July 22 - Ordinary Meeting Agenda
Hemswell Parish Council
Notice is hereby given for the ordinary meeting of the parish council on Monday 16th July 2022 at 7.15 pm in the Hemswell & Harpswell village hall.
The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda.
There will be up to a 15-minute public forum commencing at 7.15 pm when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council.
Bryan Mander 12th July 2022
Acting clerk to the council
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AGENDA
1. To receive apologies and accept valid reasons for absence, these having been submitted to the clerk prior to the meeting
2. To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations
3. To approve the notes of the annual meeting held on 16th May 2022, and the chairman to sign them as the agreed minutes
4. To co-opt replacement members to the council and witness their acceptance of office.
5. To review actions necessary to ensure the safety of persons utilising the Beck footpath.
6. To agree additional grounds maintenance requirements for the verges and open green spaces.
7. To inform the council that the defibrillator is out of service until replacement consumables which have time expired and for which there is a global shortage, can be sourced.
8. To review the speed indicator device preliminary data and determine any necessary actions.
9. To review the risks, benefits, and control measures in place in moving to online banking payments and resolve whether to adopt the on-line payment system.
10. Financial matters:
a. Financial Report
b. Cheques to Authorise – none.
c. To ratify the operational payments made since the last meeting.
i. Grass cutting 06/06/22 £84.50
ii. Grass cutting 20/06/22 £84.50
iii. Grass cutting 04/07/22 £84.50
d. To acknowledge receipt of the following payments
i. Savings account interest £ 0.35
11. To receive reports from the following outside bodies
a. County Councillor
b. District Councillor
c. Police
d. Village Hall Committee
e. Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
12. Burial Authority Activities.
a. To review a grave placement, the effect to the cemetery plan and agree any necessary actions.
13. Date of next meeting – 19th September 2022.
14. To resolve on whether the Council will move into closed session to consider the recruitment committee’s recommendations for the position of Council Clerk in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960.
Should this resolution be passed the public and press will be required to leave the meeting at this stage.
15. To receive recommendations from the recruitment panel regarding recruitment for the position of Clerk to the council and agree any resulting actions.
Signed: B C Mander Date: 12th July 2022.
Acting clerk to the council