At a meeting of the Parish council held on Monday 27th September 2010 there were present, Mr G Wade (Chairman),Mr J Nichols, Mr S Rees, Mrs G Soanes, Mr J Blowers, Mr P Ball, Mrs J Brown, Mr S Perks, Mr R Leech. 4 Parishioners were also present.
Apologies were received from PSCO Sue Kershaw, Cllr Paul Ashdown, Mrs Townend & Cllr Colin Law  
The minutes of the previous meeting held on Monday August were approved and signed.
Declaration of Interests No interests were declared
Clerks report Following the previous parish council meeting. I have contacted SCC regarding the possibility of obtaining some waterfowl road signs to be placed on Market lane warning drivers to slow down. This is following on from a parishioner’s concerns over a large number of ducks and moorhens being knocked over by vehicles at the Barkis Meadow/ market lane pond. I have been advised by Cllr Barnard that the budget is very small & has already been allocated. However he will discuss this with Cllr Law with regards to adding this request on a waiting list at SCC. I would also like to thank the councillors for their approval in purchasing this laptop. It has been a great help to me & I am extremely grateful.
15 minutes for Parishioner input A parishioner reported the minutes from last months meeting had not been published on the website. Mr Nichols advised they should not theoretically be published until approval from councilors at the following months meeting although he does generally add earlier with a note stating minutes are a draft until adopted at the following months meeting. Due to a busy schedule there was a delay this month. A parishioner enquired about barking dogs in the pippins area sometimes starting early in the morning often continuing throughout the day. He was also concerned about the welfare of the dogs and wondered what the best approach would be. Mr Rees advised the best cause of action is to report this to environmental health at WDC who could visit the site and look take necessary action. 
Other Parish Business (Parish Councilors) Mr Nichols reported that there would be a meeting of the Millennium green trustees at the village hall on Monday 18th October at 7pm. This will be the final meeting at which they will be signing the deed of Covenant to transfer the management of the green in perpetuity to the parish Council. They will also hand over any funds they may have. This is in line with advice from natural England. The public are invited to attend the meeting and ask any questions they may have. The Blundeston charity trustees – after much discussion a unanimous decision was made to provide a grant to full time university students who are residents in Blundeston. This will replace the award of book tokens at Christmas. Any grant next year will again be at the discretion of the trustees who will also be meeting shortly to consider the award of Christmas Tesco vouchers to those in need in the Parish of Blundeston. Mr Perks advised a quote will be obtained to replace the temporary part of the fence opposite the doors of the village hall with a ‘kissing’ gate. The new gate will match the ones on the Millennium green. 
Mrs Brown reported the school traffic continues to cause concern with cars sometimes parked up past the pound. Mrs Brown will continue to monitor and conduct a traffic count. This will be raised at the next school governors meeting. Blundeston School is trying to encourage children to cycle to school but parents feel road is too dangerous. Mrs Brown has received support from the Head teacher to look at implementing the earlier suggested temporary one way system. Mr Ball suggested trying the walking bus again which did run for a time from the village hall but ceased due to a lack of support. It was also reported vehicles had been parking on the zigzag yellow lines outside the school. Mrs Browne also reported older youths on the skate park were seen using the shelter as a climbing frame and tipping the rubbish bin over causing the skate park to be dangerously covered in rubbish and broken glass . The clerk will report this to PCSO Sue Kershaw and the skate park committee.

 The chairman advised due to changes within the police force. Suffolk police will be implementing a charge system to anyone requesting extra policing for public events etc.  

Mr Perks reported the three lots of fly tipping at the fruit farm have now been removed. Mr Rees thanked Mr Fox for staining the gates on the millennium green and the removal of the television from the old fruit farm entrance which was part of the fly tipping. Mr Rees also thanked PSCO Kershaw and Cllr Paul Ashdown for thier assistance in reporting and arranging the removal of the dumped tyres at the old fruit farm entrance. Mr Rees asked what the situation was regarding the goal posts as they had been removed and not put back as yet. The goal posts were removed to be repaired as they had been previously vandalized and now need to be reassembled and put back on the football field.  Mr Blowers has spoken to the suppliers regarding new nets and new bearings for the wheels and will contact the suppliers again to obtain the parts. Mr Rees advised he is happy to coordinate the repair and replacement on the field once the parts arrive.
Mr Blowers gave an update on the village leaflet and asked for volunteers to help with printing and distribution. The chairman offered to assist and try and move this forward. Mrs Soanes and Mr Nichols have been looking at benches in the area and taken some photographs to show to HMP Prison Blundeston who have been chosen to construct the bench to be placed at the front of the village hall. The new bench should be ready before Christmas. Mrs Soanes read out a report from the Northern parishes meeting. The next Northern Parishes meeting will be held on Tuesday 14th December at 1930hrs at Oulton Community centre.
Mr Ball reported there are some loose fittings on a piece of the play equipment on the playground. Mr Ball confirmed the original manufacturer no longer exists. He does have a contact at a new company and Mr Ball will speak to them with regards to the required repair and report back at next meeting. Mr Blowers thought that WDC have an appointed inspector who visits regularly to inspect the equipment. Mr Rees advised he thought this was only an annual visit and following this the parish council then receive a report. Mr Leech enquired whether it would be possible to make our own temporary ‘waterfowl’ signs. Concerns were raised over possible health and safety issues. The clerk will check this with SCC and report back next month
Police Report.  was received from PCSO Sue Kershaw and read out by the clerk. For the month of August 2010, there were no recorded crimes for Flixton and two recorded crimes for Blundeston ,1 of which related to HMP. The other was of two cycles which were taken without consent but were later recovered, this occurred in Hall Lane on the 7th August during day light hours. I have reported two lots of Fly tipping to W D C, this was dumped at the old Fruit farm on Lowestoft Road. Community Speed Watch is still doing some good work on educating the drivers of their speed throughout rural north Lowestoft, . Also a report from Suffolk Constabulary on future policing, this I also covered at the Northern meeting. I have spoken with the Head of the school with reference to the volume of traffic on Church Road although very heavy there seems no immediate problem so I will continue to monitor the situation. May I remind all that can be contact at Lowestoft Police station on 01986835100. Thanks Sue Kershaw PCSO 3080
District Councillor report No Report Available
County Councillor Report. Cllr Mike Barnard confirmed the application for the ‘waterfowl’ sign will be placed on the budget waitlist. Work at the junction of Church road and B1074 is a priority and has taken a large chunk of the budget. Cllr M Barnard advised he has applied for funding for the new fencing on the boundary of the playground. The clerk thanked him for helping with this. Following reports in the press SCC has confirmed there will be cuts of £13.5million to be made.  At present they have no intention of making any redundancies & will be looking at ways to save money in all services. Some services may go but hopefully other parties may take them on. No mention of what services may be cut at present.   
Barkis Meadow Pond Clearing Party This was placed on the agenda as requested during the meeting held in July. The pond needs to be cleared of overgrown reeds which are intruding further into the pond & brambles surrounding the bank. It was decided to delay discussions until the next meeting.
Approval of Annual Return the annual audit return for the year ending 31st march 2010 was presented to the councillors and approved.  
Accounts The following accounts were approved for payment - Moores fencing & timber – New fence in playground	£1,100.00. Mrs K Rees Clerks salary & 1/3 telephone Jul/Aug/Sep £330.00.  Mr J Nichols 1/3 Broadband £ 25.00. Sam Perks – Removal of existing wall to playground £665 + £116.38 vat ( to be reclaimed)= £781.37. Corton P.C – Leaving gift for Frankie Sawyer of Northern parishes committee £25.00. BDO LLP Auditors – for annual audit £158.63
Planning Mr P Hilton, 8 Barkis Meadow - Construction of two storey side extension. Approved
Correspondence Standards Committee – card received to thank the Parish Councillors for inviting them to last months meeting. Suffolk preservation Society – Suffolk View Magazine.
WDC – Parish Council elections 2011 budget requirements, Society of local Council Clerks – membership offer, South Norfolk Council – Local development framework. Broads Authority – Planning Parish Forum invitation. Land Registry – Registering your council’s property. Mr Nichols will look into this and report back at the next meeting. This will also be placed on the agenda for the next meeting. SALC – Village Green & common Land registry seminar. SALC – AGM invitation

There being no further business the meeting closed at 2050 hrs. The next meeting will be held on Monday 25th October.