January 2024 Agenda
Dear Councillor,
I hereby give you notice that a meeting of Ropsley and District Parish Council will be held at Ropsley Hall on Tuesday 16th January at 7.15pm. All members of the Parish Council are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted as set out hereunder.
Public Forum: The Parish Council meeting will be preceded at 7.00pm by a public forum for which Councillors are also asked to be present, at which members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council. Members of the public are welcome to stay for the meeting but may not participate unless invited to do so by the Chairman.
Clerk to the Council. Date: Wednesday 10th January 2024
1. WELCOME REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN.
2. TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND TO RESOLVE TO ACCEPT REASONS GIVEN.
3. TO RECEIVE DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST IN RELATION TO AGENDA ITEMS AND TO CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCALISM ACT 2011.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
4.1 To resolve to accept the Clerk’s notes of the Annual Parish Council meeting held on 21 November 2023.
5. DISTRICT AND COUNTY COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS
6. CLERK’S REPORT
6.1 To note the contents of the Clerk’s Report with regards to actions from previous minutes.
6.2 To ensure all Councillors are able to access their .gov.uk email addresses.
7. FINANCE.
7.1 To note income received as follows:
Remitter Purpose Amount £
Cemetery fees Interment 75.00
SKDC Community Cleaner Grant 463.32
Calendars Proceeds 400.07
7.2 To resolve to approve expenditure as follows:
Payments Made:
Payee Purpose Amount £
Employment costs
Tidy Gardens
Roger Charles
Employment costs
Ropsley Village Hall
LALC
Wave
Tidy Gardens
Autel November 2023
Cemetery grounds maintenance Nov
Autumn planting
December 2023
Room rental
LALC Training course + expenses
Water usage – cemetery
Cemetery grounds maintenance Dec
Payroll Services
557.15
273.00
100.00
557.15
72.00
94.80
245.28
273.00
99.72
7.3 To resolve to approve the December bank reconciliation.
7.4 To note the budget monitoring statement showing expenditure and income against the 2023/24 budget to date.
7.5 To discuss the required precept for the coming year.
7.6 To discuss the expenses policy
8. VOLUNTEERS
8.1 To receive an update on the garage application for storage of equipment – Councillor Louth
8.2 To approve the required mower repairs and purchase – Councillor Louth
9. PLANNING
9.1 To note the following planning applications on which no comments were made:
9.1.1 S23/2265 Monolith Sycamore Tree Church Farm Braceby NG34 0TA
9.1.2 S23/2116 Steel Clad agricultural Building, Ropsley Farms Ropsley NG33
9.1.3 S23/1255 Erection of Bungalow, 38 High Street, Ropsley NG31 8BE – before the Planning Committee on the 19.01.24
9.1.4 S23/2159 Change of use from C3 to C2 of 9 Paddock Close, Ropsley to Care Home
9.1.5 S23/2202 Proposed new kin, doors, windows etc Brookfield, Little Humby NG33 4HW
9.2 To note the following planning decisions:
9.2.1 S23/1888 Removal of large ash tree 2 Somerby Road, Ropsley NG33 4AY Approved 12th October 2023
10. HIGHWAYS
10.1 Update on Grit Boxes, Braceby bollards and Humby bridge repairs.
10.2 Proposals to reduce vehicle hazard to pedestrians at the corner opposite 12 Humby Road in Ropsley.
11. CEMETERY
11.1 To receive an update on work needed/carried out in the cemetery – Councillor Louth.
11.2 To consider rewilding and planting of wildflower seeds.
12. COMMUNITY UPDATES
12.1 To consider potential Parish Council major projects for next year – Councillor Ward
12.2 To receive an update on the Combined Activity calendar – Councillor Hughes
12.3 To consider content for the next newsletter – Councillor Marshall
12.4 To confirm handover of the 2024 calendar competition to Councillor Campbell
12.5 To receive community updates from Councillors.
12.6 To review possible actions to address the 5 community aspirations in the Neighbourhood Plan 2018 - 2036.
Re. Aspiration #2: We consider whether government or other external funding may be available to support the parish community in eco friendly domestic improvements.
Objective to update information to residents about energy saving opportunities and grants
13. CORRESPONDENCE.
13.1 To note all general correspondence circulated for information since the November meeting.
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING.
14.1 The date for the next meeting is to be arranged.