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p. 09/49PROPOSAL: ‘that the Parish Council seek further clarification from theChurchyard Maintenance Group on the financial situation regarding thereserve, including any bequests or fund raising available to the Group,before a decision on whether to provide grant funding is made at the nextmeeting’. . No supporting votes were received.SECOND PROPOSAL: ‘that the Parish Council provide a grant of £1,000(one thousand pounds) to contribute to the maintenance of the churchyard’.AGREED AND RESOLVED THREE VOTES IN FAVOUR.BPFATGrant application of £1,000 for roof repairs:The Trust has received a variety of quotes for the work, and has accepted aquote for £21,000.Mike Bennett reported to the meeting that he has received specific instructionfrom EHDC to apply to the Parish Council for financial support to providepart of match funding, before applying to EHDC for grant funding. Theapplication for £1,000 completes the grant funding applications for the cost ofthe repair, but does not cover any additional works, such as repairs to roofjoists, which may be discovered as the work commences.PROPOSAL:’ that the Parish Council will provide the full amount of£1,000 (one thousand pounds) grant funding to the Braughing PlayingField Association Trust for repairs to the community hall roof’. AGREEDAND RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY.Budget & Precept: DiscussionThe clerk prepared a budget and distributed it by email to Councillors beforethe meeting, with a suggestion that the precept remain the same as last year at£21,525. This figure allowed grant funding of £2,050 to be allocated to parishorganisations making application. However, the grant applications made to theParish Council currently total £4,050. Councillors therefore need to decidewhether to increase the precept to cover the cost of additional grant fundingapplications, reduce the reserve below the recommended level of 50% of theprecept, or refuse applications. Additional consideration is the shortfall of£25,000 for replacement of the footway lighting units. Further discussion willtake place at the January 2010 meeting.09.160 Community Planning: Report from David Williamson.Part of the draft document has been prepared, with the completed document tobe ready for presentation to the Annual Parish Meeting in April 2010.09.161 Hertfordshire County Council Highways issues:Fleece Lane Bridge: Maintenance of bridge: update:The maintenance has begun under the supervision of the East Herts DistrictCouncil conservation officer, David Williamson and Graham Frary. Theoriginal quote did not include pointing brickwork on one side of the bridge,and the removal of encroaching tree stumps. Therefore the cost of the work