NOTICE OF A MEETING OF NORTHILL PARISH COUNCIL
This meeting may be recorded/filmed
Dear Sir/Madam
Notice is hereby given a meeting of Northill Parish Council will be held at Methodist Church Hall, Upper Caldecote Thursday 12th December 2024 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 6th day of December 2024.
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 24th October 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 October & November 2024
6.2 Speed Watch update.
7. To note minutes/reports from committees/working groups
7.1 Planning – minutes from meetings on 05/11/24 & draft minutes from 03/12/24.
7.2 OPCC & NFU Rural Crime Event update from meeting held on 6th November 2024.
7.3 Broom & South Liaison – minutes for the meeting held on 24th July 2024.The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Tuesday 11th March 2025 at 2pm at Broom South Quarry office.
7.4 Beds Connect Meeting held on 6th November 2024.
7.5 BRTA minutes from meeting held 30th October 2024
7.6 P3 – minutes from 24th July and 27th November 2024.
7.7 Notification of Police Priority Setting Meetings 2025
8. Central Bedfordshire Council
8.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
8.2 Central Bedfordshire Council Salt Bag Scheme.
8.3 Freight Strategy consultation.
8.4 Launch of A428 Legacy Funding: Social Value and Community Funds.
9 Finance
9.1 Accounts to be approved.
9.2 To discuss and decide if Payroll services could be outsourced. Business plan circulated before the meeting.
9.3 To agree final budget and precept for 2025-2026
9.4 Grant application request from Methodist Church Hall.
10. Parish Matters
10.1 Hitchin Rd Speed Camera
10.2 Vinegar Hill VAS
10.3 Speeding Thorncote Green
10.4 Update regarding 20 mph speed limit outside Northill CE Academy.
10.5 Accommodation Track Letter to residents.
10.6 Caldecote Church Rooms. To consider correspondence received from the Bishop.
10.7 Allotments a) Transfer; b) Fencing; c) Storage container. d) Ditch e) agreement with NPAA
10.8 Update on entrance gates to villages.
10.9 Update on the A1 crossing.
10.10 Update on Christmas lights.
10.11 Update on the review of the Neighbourhood Plan.
10.12 Update on Caldecote Cemetery ramp.
10.13 Update on trees in Ickwell Conservation area.
10.14 Exploratory work in field to South of Biggleswade Road
10.15 Walk in Sessions.
10.16 War memorial cleaning and maintenance
11 Information and communications
11.1 General correspondence for circulation: War Memorial Trust, Clerks & Councils Direct, SLCC Clerk.
11.2 Road Closures – proposed temp rd. closure, Shefford Rd, Southill.
12 Staff and Councillor matters.
12.1 Items for the next newsletter
12.2 To consider ICMM Membership and training for clerk.
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 17 are discussed.
Item in closed session.
14.1 To note staff pay increase, backdate to April 2024
14.2 To note increase of National Insurance contributions (NICs) from 13.8% to 15% from April 2025 –
14.3 Update on easement.
15. Date of next meeting – Thursday 23rd January 2025
16. To note: – closure of meeting.