November 26 - Parish Council Meeting

To: Cllrs. Bev Farrington (Chair), Brian Branch (Vice Chair), Yvonne McCulloch, Colin Gamble, Julian Tatam, Steve Valentine, Kevin Payne & Liz Jarman

You are hereby summoned to the Langtoft Parish Council Meeting on Tuesday 26 November 2024 at 19:00 in the Village Hall

 
The business to be dealt with at the Meeting is listed below.
 
S Gresty
15/10/24
The public and media are cordially invited to join this meeting                                                
Public Forum: There will be a public forum starting at 7 pm and lasting for up to 30 minutes when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements on items relating to the agenda below to the Council.  RULES FOR PUBLIC FORUM ARE CONTAINED IN LANGTOFT PARISH COUNCIL STANDING ORDERS WHICH CAN BE VIEWED IN FULL ON THE WEBSITE 
 
 
Agenda
 
24/25-82 Chairperson opens meeting.
 
24/25-83 Apologies: 
To receive any apologies for absence and reasons given.
 
24/25-84 Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests: 
To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, and to consider any requests for dispensations in respect of disclosable pecuniary interests’
 
24/25-85  Minutes: 
To approve the minutes of :
a) 22 October 2024 Parish Council meeting
 
24/25-86  Co option.   
To receive and resolve co option application(s) for vacant seat on the parish council.
 
24/25-87
To review Action Tracker and to note any actions.
 
24/25-88 
To receive reports from 
a)County and District Councillors 
 
b)Police  Reports are received and circulated and made available on website/noticeboard upon receipt.
 
24/25-89 
Current Year 2024/25 Finance and General Purpose.
 
a) To receive Financial Report for the period 01 April 2024 to 30 October 2024 with bank statements.
 
 
b) Resolve Payments as follows:
a/c
ref Date          To Whom / Description / £
90 10/10/2024 RBL Poppy Appeal donation 90
91 16/10/2024 L Jarman cllrs expenses for parks 45.99
92 16/10/2024 Branch Brothers inv 66585 Penfield exp 56.7
93 16/10/2024 Nigel Bright Sep/oct expenses 34.74
94 16/10/2024 S Gresty Qtr 2 expenses 171.24
95 16/10/2024 Nairn Contractors Ltd inv.270.  plant hire EEP 1068
96 28/10/2024 Kedel ltd inv 45147-EEP 222.73
97 28/10/2024 Play Inspection Co inv 72732 - EEP 95.4
98 28/10/2024 Taylor Rose inv 1551409-VH Land Reg 1504
99 28/10/2024 S Gresty oct salary
100 28/10/2024 N Bright oct salary
101 28/10/2024 Wave water rates to 4/10/24 17.56
102 31/10/2024 Unity Trust bank charges 5.4
103 30/10/2024 A E Evans inv72591 part EEP 218.53
104 24/10/2024 Ionos inv 203044562496 13.8
105 14/11/2024 Graytones inv 36560 - grapevine 532
106 14/11/2024 BDG Mowing inv 24/1730 - oct grass 295.2
107 14/11/2024 A Harrison Penfield expenses 78.94
108 14/11/2024 N Bright Nov expenses 40.88
109 14/11/2024 N Bright Gardener Nov salary
110 14/11/2024 S Gresty Clerk Nov salary
111 14/11/2024 S Valentine Penfield expenses 112
 
c) To Note Income
a/c
ref Date            Income £
18 04/09/2024 football coaching 60.00
19 09/09/2024 cemetery Ward 90.00
20 11/09/2024 Cemetery plots EROB 151/152 405.00
21 30/09/2024 bank interest 285.51
22 01/10/2024 repayment rent 85.00
23 02/10/2024 Memorial Ward 90.00
24 03/10/2024 2nd half of precept 17077.00
25 14/10/2024 2nd half cleaning grant 463.32
26 25/10/2024 Edward Huggins ashes 90.00
27 25/10/2024 EROB 153 135.00
 
d) To Note Internal Transfer of funds
4/10/2024 £10,000 from Current to Savings account
28/11/2024 £5,000 from Saving to Current account
 
e) To consider and resolve Church Christmas tree donation and decoration arrangements.
f) To consider and resolve donation request from Langtoft Players
 
g) Budgets 2025/26.  To receive first draft of the budget for 2025/26 (to be resolve on 7 January 2025)
 
h) 2025 Capital plan strategy, development of project(s) scope, funding and potential of grants – Cllr. Farrington
 
24/25-90 Working Groups 
 
a) Amenities – To receive and discuss monthly report and 2025/26 Budget request
i) To receive, consider and resolve Winter gritting contract
 
b) Community Engagement – To receive and discuss monthly report and 2025/26 Budget request 
 
c) Penfield – To receive and discuss monthly report and 2025/26 Budget request
 
d) Cemetery – To receive and discuss monthly report and 2025/26 Budget request
i) To receive and resolve reviewed cemetery forms.
ii) To consider and resolve cemetery fees
 
e) East End Pond – To receive and discuss monthly report and 2025/26 Budget request
 
24/25-91 Planning 
To receive any new applications since the last meeting and to resolve responses.
 
24/25-92 Employment Legislation.  To discuss new policy to conform with recent legislation.
 
24/25-91 Report from Councillors 
To receive reports on meetings they have attended as Parish Council Representatives
 
24/25-92 To formally note Correspondence received from last meeting.  – see below
 
24/25-93 To receive Items for Future Meetings
i) To receive, consider and resolve Communication Policy
ii) Demographic of Village.  Review and discuss current community provision and current/future additional needs
iii) Consideration of Reserves policy when preparing budget for 2025/26
 
 
 
 
Date of future meetings:  2025. 7 Jan, 4 Mar, 1 Apr, 13 May, 24 June, 2 Sept, 14 Oct, 25th Nov   Annual Parish Meeting TBC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To Note Correspondence Received since last meeting
 
Date           From Whom / Topic Group
2024-11-14 Resident Allotment enquiry - allotments
2024-10-17 Witham Cleaning quote for park cleaning-  Amenities
2024-10-18 Play Inspections EEP 2024 inspection report-  Amenities
2024-10-31 Aeevans & Co invoice wooden part of EEP - Amenities
2024-11-01 E Evans invoice EEP equipment part - Amenities
2024-11-05 A E Evans invoice EEP equipment part - Amenities
2024-11-15 Fields in Truste safety report BBG -Amenities
2024-10-21 Resident cemetery application  - Cemetery
2024-10-22 Coop internment  application - Cemetery
2024-10-30 Resident cemetery enquiry - Cemetery
2024-11-10 Resident internment application - Cemetery
2024-11-11 N Bright paint expenses for cemetery - Cemetery
2024-11-13 N Bright gardener expenses - Cemetery
2024-11-13 Graytones invoice grapevine - community engagement
2024-11-13 4  x  Resident grapevine response - community engagement
2024-11-17 Resident grapevine response - community engagement
2024-10-15 Nairn Contractors Invoice - EEPond 
2024-10-18 D Risk 1/2 audit report - Finance
2024-10-24 Ionos invoice - Finance
2024-10-24 Penfield Committee budget for 25/26 - Finance
2024-10-24 Play Inspections invoice - Finance
2024-10-28 Kedel Ltd invoice - Finance
2024-10-30 D Howard St Michael's festive tree - Finance
2024-10-14 SKDC anti-social behaviour powers - Parish
2024-10-19 Resident co option application - Parish
2024-10-19 Resident SKPR71 application response - Parish
2024-10-21 Cllr Smith report for meeting - Parish
2024-10-22 Taylor Rose invoice vh land registry - Parish
2024-10-29 SKDC working together to help the homeless - Parish
2024-11-06 Microsoft invoice annual 365 - Parish
2024-11-06 SKDC  action to combat damp and mould - Parish
2024-11-08 BDG Mowing invoice - Parish
2024-11-10 Resident enquiry defib training - Parish
2024-10-30 SKDC feedback survey on parking charges - parish
2024-11-06 A Harrison Penfield expenses - Penfield
2024-11-13 S Valentine Penfield expenses - Penfield
2024-11-01 SKDC Planning s24/1226 decision at Planning Committee - Planning
2024-11-04 SKDC Planning s24/1893 decision notice - Planning
2024-11-14 SKDC Planning s24/1604 decision - Planning