September 2025
Doddington & Whisby Parish Council
Parish Council Meeting
1st September 2025
Grain Store Cafe
Doddington Hall, Doddington, Lincoln, LN6 4RU at 7pm
AGENDA
Dear Parish Councillor’s,
You are hereby summoned to a meeting of Doddington and Whisby Parish Council to be held on Monday 1st September 2025 at 7pm in the Grain Store Café at Doddington Hall where the undermentioned business will be transacted.
The meeting is open to the public and there will be a 15-minute public forum when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Parish Council in relation to the business on the agenda.
Kerrie Vickers
Parish Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer
Opening remarks and note to the public to remind them of the Standing Orders regarding public participation in meetings - Notably there can be no participation in meetings once public time has ended. Members of the public raising issues or questions should be aware that only items on the meeting agenda can be debated or decided at the meeting, unless the Parish Clerk has delegated powers to deal with it as urgent, e.g. highway repairs. The Chair may decide to answer a question asked by a member of the public or call on a fellow councillor to do so, or, direct that a written response be given.
1. Election of Chair. To appoint a Chair for the remaining meetings of the current municipal year upon the resignation of Chair only of Councillor Hall.
2. Public Forum including reports from NKDC and LCC Councillors.
3. Apologies for absence
4. To receive any declarations of interest
In accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and consider any requests for dispensation in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or any other interests as outlined in the Council’s Code of Conduct.
5. To receive and approve:
The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held 08 July 2025, previously circulated to members and published in draft to the website as required under the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities.
6. Finance
a) To formally approve and note items of expenditure and income – Appendix A part i
b) To formally note the budget position to date – Appendix A part ii
c) To note the conclusion of the 2024/25 Annual Governance and Review
d) To note the increase in the Parish Clerk’s salary of 0.53p per hour backdated to April 2025 as per the terms of the contract of employment.
7. Planning. n/a
8. Community Emergency Planning. To discuss if the Parish Council should develop a community emergency plan.
9. Residents Solar Heat Gun Exercise. To discuss if the Parish Council should have leaflets printed to notify residents about the thermal heat gun project.
10. Clerk and Councillors Reports including a review of actions from minutes and matters that Councillors wish to be brought to the next or subsequent meetings.
i. Traffic calming
ii. Village gates
11. Correspondence
To note correspondence received not itemised on the agenda.
12. Date of next meeting - 3rd November 2025
Appendix A
Current account Balance brought forward 8159.25
21.07.2025 Anna Haxby Internal audit services -36.00
21.07.2025 Kerrie Vickers Microsoft 365 subscription -60.99
28.07.2025 Kerrie Vickers Salary July 2025 -245.80
31.07.2025 Unity Trust Bank Service charge -6.00
04.08.2025 LALC Summer Conference -108.00
Savings Account Expenditure Income
Balance b/fwd 24,608.09 0 0
Balance to c/fwd 24,608.09
