NOTICE OF A MEETING OF NORTHILL PARISH COUNCIL
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Dear Sir/Madam
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Northill Parish Council will be held at Ickwell Village Hall, Ickwell on Thursday 23rd January at 7.30pm. All members of this Council are hereby summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the Meeting as set out hereunder:
Dated this 17th day of January 2025
Tracy Duffy
Clerk
AGENDA
1. To receive apologies for absence.
2. To receive declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda that have not previously been registered.
2.1 To receive any written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests.
2.2 To grant any requests for dispensations as appropriate.
3. To approve the minutes of the meeting of the parish council held on the 12th December 2024
4. To receive updates on resolutions from the last meeting (Clerk).
5. Open forum for 10 minutes to allow members of the press and public to speak on any open agenda item.
6 Reports
6.1 Police reports December 2024
6.2 Speed Watch update.
7. To note minutes/reports from committees/working groups
7.1 Planning – draft minutes from meeting on 07th January 2025
7.2 F&GP – draft minutes from meeting on 16th January 2025.
7.3 Update from Police Priority Setting Meetings 8th January 2025
7.4 Update from P3 Group
8. Central Bedfordshire Council
8.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
8.2 Changes at Household Waste Recycling Centres.
9 Finance
9.1 Accounts to be approved.
9.2 To consider appointment of internal auditor.
9.3 To approve moving some funds into a fixed term account.
10. Parish Matters
10.1 Update on the A1 crossing.
10.2 Ickwell Green a) Update on annual maintenance of the accommodation track; b) An update from CBC regarding the watercourse.
10.3 Update regarding 20 mph speed limit outside Northill CE Academy.
10.4 Update AE558
10.5 Update on Caldecote Church Rooms.
10.6 Update Allotments.
10.7 Update on entrance gates to villages.
10.8 Update Hitchin Rd Speed Camera
10.9 To discuss Flooding Thorncote Road, Northill
10.10 Update on the review of the Neighbourhood Plan.
10.11 Update on Caldecote Cemetery ramp.
10.12 Update on trees in Ickwell Conservation area.
10.13 Update Exploratory work in field to South of Biggleswade Road
10.14 Update on Walk in Sessions.
10.15 To discuss options for Wi-Fi
10.16 To consider the proposed style and location of bench in memory of Ray Lindsay.
10.17 Consideration for VE celebrations.
10.18 To discuss and identify projects for future S106.
10.19 To discuss Caldecote Green planting
11 Information and communications
11.1 General correspondence for circulation: SLCC Clerk.
12 Staff and Councillor matters.
13. Items for the next agenda
14. To resolve that under Section 1 of the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act and in view of the confidential nature of business about to be transacted, it is advisable in the public interest that the press and public be temporarily excluded, and they are instructed to withdraw whilst matters pertaining to item 14 are discussed.
Item in closed session.
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15. Date of next meeting – Thursday 13th March 2025 1900 hours.
16. To note: – closure of meeting.