Agenda - 1st August 2024

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
 
Notice is hereby given that the next meeting of Covenham Parish Council will be held on Thursday, 1st August 2024, 7pm at the Parish Rooms, Main Road, Covenham St Bartholomew LN11 0PF.  
 
signed:
Nadine Must
Parish Clerk
27 July 2024
 
Councillors are hereby summoned to attend
 
PUBLIC FORUM
Members of the public are welcome to join the meeting for questions or comments prior to the start of the main agenda. This session will also include reports from Outside Bodies.
a) Public Feedback
b) ELDC Ward Member 
c) LCC Ward Member 
 
AGENDA
 
08/24-1 Record of Members Present and Apologies
 
08/24-2 To receive any Declarations of Interest on any item on the agenda - in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, and to consider any applications for dispensations in relation to disclosable pecuniary interests
 
08/24-3 Minutes from 30 May 2024 – to approve as a correct record the notes of the meeting and authorise the Chair to sign the official minutes.
 
08/24-4 To consider the application received for Co-option and vote accordingly
 
08/24-5 Council Matters
a) Chair’s Remarks – to receive any update
 
b) Clerk’s Report
 
c) Annual Parish Meeting – to consider actions from Open Forum discussions
 
d) Communications Received – to note and for consideration below
i. Safety of Lithium batteries – to consider supporting the campaign
ii. CPR Training by EMAS – to consider offer of training
 
e) Closed Churchyards Maintenance - to agree annual maintenance grant to St Bart’s Heritage Trust as conferred by LGA 1972, s215.
 
f) To consider setting up a Finance and Resource Committee – Terms of Reference to be supplied by Cllr TA
 
g) Annual Review of Policies.   
i. Standing Orders
ii. Financial Regulations
 
08/24-6 Parish Rooms
a) Restrictive Covenants – update
 
b) Lease Agreement with CVV - update
 
08/24-7 Finance and Budgets
a) Payments - to receive and resolve to accept payments for August 2024 and to note receipts and payments received in between meetings
Payments for approval
 
  To Amount (£)
1 Parish Clerk Salary and expenses - June and July 2024 1,077.57
2 GetitDone Gardening Services 90.00
3 D Salkeld - Window cleaning 15.00
   Total  1,182.57
Receipts and Payments between meetings

Date

To/From

Transaction

Amount (£)

Receipt  (R)/ Payment (P)

 

11/06/24

HMRC VAT Reclaim

BACS

253.02

R

 

20/06/24

Anglian Water

DD

136.57

P

 

21/06/24

EDF Energy

DD

250.88

P

 

18/07/24

ELDC Payment for July 2024 Elections

BACS

215.00

R

 

23/07/24

EDF Energy

DD

140.91

P

 

Total Receipts

468.02

 

Total Payments

   528.36

 

b) Latest Receipts and Payments Monitoring – for information
 
08/24-8 Community Amenities and Groups
a) Covenham Reservoir Steps – to consider application to LCC to modify the Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO) to register the path as a Public Right of Way.
 
b) St Barts Church –  update
 
c) St Mary’s Church – update
 
d) Covenham Village Volunteers – update
 
e) Monthly lunches - update
 
08/24-9 ELDC/LCC Services
 
08/24-10 Planning Matters
a) update on applications – none
 
b) Applications for consideration - none
 
08/24-11 Date of Next Meeting – Thursday, 26 September 2024, 7pm Parish Rooms