2022-11-21 NPPFCT agreed mins JN V1 docx

Source page 1

North Petherton Playing Fields Charitable Trust
Town Council Office
Small Hall
North Petherton Community Centre
Fore Street
North Petherton
Somerset
TA6 6QA
Tel 01278 574074
Email townclerk@nptc.info

Trust Meeting
Minutes of the Trust meeting held on Monday 21st November 2022 at 7:15 pm in the Small Hall
of North Petherton Community Centre.

Present:
Chair: L Hyde,
Town Councillors: A Bradford, D Bunce, S Habberfield, R Ives, L Parchment, P Reddington,
P Spencer and J Taylor.
In attendance:
Miss J Norris (Town Clerk)

PF10/2022
Apologies for Absence
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Dennis-Smith and Spelman-Ives.
PF11/2022
Declarations of Interest
No Declarations of interest were made.
PF112/2022 Minutes of The Annual General Meeting held on 1 August 2022
RESOLVED that the draft minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 1 August 2022
be confirmed as an accurate record of the meeting.
PF13/2022
Financial Matters
Matters relating to the Trust’s financial administration were considered.
RESOLVED
(i)

to approve re-imbursement to the Town Council for the work / amounts detailed in the table
below.
Chair’s Initials

Source page 2

Play Insp

Invoice

GWB 18/7/22

50

GWB 7/9/22

50

GWB 28/9/22

50

Fields /
playgrounds

GWB 12/4/22

372

GWB 20/6/22

748.6

GWB 18/7/22

512.2

GWB 23/8/22

797.85

GWB 28/9/22

275.8

SDC 18/7/22

Bins

278.22
651.04

Totals

(ii)

150

2706.45

929.26

3785.71

to note the financial update provided to the meeting

PF14/2022
Parker’s Field – BMX Track Surface
A quotation to repair the surface of parts of the BMX track was considered.
RESOLVED
(i)
that repairs to the BMX track surface should be undertaken using a stone dust
material.
(ii)
that the Town Clerk is requested to try and obtain at least 2 additional quotations
(iii)
that the Town Clerk is delegated to accept the quotation which in their opinion
offers best value for money subject to a maximum expenditure of £4,550.
PF15/2022
General Update
The Chair provided an oral update of work that has been undertaken or commissioned
recently, this included:
Parker’s Field
• work ordered to cut back growth over the ditch and clear away
• Complaint about various matters including the football pitch being
Chair’s Initials
situated on the route of a public footpath and the length of grass in the
dog field

Source page 3

Memorial Field
• Repeated efforts have been made to contact the play equipment installer
regarding recent breakages
• Work ordered to cut back the hedge between the memorial ground and
neighbouring property
General
• The Town Clerk is investigating whether or not there are any bye laws etc
regarding dogs in children’s’ play areas
• Updating signage with the office telephone number
• The idea of a festival for the area covered by North Petherton Town Council
was being explored, with activities taking place in the villages as well as at the
Memorial Ground and Parker’s Field.
The meeting closed at 20:08hrs

Chair’s Signature & Date