2023 Parish Council Agendas

POINTON & SEMPRINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday 7th March 2023 at 7.00pm in St Gilbert Primary School

Dear Councillor

I hereby give you notice the POINTON & SEMPRINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL MEETING will be held on Tuesday 7th March at 7.00pm. All members of the Parish Council are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted as set out hereunder.

Clerk to the Council:   Rowena Boden    Dated: 1st March 2023

The Parish Council meeting will be preceded by the Annual Parish Meeting, for which Councillors are also invited. Members of the public are welcome to stay for the Parish Council meeting but may not participate unless invited to do so by the Chairman. 

To be noted that the meeting may be recorded for the purpose of transparency.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SESSION

To receive reports from outside bodies.

Report from C.Cllr Hill.

Report from D. Cllr Dixon-Warren

COUNCIL SESSION

Code of conduct reminders

Nolan Principles

Members are reminded of the Nolan Principles which underpin the Council’s Code of Conduct - Selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership.

 Register of interests

Members are reminded to submit to the Monitoring Officer at South Kesteven District Council any changes to the content of their Register of Member Interest forms. Interests should be declared in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

AGENDA

1. To receive and accept apologies for absence

2. Declarations of interest

3. To approve the minutes of the meeting held on the 24th January 2023 and for the chair to sign.

4. Chairs Report.

a) To approve the donation  of the clock to the Village Hall.

5. Clerk’s Report

a) Update of the Bench

b) GDPR issues

c) Elections

6. Finances:

a) To receive the clerk’s report on payments between meetings

Please note the December Standing Order was never collected by SKDC and they did not empty the bin in January so there has been no payment. It has now been resolved and the December and February payments to SKDC will be taken but at the old amount of £17.00 rather than the increase of £19.00.

b) To approve payments as list below.

c) To accept the list of payments received.

d) To consider and approve the bank reconciliation.

e) To consider and approve the both the Village Litter Picker and the Clerk is paid by standing order, with any expenses brought to the next meeting.

f) To consider and approve a Debit Card for Parish Council use.

g) To consider and approve the change of banks from Lloyds Bank (deferred item)(22110e)

7. LALC.

a) To consider and approve the renewal of the Annual Subscription 23-24 at £166.11

b) To consider and approve joining the Annual Training Scheme 23-24 at £100 + vat.

8. Playing Field Container - To consider and approve the removal of the container from the Playing Field, as agreed at the November meeting (22088).

9. Telephone Box – To consider and approve the gifting of the Telephone Box to the Village Hall for the housing of the defibrillator. 

10. King’s Coronation – To consider and approve the gifting of bookmarks & seed packets to St Gilberts Primary School and Pointon Brownies

11. Parish waste bins – To consider and approve the moving of the dog waste bins to more appropriate places (deferred item)(22091).

12. Register of Interests form – To receive and complete the new register of interests form from SKDC, as the Parish Council adopted the LGA Code of Conduct.

13. Date and time of next Parish Council Meeting Tuesday 7th March 2023 at 7.00pm. Please notice change of start time.

CLOSED COUNCIL SESSION

Items of a confidential nature to be debated in the absence of the press and public. Under the Public Bodies (Admission to the Meetings) Act 1960 (due to the confidential nature of the business).

14. Grass Cutting Contract – To consider and approve the grass cutting contract and Arboriculture work for the Playing Field (3-year contract). 

15. Pavilion Locks – To consider and approve the contract for the Pavilion locks.