NOTICE OF A MEETING OF NORTHILL PARISH COUNCIL
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Dear Sir/Madam
Notice is hereby given a meeting of Northill Parish Council will be held at Ickwell Village Hall, Ickwell on Thursday 24th October 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 17th day of October 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 12th September 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 September 2024
6.2 Speed Watch update.
7. To note minutes/reports from committees/working groups
7.1 Planning – update from meeting 1st October 2024 (AFW)
7.2 Finance & General Purposes – update from meeting 10th October 2024 (DW)
7.3 Broom & South Liaison – update from meeting 24th September 2024 (GH)
7.4 Police & Crime Plan – update from meeting 3rd October 2024
7.5 Police Priority Setting – update from meeting 9th October 2024 (JK)
7.6 Community Safety Team Gypsy & Travellers unit – update from meeting 8th October
8. Central Bedfordshire Council
8.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
8.2 Central Bedfordshire Council Salt Bag Scheme.
9 Finance
9.1 Accounts to be approved.
9.2 Income & Expenditure to 30th September 2024
9.3 To approve budget for 2025-26 and precept increase as recommended by F&GP committee.
9.4 To approve increase to cemetery fee as recommended by F&GP committee.
9.5 To approve the scope for internal audit as recommended by F&GP committee.
9.6 To approve the effectiveness of audit as recommended by F&GP committee.
9.7 To approve NPC risk assessment as recommended by F&GP committee.
10. Parish Matters
10.1 Temporary Rd Closures.
a) CBC102083 – Park Rd, Moggerhanger
b) CBC 102097 Warden Rd, Ickwell
c) CBC 102031 – Ickwell Rd, Upper Caldecote
10.2 Caldecote Church Rooms. To consider correspondence received from the Bishop.
10.3 Allotments a) Transfer; b) Fencing; c) Storage container. d) Ditch e) agreement with NPAA
10.4 Update on entrance gates to villages.
10.5 An update on the A1 crossing. Meeting with MP on 13th September.
10.6 Update on flooding issues in the parish.
10.7 Christmas lights update.
10.8 Update on the review of the Neighbourhood Plan.
10.9 To consider the planting of trees within a Conservation view. Response from CBC for discussion.
10.10 Correspondence regarding the footpath from Ickwell to Northill.
10.11 Caldecote Cemetery ramp update.
10.12 To discuss and consider AE558 Steering Group.
10.13 Update from Traffic Management Committee meeting 24th September (GH) regarding 20 mph speed limit outside Northill CE Academy.
10.14 Defib checks within the Parish
10.15 Remembrance Sunday Risk Assessment (RS)
11 Information and communications
11.1 General correspondence for circulation: SLCC Clerk Mag September 2024.
12. Staff and Councillor matters.
13. Items for the next agenda
17. Date of next meeting – Thursday 12th December 2024.
18. To note: – closure of meeting.