November 2023 Agenda
FREISTON PARISH COUNCIL
Email: clerk@freiston-pc.gov.uk
The next meeting of Freiston Parish Council, will be held on Thursday 16th November 2023, at 7:30pm in the Danny Flear Community Centre.
Mrs Val Austin, - Clerk to the Parish Council, 7th November 2023
AGENDA
1. Chairman to open the meeting:
2. Apologises: To receive and accept apologises where a valid reason for the absence has been given to the clerk prior to the meeting.
3. Public Forum: To resolve to suspend the meeting for a maximum of 10 minutes to allow members of the public to ask questions or make short statements to the council.
4. Police Matters: Stats & incidents are available to view on the police website.
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5. Minutes: To approve the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on the 19th October 2023. To resolve as a correct record and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes
6. Declarations of interest (if any): 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
7. Planning update: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - To consider and make observations on all planning applications received and to note planning approvals, refusals, enforcement complaints and appeal decisions advised by Boston Borough Council.
To Note: - B/23/0356 – Former Village Hall – New plans received, reply required before the next parish council meeting, the clerk contacted councillors via email for their observations. Majority of councillors replied with no objections.
8. Parish Matters / Matters Arising / Updates
8.1. Street Lights – Ongoing. – Received an invoice for £4, 500.for some of the repairs to the street lights, which has been paid.
8.2. Highway & Roads – Update
8.3. Levelling up fund - Update: Received email notification of £10,000 grant awarded for the playground refurbishment. The next stage of the process to be notified when received.
8.4. Christmas in Freiston – To discuss and resolve
8.4.1 Cllr N Marshall – Update on Christmas Tree via T A Blackamore.
8.4.2 Cllr B Posey – Update on items purchased for prizes
8.5. Adoption of Policies required – To Agree and Resolve: The clerk sent various policies to the councillors for adoption. To agree and to sign off.
8.6. Defibrillator positioning – To Discuss & Resolve: Cllr Nigel Marshall reported that a resident was not happy with the new positioning of the defibrillator at the Castle Pub, Wainfleet Road.
8.7. The Big Borough Clean up – Update – Sunday 29th October 23, Councillors and residents took part in the borough clean up, collecting 20 plus bags of rubbish. Cllr Judith Godwin would like to do this again in 6 months’ time.
Date to be confirmed, and to be added to the March newsletter.
9. Finance:
9.1 Bank Account: Statement of accounts as at 16th November 2023
9.2 To approve the accounts for payments
9.3 Savings Account – Update – The clerk contacted the bank, without success of getting a savings account, As the clerk made a complaint regarding the poor service received, the bank rewarded FPC with £25.00 for the complaint.
9.3.1 The clerk to continue trying to set up savings account.
9.4 Draft budget – To Discuss and resolve. The clerk sent an updated budget sheet to all councillors for consideration.
10. Date of next parish council meeting: Thursday 21st December 2023 at 7:30pm
11. Any other business by leave of the chairman: For December 21st 2023 Agenda.