November 2021

FISKERTON PARISH COUNCIL

Chairman: Cllr Chris Darcel          Clerk: Mrs Michelle Vail

E: clerk@fiskerton-lincs.org.uk  Tel: 07305 818857

Notice of Meeting

The next meeting of Fiskerton Parish Council will be held on Monday 8 November 2021 at 7:30pm in Fiskerton Village Hall at which the business listed in the agenda below will be transacted.  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 meeting of 11 October 2021 as a true record

5. Approve notes of extraordinary meeting held on 18 October 2021 as a true record

6. To receive observations of the District and County Councillors.

7. Chairman’s report

FINANCE

8. ACCOUNTS

a. To resolve to receive the following schedule of payments and receipts for October 2021:

PAYMENTS

Sage, payroll & accounts package, Oct 2021, £19.00 + £3.80 VAT = £22.80

Virgin Media, phone handset, Oct 2021, £7.00

Virgin media call package, Oct 2021, £8.46 + £1.69 VAT = £10.15

Clerk, salary, Oct 2021, £412.26

PAYE, Oct 2021, £30.00

LCC Pension, Oct, £131.04

Clerk’s expenses – printing, £28.60

Glendale, grass cutting, Aug 2021,,INV 03179, £377.08 + £75.42 VAT = £452.50

Glendale, grass cutting, Sept 2021, INV 03250, £377.08 + £75.42 VAT = £452.50

Village Hall hire for FPC meeting on 19 July 2021, £24.00

PKF Littlejohn LLP, external audit fee, £200.00 + £40.00 VAT = £240.00

Return to WLDC of CIF monies (Luncheon Club), £400.00

British Legion, poppy wreath, £50.00

WLDC, defibrillator scheme part year payment, £41.66

TOTAL TO BE PAID = £2106.18 + £196.33 VAT = £2302.51

RECEIPTS

Interest, Oct, TBC

Petty cash, office printing, £2.00

TOTAL RECEIPTS = £TBC

b. To resolve to approve payment of the following accounts for November and December 2021:

Sage, payroll & accounts package, Nov 2021, £19.00 + £3.80 VAT = £22.80

Sage, payroll & accounts package, Dec 2021, £19.00 + £3.80 VAT = £22.80

Virgin Media, phone handset, Nov 2021, £7.00

Virgin Media, phone handset, Dec 2021, £7.00

Virgin media call package, Nov 2021, £8.46 + £1.69 VAT = £10.15

Virgin media call package, Dec 2021, £8.46 + £1.69 VAT = £10.15

Clerk, salary, Nov 2021, £475.84 (inc 7 additional hours worked)

Clerk, salary, Dec 2021, £412.26

PAYE, Nov 2021, £45.80

PAYE, Dec 2021, £30.00

LCC Pension, Nov, £154.56

LCC Pension, Dec, £131.04

Village Hall hire for FPC meetings on 2/8/21 and 23/8/21, £48.00

Village hall hire for FPC meetings 11/10/21 and 18/10/21, £48.00

Village hall office rent Sept 2020 – Aug 2021, £1200.00

Banner printing of date insert, £20.00 + £4.00 VAT = £24.00

Cleaning of bus shelters, TBC

Cleaning of play area, TBC

Glendale, October, £188.54 + £37.71 VAT = £226.25

TOTAL TO BE PAID excluding cleaning jobs = £2822.96 + £52.69 VAT = £2875.65

c. To review grass cutting schedule ahead of obtaining quotes for 2022 season 

9. To consider draft budget for 2022/23

10. To resolve on precept estimate to be submitted to WLDC by 26 Nov 2021

PLANNING: to consider and agree actions as required:

11. Neighbourhood Plan: 

i. to receive any general update

ii. email from Mr Corscadden regarding the Church Commissioners’ Plans

iii. Rural Exception Scheme

iv. to discuss the Plans and Policies to be displayed the suggested public meeting as discussed at the last Parish Council Meeting

12. To note planning applications 143789 and 143811 re. Land at Eastfield Rise Farm, Fiskerton Road, Cherry Willingham: 

13. Central Lincs Local Plan Consultation – note any response regarding request for timeframe to feedback on FPC’s submission

UPDATE REPORTS: to consider and agree actions as required:

14. Repairs to Village Hall roof:

i. progress report on grants; any meetings/minutes; work 

ii. to confirm the number of users of the village hall (540 or fewer than 200?) (CD)

15. Transfer of land from Morris Homes:

i. any additional financial contribution from Morris Homes

ii. progress towards completion of land transfer

16. Holmfield Open Space Committee:

i. Holmfield Open Spaces Committee – report; and update from committee meeting

17. Troughs and planters:

i. to ratify quote of £80.00 + £16.00 VAT for soil and plants for new stone trough planter; and note receipt of £150 CIF fund from D/Cllr A Welburn’s CIF fund towards costs of one year’s planting.

ii. Winter planting of existing planters

18. Five-mile bridge – receive any update on ownership

19. Scout hut solar panel feed in tariff payments – update on latest meter reading

20. Receive progress report on findings of ROSPA play inspection - August 2021:

Builder’s report into leaning boundary wall, 

swing chains; including reinstatement of two swings

update of inspection regime

signing of play area risk assessment by CD. 

21. Defibrillator scheme update; and consider suggestion regarding defibrillator in Carpenter’s Arms

22. Outstanding jobs as follows:

i. Introduction of additional policies

ii. Office sort out

iii. Putting old minutes onto website

iv. Consider cloud based storage system

v. FPC specific email addresses (to include CD concerns FPC uses a free platform and are not tied in to someone else’s domain  name charges or web hosting fee

vi. Post lockdown event first weekend of June

vii. Hodgson Trust agreement – adding bees into agreement

viii. Annual autumn bus shelter and play area cleaning programme

NEW ITEMS: to consider and agree actions as required:

23. To agree meeting dates for 2022; suggested as Mondays:

      10 Jan,    14 Feb,     14 Mar,     11 Apr,    9 May,    13 June,

      11  July,   12 Sept,    10 Oct,      14 Nov

 

24. To approve reviewed Standing Orders and Financial Regulations

25. To consider various points raised by Cllr Darcel as follows:

i. letter to school re road signs congratulating winning entrant.

ii. Resident’s letter highlighting several problems surrounding the school gate.

iii. The two foot paths on Holmfield need trimming

iv. If the VHMC are not legal tenants should we be paying them anything? Ie for the office, for the hall and for the post office?

26. Unapproved requests for information from the Village Hall Management Committee

CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED:

27. The following require no action:

Nettleham Police Newsletter

WLDC Parish News

D/Cllr Welburn report (Nov & Dec)

C/Cllr Fleetwood report (Oct)

LCC Local Transport Plan Consultation – deadline 30 Nov 2021

LCC salt bags – deadline 31st October 2021

28. Chairman’s comments

MEETINGS:

29. Matters for inclusion on next agenda

30. Date of next meeting: Provisionally Monday 10 January 2022, TBC, 7.30pm, Fiskerton Village Hall. 

Mrs Michelle Vail 

Clerk/RFO to Fiskerton Parish Council                  Dated 03.11.21