Martin Brookes Oakham Rutland: August

This is a dreadful agenda, it contains mistakes and lacks all the required information

A council agenda is meant to give clear details about what should be considered by the council members and the decisions they are required to make once they have considered the item.

One example of how poor the Clerks work is this agenda item.

17. ROL HOUSE SMOKE DETECTORS

No report, So I can only guess Oakham Town Council is going to have to pay for smoke detectors in the building it rents. What I can never understand is why they pay for things that their landlord probably should pay for. But when it comes to all their tenants we the tax payer have to pay. Most of the Councils tenants pay little rent often well below the market value and then just like the Dance Company in Princess Avenue they are asking Oakham Tax Payer to pay for CCTV they want. I assume the nearby large CCTV camera Rutland County Council placed on Oakham Town Council land is not doing its job?

There is a grant application from All Saints Church Oakham who want £1000 to repair bells? It is not the town council job to fix the bells the church was eventually told it was the councils job to fix the clock.

The Town Council is to consider spending over £10,000 on bollards to stop people parking it is not clear if this in front of garages they don't own. For some strange reason the own the land in front of the derelict garages. If it is I believe this would be is a total waste of tax payers money. because people will probably just park in front of the bollards as they do in Willow Crescent play area or it could be for the spaces in the car park leased to the dance school and if that is the case the tax payers certainly should not be paying. It is very frustrating we paid for the small wooden fencing when the tenant should have paid at the time the previous Clerk said they will pay for it to be maintained in the future.

This is also a perfect example of the laziness of the clerk in only obtaining one quote. The two bollards in Willow Crescent did not cost anywhere near one of these.

16. PRINCESS AVENUE PARKING (Appendix H)

To consider a quotation and to make any decisions as appropriate

This one should be interesting, no report or costs. I guess if they get a photo then they can put it online so people can see who their councillors are. Oakham Town Council still have members who don't want the public they are meant to serve know who they are.

18. COUNCILLOR ID CARDS

To consider the introduction of identification cards for staff and Councillors

Christmas Lights £28,000 lights the town rent and when they get broken by Wilko we have to pay? Lets hope this year the Clerk can be bothered to ask the company to put them up higher at the point where the six wheel very high Wilko lorry hits them each year.

11. AUTHORISATION TO PAY AN INVOICE OVER £5000 (Appendix D)

To authorise the payment of Invoice No 100365, £14380 + VAT for The Christmas

Decorators, for 50% confirmation to proceed

Oakham Town Council

Rol House, Long Row, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6NL

01572 723627

enquiries@oakhamtowncouncil.gov.uk

www.oakhamtowncouncil.gov.uk

TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOCAL

GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED TO ATTEND A

MEETING OF OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL, WEDNESDAY 11TH AUGUST 2021

COMMENCING 6.30 PM, AT THE OFFICES OF THE TOWN COUNCIL,

ROL HOUSE, LONG ROW, OAKHAM, RUTLAND LE15 6NL.

PRESS AND PUBLIC ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND

Clerk to the Council

5th August 2021

AGENDA

Members of the public attending this meeting are advised that it may be filmed and recorded.

1. APOLOGIES AND REASONS FOR ABSENCE

2. DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR

DISPENSATION

Members are reminded to declare any interests which may arise on matters for

discussion at the meeting

3. MINUTES (Appendix A)

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 14thJuly 2021

4. DEPUTATIONS BY THE PUBLIC

Members of the Public are invited to address the meeting in accordance with

procedures laid down in Standing Orders 1(d) – 1(i)

5. COUNCILLOR’S QUESTIONS

To answer questions previously notified to the Clerk under Standing Order 9

6. CLERKS REPORT

7. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

8. REPORTS FROM MEMBERS, WORKING GROUPS AND OUTSIDE BODIES

9. TO CONSIDER CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED (Appendices B, Bi, Bii, Biii, Biv)

a) Marrons Planning – Land North of Braunston Road

b) Citizens Advice Rutland

c) Empingham Parish Council

d) Ketton Parish Council

e) Greetham Parish Council

10. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS (Appendix C)

a) To approve the expenditure and statement of accounts to 31st July 2021

b) To receive a budget report showing expenditure for the year to date

NB. If any member has any queries on the above will they please raise these with the

Town Clerk at least 24 hours before the meeting

11. AUTHORISATION TO PAY AN INVOICE OVER £5000 (Appendix D)

To authorise the payment of Invoice No 100365, £14380 + VAT for The Christmas

Decorators, for 50% confirmation to proceed

12. APPOINTMENT OF STANDING COMMITTEES

To appoint a member to the Staffing and Finance Committee

13. TO CONSIDER GRANT-AID APPLICATIONS (Appendices E, Ei)

a) Oakham Team Ministry

b) The Oakham Canal Green Corridor Project

14. OAKHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE - CCTV SYSTEM (Appendix F)

To consider a quotation/request from Studio E and to make any decisions as

appropriate

15. LORD LIEUTENANT’S CLEBRATION EVENT (Appendix G)

To receive Report No. TC03121

16. PRINCESS AVENUE PARKING (Appendix H)

To consider a quotation and to make any decisions as appropriate

17. ROL HOUSE SMOKE DETECTORS

18. COUNCILLOR ID CARDS

To consider the introduction of identification cards for staff and Councillors

19. TO CONSIDER CURRENT PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND MAKE

RECOMMENDATIONS TO RUTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL

a) 2021/0839/FUL 19 Nightingale Way Mr Darlington

Conversion of existing garage to a garden room

b) 2021/0838/LBA 5 Mill Street Ms Nagel

Shop frontage was repaired and repainted in a custom Sadolin Superdec dark royal

blue/purple. Advertising decals have been applied to interior of the shop and door

window. Existing external projecting sign was repaired and customized

with Moonflower Guitars logo

c) 2021/0887/FUL 10 Vicarage Road Mr Powell

Single storey extension to South elevation and single storey extension to north

west elevation

d) 2021/0894/PTA 29 Schofield Road Taylor Wimpey (trees on their land)

Horse Chestnut trees – reduction of lateral/side branches that are growing over the

garden by 4m and crown lift to 5m

e) 2021/0918/PTA 19 Foxfield Way Mr Collison

Crown reduce to 8 metres – 1 No. Ash, 4 No. Limes and 1 No. Whitebeam trees.

Take 1 No. overhanging branch near the top of the Ash tree

f) 2021/0935/PTA 23 Foxfield Way Sarah Jennings

Fell 1 no. Swedish White Beam. The tree is between 18-21 metres high and has

been confirmed as dangerous by two arboriculturists. Due to the current and

ongoing level of disease, the tree has developed several cracks of between 1-1.3

metres up the trunk, large holes at the base of the trunk (which is hollow) and a

large hole about 3.5 metres up the trunk. It has been confirmed it will fall because

of the condition it is now in, this tree is a clear and imminent risk to property and life

due to its location and level of disease

g) 2021/0921/PTA 25 Foxfield Way Mr Bird

(T7) Lime- remove lower limb. (T1) Sycamore-pollard by 6 metres. (T1) Sycamore,

(T4) Whitebeam, (T5) Hornbeam, (T2, T3, T6 & T7 ) Lime trees -crown to 8 Metres

h) 2021/0860/RES Land between Barleythorpe/Oakham Burley Park Way Larkfleet

Reserved Matters application to substitute apartments for 11 no. three storey

houses and associated parking following outline planning application

APP/2011/0832

i) 2021/0852/FUL 65 Lonsdale Way Sarah Charlton

Rear kitchen extension

j) 2021/0923/CAT 4 Barleythorpe Road Mr Stebbing

Fell 1 No. Holly 2 Reduce 1 No. Holly

k) 2021/0902/FUL 5 Dove Close Ms Phillipson

Build a porch to front door

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