 2036 Clerks expenses 15.60
09 February 2011 2037 Hawkinge allotment society (exit mirror) 185.56

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