COUNCIL ELECTIONS - 2nd May 2019 Elections will be held on 2nd. May 2019 for both the PARISH and BOROUGH councils. If you wish to stand for either Council you will need to complete nomination papers in good time. The Clerk to the Council, Mr R Pannell, can advise procedures for nomination. Contact Mr Pannell - Telephone 01553 775724 - or email bob.pannell1@btopenworld.com The Parish Council represents both East Winch and West Bilney; there are in total 8 seats available - 7 representing East Winch and 1 at West Bilney. For the election, should there be 7 or fewer nominations for East Winch and only one or fewer for West Bilney, then there will be no need for an election - those nominated will be considered as having been elected. If there are more than 7 nominations at East Winch and more than 1 at West Bilney then elections will become necessary. See the makeup of the current Parish Council here For the Borough Council major changes have taken place. The Boundary Commission conducted a review of the current situation with a view to revising Ward boundaries and to reduce the number of Councillors in the Borough. It is expected that each Councillor in the Borough will now represent approximately the same number of electors.  The report recommended that an enlarged Gayton & Grimston ward, to include East Winch and West Bilney, should elect two Councillors. See the map and more about this here Our present Borough Councillor, Jim Moriarty, will stand down and will not stand for the new Gayton & Grimston Ward. He will however stand for election in another Council. Parish Council meetings are held every other month - normally on the first Monday of the month. On occasion, notably when Public Holidays occur on the 'normal' date, it is necessary to amend the routine pattern - see the planned dates below. COUNCIL MEETING FORTHCOMING DATES FOR 2019 Thursday May 9th Note: The Annual Parish Meeting will preceed this meeting - commencing at 7pm. Further meetings are scheduled for:- Monday July 1st: Monday September 2nd: Monday November 4th. All meetings to be at the Village Hall - commencing at 7.30pm. Additional meetings will be arranged as necessary. PARISHONERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND ALL MEETINGS Should you wish to raise a matter with the Council please see the paragraph below. PUBLIC FORUM. At a meeting of the Parish council the matter of participation by parishioners in the business of meetings was discussed. Whilst Council welcomed participation from parishioners at the meeting it was recognized that it needed to be better planned. Council decided that only items which were incorporated into the agenda would be discussed at a meeting. To ensure that a topic might be discussed at a particular meeting, Parishioners should make direct contact with either the Clerk (bob.pannell1@btopenworld.com) or a Councillor at least ten days before the meeting; the item may then be placed on the agenda and Councillors would have the opportunity to inform themselves about the item before the meeting. Any other matters would be held over until the next formal meeting of the Parish Council. (See above the dates for planned meetings of the Parish Council) Matters may be raised at any time by contacting any of the Councillors, or the Clerk. Such matters will be dealt with as necessary within the constraints described above. Contact details for each of the members of the Parish Council may be seen here Note that meeting agendas are published on this website ahead of meetings. County Council CONSULTATION EXERCISE concerning Silica Sand Extraction PARISH COUNCIL RESPONSE is here (Select itiem 5 in the Contents Box) ________________ Old Parish Council Records Does anyone know where the Parish Council records for the last century might be? They’re not with our present or previous clerks, nor at the Norfolk Records Office. Any ideas? They could be of historical interest. If you have any information about the old records please contact the Parish Clerk - Bob Pannell - Tel. 01553 775724 E-mail: bob.pannell1@btopenworld.com ___________________________________ SPEEDING AT EAST WINCH. The Parish Council have raised the matter of vehicles 'speeding' on roads through the village. Below see a letter sent to Norfolk's Police and Crime Commissioner on behalf of the Parish Council, and also the reply to that letter. The Parish Council intend to follow up the offer to pass details on to the Community Engagement Officer. September 2016 Dear Mr Green, I am Parish Clerk to the above villages. Increasingly I am receiving complaints regarding speeding from both sets of parishioners. Both villages have installed the SAM2 speed signs and whilst this has helped calm most of the speeding there still remain those who persistently ignore all signs. In East Winch in particular, there is an area of Gayton Road where there have been numerous accidents caused by excessive speed. After many attempts it was agreed earlier this year that chevrons would be installed on this bend. The village still await the installation. My hope is that an occasional visit by the police, to both villages, to monitor the speed of vehicles at crucial times, may help to deter those who ignore the law. I would appreciate anything that you could do to have this happen, Yours sincerely, SENT ON BEHALF OF LORNE GREEN, POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER October 14th. Dear Mr Pannell I write in reply to your email of 6th September 2016 regarding complaints of speeding in Pentney and East Winch. The Constabulary has a Community Engagement Officer, Pc Emily Carter, within the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk District who is very interested in tackling speeding within villages and is the local lead for Community Speedwatch. She would be very happy to meet with you to discuss your concerns and talk about options to help solve any issues of speeding in your village. If you are happy for me to pass on your details to her, then I will arrange for her to contact you. Yours sincerely Lorne Green Police and Crime Commissioner__________________________________
One of the conditions of the Borough Council order prohibits dogs being allowed onto designated fenced playgrounds. The playground at Town Close is included in the order. The Borough Council is to consider extending this order to include all fenced in children’s play / recreation areas in the Borough and is seeking the views of Parish Councils before commencing a formal consultation process. A copy of the current order may be seen/downloaded; see foot of page - (PSPO......pdf file). ___________________________________________ PARISH COUNCIL - ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS - see here ____________________________ In order to comply with the requirement that the Parish Council be open and transparent in its business, THE VILLAGE WEBSITE IS NOW THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF PARISH COUNCIL INFORMATION FOR VILLAGERS. Complete copies of documents, such as agendas & minutes of Council meetings, will not be available elsewhere. To see more Parish Council pages, see the side bar to the left and open the 'Parish Council' menu (click on the small grey arrow head) to select sub pages. _________ Our Parish Clerk is Mr Bob Pannell 21 Baldwin Road. King's Lynn PE30 4AL Telephone:- 01553 775724 e-mail:- bob.pannell1@btopenworld.com A PARISH PLAN- PARISH QUESTIONNAIRES. The analysis of the returned questionnaires has been completed and the information may now be seen or downloaded - click here. Information from returned questionnaires should have been collated by September. The number of people responding has been most encouraging. It's not too late to complete one and return it to the Post Office! You may download a copy here. The Parish Council wishes to create a plan for the future needs of the parish. A questionnaire has been devised to gather information which will be used to help to do this. see more here September 2014. Completed questionnaires have now been analysed and the results are available to view or to download - see more here Copies of the Parish Questionnaire are now being delivered to all homes in the villages. Please take the effort to complete the form - without your doing so the value of the project is diminished. see more here ____________________ CHAIRMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT The Chairman's Annual Report, presented on 14 May 2015, may be seen here PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS - MINUTES may be seen here PARISH COUNCIL ACCOUNTS A copy of the Parish Council Receipts and Payments account for the year ending 31 March 2014 may be downloaded from here November 2013. IT HAS BEEN NOTICED THAT DOMESTIC WASTE IS BEING DEPOSITED IN THE DOG WASTE BINS AROUND THE VILLAGE. YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO DO THIS - IF THE BIN IS FULL OF DOMESTIC WASTE, THEN IT IS LIKELY THAT DOG WASTE WILL NOT BE PROPERLY DISPOSED OF. Please dispose of domestic waste in either the green or black bins as appropriate. _____________________________________ The 2011 Parish Council - how it came to be formed. The East Winch and West Bilney Parish Council is formed from two 'wards' - East Winch and West Bilney. East Winch has 7 seats available on the Council and West Bilney one seat. For the election, held on 5th. May 2011, there were only two nominations for East Winch and so those persons were duly 'elected' in an uncontested election. At West Bilney there were two nominations for the one seat and so an election was necessary. At the election Mr R Cox defeated Mr N Velzeboer. Therefore, at the first meeting of the newly formed Parish Council, There were only three 'elected' councillors present - Mrs N Steele and Mr A Hepher, elected for East Winch ward and Mr R Cox, elected to represent West Bilney ward. The clerk told the meeting that the three elected councillors formed a quorum and that they were required to appoint a Chairman, from amongst themselves, in order that any further business could be conducted. Following discussion, Mrs N Steele was appointed Chairman for this phase of the proceedings. The clerk next advised the Council that they should try to co-opt others to the Council. After further discussion, Mr K Harrod, Mr A Wilson and Mr N Velzeboer agreed to being co-opted to the Council. Having signed the appropriate papers, the 6 members of the council were required to elect a Chairman. Again, following discussion, Mrs Steele accepted the post and was duly appointed. Mr N Velzeboer accepted nomination and election as Vice Chairman. The meeting then continued with the normal business of the Council. The names and contact details of current Councillors may be seen here Parish Clerk. At the Parish council meeting held on 10 January 2011, Mr. Bob Pannell was appointed to the post of Clerk to the Parish council. He would take up the post on the retirement of Mrs Parker. Mr. Pannell can be contacted at 21, Baldwin Road, King's Lynn, PE30 4AL, telephone 01553 775724. Mr Pannell is also clerk of Pentney Parish Council. |