2020 Parish Council Meeting Agendas

FISKERTON PARISH COUNCIL

Chairman: Cllr Chris Darcel

Clerk: Mrs Michelle Vail

E: clerk@fiskerton-lincs.org.uk

Tel: 07305 818857

Notice of Meeting

Following amended legislation allowing Council meetings to be held remotely in light of the Covid 19 situation; a remote meeting of Fiskerton Parish Council will be held on Monday 13 July 2020 at 7:30pm using Zoom online video conferencing.

If you wish to attend this meeting:

     a) E-mail the chairman, Cllr Chris Darcel, via chris.darcel1@gmail.com, no later than noon on Monday 13 July, and he will send you a link to access this meeting; as well as a User ID and password

     b) Ensure that you have registered with Zoom at https://zoom.us and have the software/app downloaded onto your computer, IPad or phone

     c) Shortly before the meeting begins, join the meeting by clicking on the link within the e-mail received from Cllr Darcel. If prompted to do so, enter the User ID and password also provided by Cllr Darcel

The time between 7.30pm and 7.45 pm may be given over to a public session if required, but if no members of the public wish to speak, the meeting will start at 7.30pm.

Michelle Vail Clerk/RFO: Fiskerton Parish Council

Agenda

1) Open session – suspension of standing orders for 15 minutes

2) Apologies for absence

3) Declaration of interests

4) Approve notes of remote meetings held on 8th and 22nd June 2020 as a true record

FINANCE

5) Accounts:

     A. To receive the schedule of payments and receipts for June 2020 as follows:

PAYMENTS

From:   01/06/2020

To:       30/06/2020

RECEIPTS

From:   01/06/2020

To:       30/06/2020

     B. To resolve to approve the following accounts for payment:

6) To resolve that the clerk pays clerk’s wages, PAYE, mobile phone package, Sage payroll and grasscutting costs in July and August when there are no meetings

7) Internal audit:

     i. To receive the Annual Governance Statement for 2019/20 (Section 1)

     ii. To receive the Accounting Statements for 2019/20 (Section 2)

     iii. to receive report from internal auditor for accounts 2019/20 and resolve on any recommendations

PLANNING:

8) Neighbourhood Plan

     i. Receive update on Neighbourhood Plan (Cllr Walker)

9) To note response from WLDC enforcement officer regarding airfield containers (clerk)

10) Proposed solar farm (resident’s agenda items):

     i. If a planning application is submitted and approved it is possible for the company to provide improved replacement solar panels for the village hall and the scout hut.

     ii. The existing solar farm is very very untidy, littered with empty cable drums and heaps of spoil and rubble.

     iii. Is the new development going to be in the same untidy state?

     iv. The parish council should also investigate what business rates, if any will be levied on the company and if so, do business rates include an element, as council tax does, which contributes to the community? If there is nothing in this for the community then why support it?

     v. How will such a large development be accommodated in the parish; the “parish plan”?

     vi. Under normal circumstances it would be prudent for the parish council to hold a public meeting to discuss the development. What are the parish council going to do to ensure members of the community are informed?

     vii. Will they request an extension of the consultation period to give them time to allow for lifting of public meeting restrictions.

     viii. These are important issues and the parish council need to take a lead.

11) To receive progress report on Village Footpaths project; and consider that LCC has received a £5.43M grant for cycle paths (Cllr Darcel)

12) Website accessibility compliancy – to receive update on:

     i. Compatibility of current website

     ii. LCC website

     iii. To resolve on whether to remain with existing website; or move to the LCC hosted website

13) Report on any companies who can scan documents (Cllr Darcel)

14) Any response from Morris Holmes re concerns about PLIC on Holmfield Estate (clerk)

15) Hodgson Trust: receive feedback from the Trust and FPC’s insurers

CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED:

16) WLDC – consultation on draft Licencing Policy

17) WLDC - Budget consultation

18) WLDC - Climate, Environment and Sustainability Survey

19) Nettleham Neighbourhood Policing Team newsletter for June 2020

20) From VHMC – request regarding FPC bookings as VH reopens after Covid lockdown

21) From resident – publication of agendas and minutes of meetings on website

22) Consider resident’s suggestion that horse trough left in vicinity of Manor House be adopted and used as a planter by FPC

GENERAL ITEMS:

23) Request for permission to undertake tree management work by Western Power Distribution

24) Update on School/ road sign artwork (Cllr Walker)

25) Progress on Village Hall roof repair:

• Consider quotes received
• Consider grant funding
• Selection of a contractor (AW)

26) Village Hall Car Park repair (AW)

27) Village road repair reporting trial (AW)

28) Reopening play area – approve actions required and any associated expenditure eg posters, disinfecting regime, risk assessment

29) Consider any repairs required to play equipment as identified in the 2019 report

30) External play inspection – approve quote

31) Consider changes to No. 3 bus service to Short Ferry

32) To consider any items for September village newsletter

33) To consider increasing number of councillors from 7 to 9

34) To reschedule full council meetings where these clash with WLDC meetings (Special motion: CH, CD)

35) Chairman’s comments

36) To receive observations of the District and County Councillors.

37) Matters for inclusion on next agenda

38) To resolve to move into Closed Session as the following items contain information of a confidential nature:

     a. Update on the Scouts solar panels:

     b. to consider any applications received for the casual vacancy

Mrs Michelle Vail
Clerk/RFO to Fiskerton Parish Council Dated 07.07.20