November 2023 Minutes
OWMBY-BY-SPITAL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
14 November 2023
St Peters and St Pauls Church, Owmby by Spital
commencing at 7.00pm
Present Cllrs Crompton Howe, Davis, Leah, Swift and Welch
Public – None
Meeting commenced at 7.04pm
DRAFT NOTES
63/2023 To receive reports from County & District Councillors, if present. NON RECEIVED
64/2023 Apologies for Absence - To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting. NON RECEIVED
65/2023 To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests and any written requests for dispensation Cllr Welch declared an interest in Finance section d.
66/2023 To approve as a correct record the notes of following meetings of the Parish Council and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes of the meeting held on 19 September 2023 RESOLVED
67/2023 Solar Farm – WLDC have conducted an Environment Impact Assessment in relation to the Solar Farm. Further assessments to be carried out in due course. A public meeting was held in Normanby school on 1st November to hear from the development company. There were 21 people in attendance.
68/2023 CPC
- Terms of Reference – RESOLVED TO ACCEPT
- Grant funding - Application submitted for £500 from “Magic Little Grants”. A grant application is also being put together for West Lindsey incorporating multiple items for the Community park and Orchard.
- Events – Next event Christmas Lighting up – agreed to move funding from Christmas Fayre to Lighting up event. RESOLVED
In January there will be an open meeting to discuss future events and the associated volunteer requirement.
- H&S Update Cllr Moulson (NPC) shared a task list. Cllrs Baines and Moulson agreed to meet on 18th November to carry out some of the tasks.
69/2023 - Christmas Tree –
- To receive quotes and approve spending. – RESOLVED to accept the lowest quote for electrical work and share the cost with Normanby PC. CIL funding will used for this following confirmation from WLDC that this is an appropriate use of the funds.
- Electricity Supply on the Community Park – Due to be installed over the next couple of weeks. Contract agreed with SSE - RESOLVED
70/2023 Cemetery update A further plot has been sold and a burial taken place in a pre-purchased plot.
71/2023 Finance Matters
- To note AGAR 2022-2023 Closure
- It was highlighted by the auditors that staff expenses had been allocated to the wrong section of the AGAR report. The figures have been restated on their advice and an amended version uploaded to the web site. The audit is now concluded and the appropriate notices displayed.
- To discuss the estimated precept for 2024/2025 RESOLVED to agree the estimate of £10980 and for the clerk to submit to WLDC
- To approve the payments as shown (here) – RESOLVED
- To note contractual increase to clerks pay as per NALC Agreement. RESOLVED to increase in line with the NALC agreement backdated to 1st April 2023 and also adjust scale in accordance with experience and responsibilities with effect from 1st December.
72/2023 Next scheduled meetings
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Meeting closed at 20:20