Annual Meeting of the Parish Council and Business Meeting May 2023

BISHOP’S FROME PARISH COUNCIL

 

Councillors are summoned to a meeting to be held after the Annual meeting to the Parish on Tuesday 9 May 2023 to be held at the Bishops Frome Village Centre

 

Annual Meeting of the Parish Council

 

          23/1 Sign Acceptance of office and complete declarations of interest

          23/2 Election of Chairman

          23/3 Election of Vice Chairman

          23/4 To receive apologies for absence

          23/5 Declarations of interest

  1. a) To receive declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda
  2. b) To receive written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests (if any)
  3. c) To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate

          23/6 To Adopt the Local Government Association – Model Councillor Code of Conduct 2020attached

          23/7 Suspend standing orders to allow members of the public to speak

          23/8 Appointment of members to committees, working groups and outside bodies

                            8.1 Sports committee

8.2 Village Hall committee

8.3 Fromes Hill Field committee

8.4 Finance committee, to consider budgets and financial risks

          23/9 Review of other appointments: Footpaths Officer

          23/10 Adopt Accounts 2022/2023

          23/11 Annual Governance Statement 2022/2023

          23/12 Annual Accounting Statement 2022/2023

 

 

May Business Parish Council Meeting

 

2023/51               To adopt the minutes of the previous meeting held on 11 April – attached

 

2023/052                              Finance

               52.1 to note the following receipts

19.4.2023 First instalment of precept – £12500

               52.2 payments for consideration

Consider donation to St Matthews PCC for grass cutting of Churchyard

Re-Pay Hop Pocket invoice dated 20.11.22- £76.00 for VAT charged in error

30.4.23 Clerk’s salary for February, March and April 2021 – £405

30.4.23 HMRC – £270

12.10.2022 – Edgar Whiteley – materials to repair guttering to sports pavilion – £146.75

23.4.23 – SE Berry – repairs to sports pavilion roof – £461.58

30.4.23 – B.C Partridge

52.3 Consider recommendations from internal auditor and put actions in place

 

2023/053                              Planning

               53.1 Decisions made since last meeting

              53.2 Plans for consideration

 

2023/054                           Correspondence

54.1 correspondences for reference – attached

54.2 correspondences for consideration

Grass verge cutting schedule – review – see attached documents

 

2023/055                           Fromes Hill report

               55.1 Report from meeting of Fromes Hill Field Management committee

 

2023/056                           Bishops Frome Report

  56.1 Update from Councillors on Action from the Playground RosPa report

 

2023/057                           Footpaths’ Officer Report

       

2023/058                              Date of next meeting

 

(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.

 

Clerk Mrs Nicola Carless, Magstones, Westmere, Hanley Swan, Worcs, WR8 0DG. 01684 311615 – clerk@bishopsfromeparishcouncil.gov.uk