Councillors are summoned to a meeting to be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 7 January 2025 to be held at Bishops Frome Centre.
Agenda
2025/001 To receive apologies for absence
2025/002 Declarations of interest
- a) To receive declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda
- b) To receive written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests (if any)
- c) To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate
2025/003 Suspend standing orders to allow members of the public to speak
2025/004 Report from County Councillor
2025/005 To adopt the minutes of the previous meeting held on 12 November 2024
2025/006 Review of Annual Governance Statements 5-6
006.1 Assertion 5 – We carried out an assessment of the risks facing this authority and took appropriate steps to manager those risks, including the introduction of internal controls and /or external insurance cover where required.
006.2 Assertion 6 – We maintained throughout the year an adequate and effective system of internal audit of the accounting records and control systems.
2025/007 Finance
007.1 Bank Reconciliation
007.2 Payments made in between meetings
2.12.24 – BC Partridge – £25.92
30.11.24- N Carless – monthly salary – £195.05
30.11.24 – HMRC monthly – in respect of clerk’s salary – £130.00
9.12.24 – Hop Pocket garden centre – fruit tress – £210.00
007.3 Payments for consideration including the following:
21.12.24 E-On monthly electricity charge for December – £115.01
16.12.24 – DJ&RJ Philpotts – cut back trees and clear our ditch, cart away with dumper – £5940.00
31.12.24- N Carless – monthly salary – £195.05
31.12.24 – HMRC monthly – in respect of clerk’s salary – £130.00
2025/008 Planning
008.1 Decisions made since last meeting
008.2 Plans for considered and responses given between meetings
P242704 / 242703 – Lower House, Bishops Frome WR6 5AS – proposed orangery/garden room
– No objections raised
008.3 Plans for consideration
2025/009 Correspondence
009.1 correspondences for reference
009.2 correspondences for consideration
Update on status of Neighbourhood plans and new National Planning policy
2025/010 Frome Hill Report
010.1 Update on Fromes Hill Field
010.2 Update on S106 money for community usage
2025/011 Bishops Frome Report
011.1 Request from Bishops Frome Village centre for line markings in carpark – Cllr A Morel
011.2 Strawman Event – Cllr J Pudge
011.3 Report from meeting on the sale of the Green Dragon
2025/012 Tree Warden Report
012.1 Update on tree planting and removal of spoil from river clearance – Cllr R Jones
2025/013 Date of next meeting
Date of next meeting – 11 February 2025
(Any other business will be included on the next meeting’s agenda unless very urgent and important. The Clerk must be given notice at least four clear days before the meeting)
Members of the Public and the Press are welcome to attend.