May 2024 Agenda Annual Parish Council Meeting
FREISTON PARISH COUNCIL
Email: clerk@freiston-pc.gov.uk
Dear Councillors,
You are summoned to attend the Annual Parish Council Meeting and The Monthly Meeting of Freiston Parish Council, which will be held on Thursday 16th May 2024, at 7:00pm in the Danny Flear Community Centre.
Mrs Val Austin, - Clerk to the Parish Council, May 9th 2024
AGENDA
1. To Elect a Chairman for the ensuring year 2024/2025
2. Signing of the Declaration of Acceptance of Office by the Chairman to be witnessed by the Proper Officer
3. To Elect a Vice Chair for the ensuring year 2024/2025
4. Signing of the Declaration of Acceptance of Office by the Vice Chair to be witnessed by the Proper Officer
5. To appoint representatives for the ensuring year 2024/2025
a) Appointment of representatives for Highway Matters
b) Appointment of representatives for the Danny Flear Community Centre
6. Freiston Poor Charity – Annual Report Update
7. Chairman to open the meeting:
8. Apologises: To receive and accept apologises where a valid reason for the absence has been given to the clerk prior to the meeting.
9. 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.
10. Police Matters: Stats & incidents are available to view on the police website.
• March 2024 – To be presented at the meeting
11. Minutes: To approve the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on the 18th April 2024. To resolve as a correct record and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes
12. 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
13. 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. –
14. Updates / Discuss and resolve the following items
14.1. Highway & Roads – Update
14.2. Bates Environmental
The clerk has re-emailed Bates regarding the seeding along the verge, still awaiting a response.
14.3. Parking along Church View – Update
As per the email from Highways with regards to the pre-authorisation of installing planters along the verge, as discussed at the previous meeting, planters are harder to maintain. To discuss and resolve.
14.4. Newsletter – For councillors to approve for printing.
14.5. Horses Butterwick Road – For Information Only
The clerk has been informed that two of the three horses have moved to a horse sanctuary.
14.6. Love Your Neighbourhood
To discuss and resolve – Do Freiston Parish Council want to enter as Best Village?
15. Finance:
15.1 Bank Account: Statement of accounts as at 16th May 2024
15.2 To approve the accounts for payments
16. Date of next parish council meeting: Thursday 20th June 2024
To note: The clerk is on holiday from 29th May to 8th June 2024.
17. Any other business to go forward to the June 20th 2024 Agenda. / Note for information.