March agenda

11th March 2025

AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING


27/25    CHAIR'S REMARKS

28/25    APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE   

29/25    DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST under Code of Conduct 2012
a)    To record declarations of interest by any member of the Council in respect of the agenda items listed below. Members declaring interests should identify the agenda item and type of interest being declared.
b)    To note dispensations given to any member of the Council in respect of the agenda items listed below.


30/25   TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING held on 13th February 2025

31/25   OPEN FORUM (3 minutes per person)
    
32/25    TO RECEIVE REPORTS from
a) ELDC     b) LCC        c) Outside representatives


33/25 PARISH COUNCIL MATTERS - To discuss matters relating to the village.
a) To discuss providing a footpath to the benches at the crossroads.
b) To discuss and retrospectively approve the quote received from the Salvation Army for the Christmas fair.
c) To discuss and approve lime tree planting ceremony.
d) To retrospectively approve £300 fee for "Charlotte and John" to perform to the village on VE Day.

34/25 FINANCIAL REPORT- To approve finances         
Expenses for Feb/March 25
Staff                Wages/Pension/HMRC/Expenses(£301.95) £1568.94
HSBC             Account fee                                                    £      8.00
EWS              Tree lamp bulbs                                              £  157.50    
W. Crowders  Lime tree saplings                                          £  349.73                  


Receipts for Feb/March 25
JW Embersons        Burial plot & Interment fee (Simmonds) £500.00
HSBC                      MMK Interest                                          £120.65


Bank balances as at 10/3 /25        
HSBC 793                     £   4,995.96 
HSBC 386                     £  12,081.55 
HSBC Money Market    £  13,752.43                    

35/25    EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS      (for information purposes only)    

36/25   NEXT AGENDA ITEMS
Policy reviews, annual audit, scarecrow festival

37/25    FUTURE DATES
Thursday 10th April 2025 - cancelled
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Thursday 12th June 2025, in the Chapel school room at 7.30pm.

38/24    To resolve on whether the Council will move into closed session - Should this resolution be passed the public and press will be required to leave the meeting at this stage.