The Council year began with an election. Prior to the election three long standing councillors retired The remaining standing councillors were returned and Charles Friend, Lucy Taylor and Shaun Reynolds were newly elected.

As last year’s report was being prepared the Kings Head was very badly damaged by fire. A year later the remains are still supported by scaffolding. The council eventually managed to contact a spokesperson at the owners, brewers Charles Wells, and the initial information was that no proper future plans could be made because the matter is in the hands of insurers. However, more recently, prompted no doubt by the council’s approach, the owners have been in touch with the local press and now intend to publicise more possible ideas for the property’s future.

During the last year the spate of vandalism, which had affected many parts of Morton, hopefully, appears to have died down. The High Street seat was destroyed last year and a replacement has been purchased by the council and put in place by volunteers.

In the 2007 Lincolnshire Best Kept Village Competition and eventually came third in Class III (Large villages/ small towns), with very few adverse comments. An entry has already been made for 2008.

During the year the clerk attained his Certificate in Local Council Administration.
South Kesteven District Council, without prior warning or planning, ceased collection of waste bags from the village cemetery. Mick Hare of East Lane had been very helpfully attending to the dustbins at the cemetery and putting out the ‘pink’bags for regular collection. However SKDC decided that no further supplies of these special bags would be available and no further collections would be made. The waste is now classed as commercial reuse. The parish Council had no option other than to ask users of the cemetery to take away any waste. At the present time some waste is still being left at the cemetery but it is hoped that the problem will, in time, be solved.

It was decided that repairs were necessary to the play area safe surface and it was arranged that these would be carried out in spring and the cemetery hedge, along Haconby Lane, has been cut down by contractors to a more manageable size. Hanthorpe pond has been cleaned out by volunteers during the winter.

The council continues to receive complaints about the anti social, and illegal, dog-fouling in the village. In addition to regular visits by District Council rangers the council have also notices on the notice boards and highlighted the matter in newsletters. However some dog owners continue to be irresponsible.