NOTICE OF A MEETING OF NORTHILL PARISH COUNCIL
This meeting may be recorded/filmed
Dear Sir/Madam
Notice is hereby given the Postponed Annual Meeting of Northill Parish Council will be held at the Methodist Church Hall, Upper Caldecote on Tuesday 6th June 2023 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 1st day of June 2023.
Lesley Rowe
Clerk
AGENDA
1. Election of Chair/Vice Chair – Declaration of Acceptance of Office to be signed.
2. To receive apologies for absence.
3. To receive declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda that have not previously been registered.
3.1 To receive any written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests.
3.2 To grant any requests for dispensations as appropriate.
4. To approve the minutes of the meeting held on the 20th April 2023.
5. To receive updates on resolution from the last meeting (Clerk).
6. Open forum for 10 minutes to allow members of the press and public to speak on any open agenda item.
7.1 Police reports April 2023.
7.2 A report regarding the Community Priorities.
8. To review committee structure and terms of reference
8.1 To elect members for Planning and Finance and General Purposes and Grievance Committees and Allotments, P3, Accommodation Track, Redgate, Emergency Planning and Church Rooms working parties. Representative on Broom Quarry Liaison Group. Newsletter Editors.
8.2 To elect representatives on Ickwell Village Hall Committee and Northill Village Hall Committee.
8.3 To elect trustees to Northill Parochial Charities.
8.4 To elect members to carry out the risk assessments for the Finance & General Purposes Committee
9. To note minutes/reports from committees/working groups
9.1 Planning – 2nd May 2023
9.2 Finance & General Purposes – 13th April 2023.
9.3 P3 Group – 13th November 2019.
10. Central Bedfordshire Council
10.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
11.1 Accounts to be approved.
11.2 To approve the Internal Auditor’s report for the financial year 2022/23.
11.3 To approve: (a) Annual Governance Statement (b) Accounting Statement and (c) Annual Governance and Accountability Return for the financial year ending 31st March 2023.
11.4 To consider when to set the date for the exercise of public rights.
11.5 To approve annual subscriptions for 2023/24.
11.6 To approve the continuation of payment of direct debits to NPower for streetlighting electricity and Anglian Water (WAVE) for water at the cemeteries for the next 2 years.
11.7 To consider installing a litter bin on Ickwell Green.
12. Parish Matters
12.1 Ickwell Green a) Annual maintenance of the accommodation track; b) An update from CBC regarding the watercourse; c) Correspondence regarding the ditch alongside Old Warden Cottage; d) Correspondence regarding dog fouling on the Green.
12.2 The restoration of the Lychgate.
12.3 Warden Road bank.
12.4 Allotments.
12.5 Raised flower beds around the parish.
12.6 Speedwatch.
12.7 Response from National Highways regarding the pedestrian access at Tingey’s corner when the gap is closed.
12.8 Correspondence regarding street naming at Woodlands Nurseries.
13 Information and communications
13.1 General correspondence for circulation – The Clerk May 2023; Clerks & Councils Direct May 2023.
14. Staff and Councillor matters.
14.1 Items for the next newsletter.
14.2 To confirm NPC continues to meet the eligibility criteria to use the General Power of Competence.
14.3 New Councillor Training.
15. a) Proposed Temporary Road Closure Biggleswade Road, Upper Caldecote; b) Proposed Temporary Road Closure Caldecote Green, Upper Caldecote – change of date; c) Proposed Temporary Bridleways and Footpaths during 2023.
16. Items for the next agenda
17. 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 18 are discussed.
18 Item in closed session.
a) Correspondence regarding easement G.
b) To consider candidates for co-option.
19. Date of next meeting – Thursday 20th July 2023.
20. To note: – closure of meeting.
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