March 2022 Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting of Parish Council held at The Cabin, Blackmoor Farm, Doddington at 7pm on Monday 21st March 2022.

 

In attendance

Not attending

Doddington and Whisby Parish Council

Cllrs Beale, Cunniffe, Mathers, Patrick

Clerk to Council J Kilcoyne

Whiles

NKDC

 

Cllr S Appleby, Cllr P Overton

Lincolnshire County Council

Cllr M Thompson

 

No members of the public

Public forum

Reports from representatives

NKDC: Apologies were received from Cllr Overton

LCC: Cllr Thompson reported on council tax increase, NHS consultation on nuclear medicine, county council civic service

Council session

22.24  To note apologies and accept valid reasons for absence

Apologies were accepted from Cllr Whiles

22.25  To receive declarations of interest  

The Clerk to Council declared an interest in correspondence from Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils    

22.26 Minutes of previous meetings

It was Resolved: That the minutes of the Meeting of Parish Council held on 14th February 2022 be approved.

22.27 Finance

To review and consider payment of accounts

It was Resolved: That Council approve the payment of accounts

 

Payee

Payment by

Amount

Purpose

280

EON

BACS

£21.60

Streetlighting maintenance

281

Redacted

BACS

£39.50

Expenses

282, 283

Salary, pension

BACS, DD

£199.47

Salary, pension

284

HSBC

Deduction

£5

Banking charge

To review budget, income and expenditure to 21st March 2022

Money paid in: £71.40 NKDC litter grant                             

Balance £23, 375.03

Expenditure since last meeting: £266.57                             

Expenditure year to date: £5,386.69

The budget was considered: no concerns

22.28 To receive the clerks report on correspondence received and consider any recommendations

 

Anglian Water

Working in partnership to help your vulnerable parishioners

Lincolnshire County Council

Town and parish council update

Central Lincs Local Plan

Consultation

Lincolnshire Police

Email update

Quarterly bulletin

Monthly newsletter

Citizens Advice S Lincs

EU Settlement Scheme

London Hearts

Defibrillator grants

Dr Caroline Johnson MP

Newsletter

NALC

Newsletter

Chief Executive’s bulletin

Funding

Lincs Funding Portal Newsletter

Changes to funding portal

NKDC

2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England

Update

Jubilee

Gallagher

Webinar

Npower

Dashboard

Keep Britain Tidy

Take action to protect the environment today

Resident

Consultation

LALC

Weekly e-news

Rural Services Network

Rural Bulletin 

Rural Funding Digest

 

 

YMCA Community Lincs

Update

It was Resolved: to make a donation of £250 to Lincolnshire Community Foundations' Ukraine Refugee Appeal

22.29 Planning

  • To consider planning applications validated since the last meeting of council

22/0126 VARCON The Old Bull Pens Kennel Lane Doddington

Council had no comments

  • To note planning decisions received since the last meeting of council

20/0550/ccc Jerusalem Farm, Jerusalem Road, Skellingthorpe

22.30  To consider policies and documents for review or introduction

  • Disciplinary policy
  • Grievance policy
  • Document retention policy

It was Resolved: that the policy reviews be accepted without change.

22.31 To consider matters arising from the resignation of the clerk to council

  • Handover and management of council business

Arrangements were made to handover documents and resources to the Chair of Council

  • Recruitment

An advertisement was agreed for display locally and via LALC

22.32 To consider preparation for the Annual Parish Meeting 2022

Date of meeting set as Monday 25th April

22.33 To consider community development

Meeting to be requested with Doddington Hall

22.34 To consider Whisby bus shelter

Cllrs Patrick and Cunniffe to investigate work required for removal

22.35 To consider drainage in Doddington

No progress

22.36 To consider parish signs

Councillors encouraged to report signs needing attention via FixMyStreet

22.37 To consider items for inclusion on the agenda for the next meeting of the Parish Council, to be held on 11th April 2022

No new items

Meeting closed 20:53