September 2024 agenda
Parish Council Agenda for Thursday 12 September 2024
7pm Village Hall
Guests and public contribution
Comments from members of the Public on agenda items or issues for consideration for a future agenda. Contributions will be restricted to 5 minutes per individual and15 minutes in total. Public participation within the agenda is at the discretion of the chair.
1. Apologies
2. Approve the draft Parish Council minutes from 11 June and 8 August 2024
3. Co-options and vacancies: one vacancy currently
4. LCC and ELDC Councillors- an opportunity for input in addition to the agenda items
5. Finance report and declaration of all spending since the last meeting and in the pipeline. To consider the purchase of a dedicated smart phone for use by the Clerk, which would enable a PC WhatsApp group to be restarted. For clarification: no decisions would be made by a WA group – all decisions are made by Councillors at Parish Council meetings
6. Parish survey results *
*sent to Councillors as pre reading material
7. Little Carlton village green: arrangements for the 2024-25 mowing contract to go out to tender
8. St Edith’s Churchyard: feedback from the meeting on 5 September organised by Councillor Kade. To agree the way forward: what will be the responsibility of the PC; what will be the role of the reformed Friends of St Edith’s.
8.1 Wooden structures maintenance:
8.2 St Edith’s gate (unless addressed in item 8)
8.3 memorial benches in both villages
9. Policies and procedures: to discuss and vote on new additions to our current policies recommended by the internal auditor:
9.1 To disband the finance committee which was set up during COVID
9.2 To adopt the LALC publication scheme *
9.3. To adopt the LALC complaints policy *
10.Parish Woodland other than Little Carlton specific:
10.1 To clarify the roles and responsibilities of our Green Spaces Councillors
10.2 Footpath: future maintenance
11. Planning: no planning items this month
12.Wind Turbine Fund matters:
12.1 War memorial
12.2 Defibrillator upkeep – second volunteer needed
13. LALC: update on training courses
14. Date of next meeting:
To vote on holding an additional meeting in October, with the focus on a guest speaker: David Fannin, new Chair of the Nuclear Waste Services Community Partnership – 10 October 2024 7pm Village Hall