November 2023 Agenda

 

23rd November 2023

To whom it may concern,

You are welcome to attend the full Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 28th November 2023, commencing at 7.00pm in Scopwick Village Hall. The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda.

At the discretion of the Chair, prior to the commencement of the meeting, members of the public will be invited to make representations or to ask questions in respect of matters on the agenda and other matters in the town. Time is set at a maximum of 3 minutes per person, or 15 minutes overall.

A further 10 minutes will be set aside to receive brief reports of the Police, elected members of Lincolnshire County Council and North Kesteven District Council.

If the time allocated is not required, the Council will go into formal session.

Jack

Jack Sargent

Parish Clerk

 

 

AGENDA

  1. Welcome from the Chair of the Parish Council and introduction.
  2. Apologies for Absence.

To resolve to accept apologies for absence and where valid reasons are given to the Clerk prior to the meeting, in accordance with Local Government Act 1972 s85 (1).

  1. Declaration of Interest.

To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations.

  1. To approve as a correct record the minutes of the full Council meeting held on 26th September 2023.
  2. To approve the record of accounts for:
    1. September
    2. October
  3. To receive the bank reconciliation for:
    1. September
    2. October
  4. To receive a budget review for the second quarter of the financial year.
  5. 2024-25 Financial Planning: to consider a draft budget and precept for the 2024-25 financial year.
  6. To consider updated policies to be adopted:
    1. Dignity at Work
    2. Health and Safety
    3. Safeguarding Policy
  7. To receive reports:
    1. Village Hall Committee
    2. Playing Field Committee
    3. Community Speed Watch
    4. Environmental Report
    5. The Chairman
    6. The Clerk
  8. To receive a report from Blankney Parish Council regarding the formation of a task and finish action group who will scrutinise a possible planning application for an anaerobic digestion plant in Martin Moor.
  9. Defibrillators: 
    1. To receive a report on the defibrillators in the parish.
    2. To consider maintenance programmes for the defibrillators.
  10. To consider putting the grass cutting contract out to tender for 2024-2026.
  11. To consider installing new benches.
  12. To receive an update on the installation of the flashing speed signs.
  13. To receive notification of any planning permissions, refusals, withdrawals, or amendments.
    1. 23/1306/HOUS | 44 Main Street Scopwick | Erection of single storey rear extension and replacement detached garage
    2. 23/1327/HOUS | 38 Heath Road Scopwick | Erection of two storey side extension, single storey front and rear extensions, conversion of existing outbuilding to the rear and new vehicle access.
    3. 23/0850/HOUS | 75 Main Street Scopwick | Demolition of existing garage to be replaced by single storey side extension.
  14. To receive the correspondence log since the previous meeting.
  15. To receive a record of previous resolutions and action points.
  16. To confirm the date of an informal budget meeting as Tuesday 16th January 2024.
  17. To confirm the date of the next meeting as Tuesday 30th January 2024.