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.