2024 Parish Council Minutes of Meetings

Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 9 July 2024 at St. Peter's Church, Louth Road, South Somercotes

Present:                            Chair                                Cllr Antony Baker

                                            Vice-Chair                      Cllr Brian Lewis

                                                                                      Cllr Julie Stretton

Also Present:                    Clerk                               Mrs Binal Sawjani                   

                                            Members of Public      No members of the Public

                                             District/County             None

Apologises:                                                                None

Item 0724/24 Welcome to the meeting: Chair opened meeting at 19.00 and welcomed council

Item 0724/25 Apologies for absence received and approve: Apologies received and accepted from Cllr Ricketts

Item 0724/26 To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations: None

Item 0724/27 To approve as correct records the notes of the meeting of the Council held on 20 May 2024 and 27 June 2024 and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes.

Item 0724/28 Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) 2023/24: Exercise of public right to view parish account notice has been on noticeboard as per instructions of external auditors.

Item 0724/29 Training – Staff and elected Members

To receive the latest training availability via the Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils (LALC) and consider and book relevant places for staff and elected Members. Cllr to receive Canva training. Clerk and Cllr to attended LALC annual meeting. Proposed, seconded and RESOLVED.

Item 0724/30 Future Events Update – review of the current and future events for the parish: The council laid on an event for D-day which was poorly attended and a lot of effort and expense had been undertaken. All future events are now on hold and we will review this resolution once we recruit new councillors. Proposed, seconded and RESOLVED. A proposal for the Jubilee field to become a wild flower meadow has been proposed and will be discussed at the next parish meeting. This would save on grass cutting costs.

Item 0724/31 Parish Matters:

1. Hedge cutting – resident has cut the hedge back and will continue to maintain.
2. Defibrillator – Batteries have been checked. One box needs and bleed kit. Training to use the defib 16 July at 6.30pm. Defib box still for sale. Proposed one bleed kit be purchased via district grant, seconded and RESOLVED
3. Street furniture and dog waste bin at end of East Row – chase vis district councillor
4. Rails of church entrance – ongoing, no start date.
5. VAT return - ongoing

Item 0724/32 Correspondence: To receive and dispose of correspondence received since the last meeting. None received.

Item 0724/33 Future meeting dates: To note the date of the next meeting Tuesday 3 September and to set parish meeting dates for 2025 at next meeting

Item 0724/34 Financial matters

1. To note bank balances on bank statements as on 19 June 2024: £17,987.69
2. To note income £134.12 (Event)
3. To authorise the signing of orders for payment for May/June2024

Meeting ended 19.30