December 2024 Agenda

Dear Councillors,

You are summoned to attend The Monthly Meeting of Freiston Parish Council, which will be held on Thursday 19th December 2024, at 7:30pm in the Danny Flear Community Centre.

Mrs Val Austin, - Clerk to the Parish Council, 12th December 2024

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. 
•    To be presented at the meeting

5.     Minutes: To approve the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on the 21st November 2024. 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 include those received between the day of posting this notice and the day of the meeting.

8.    Updates / Discuss and resolve the following items

8.1.    Highway & Roads – Update 
•    To Note: The Clerk contacted LRSP for the 40mph Correx signs. 

8.2    Churchyard – Nettles / Rubbish in Churchyard Grounds. – Update
•    To Note: The Clerk has contacted waste management at Boston Borough Council and has completed the necessary forms.
•    The general waste bins have been delivered to the Church.
•    Cllr Nigel Marshall - further quotes from T A Blackamore.

    8.3    Christmas in Freiston 
•    To Note: The clerk has purchased the prizes 
•    All Councillors to send their favourite decoration to The Clerk before the meeting.
•    From approval from the Chairman, the Clerk purchased Christmas Lamppost signs from The Royal British Legion. 

    8.4    Litter Picking December 2024 - Update
•    Thank you to Cllr Judith Godwin for arranging the litter pick on the 1st December 2024.
•    Thank you to all that attended.

9.    Finance:

9.1        Bank Account: Statement of accounts as at 19th December 2024

9.2    To approve the accounts for payments

9.3    Interest Account – Matured – Details of the interest received to be advised at the meeting.

10.    Date of next parish council meeting: Thursday 16th January 2025 

11.     Any other business to go forward to the January 16th 2025 Agenda / Note for information.