2025-26 Agendas

Open Forum

1. 

To elect a Chairperson and to receive the Chairperson’s Declaration of Acceptance of Office

2. 

To elect a Vice Chairperson

3. 

To appoint representatives for Local Charities and organisations       

i. Lawrance Park Community Association

ii. Causeway Charities

iii. Anne Fisher Charities

iv. Churchyard Committee

4. 

To appoint signatories for cheques and a Press Officer

5. 

To adopt the Standing Orders, Financial Regulations & Risk Assessment and to consider the further inspection of the cemetery/headstones

6. 

To consider whether the Cemetery charges should be increased

7. 

Apologies for absence, acceptance of Apologies & noting of resignations received

8. 

Declaration of Interest – To receive Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary and Other Interests, as set out in Chapter 7 of the Localism Act 2011 and the nature of those interests relating to any Agenda item

9. 

Minutes of the meeting held on the 26 March 2025 (Min24-10)

10. 

To Co-opt a Councillor

11. 

To receive a report from the County and District Councillors on matters relating to Thurlby

12. 

Clerk’s report and correspondence received.

13. 

Planning matters:

13.1

To consider any Planning Applications received:

13.2

To note Planning Applications approved: S25/0537 - Proposal: Store for hay and straw at Cross Farm, Park Wood Road, Thurlby

13.3

To note any Planning Applications refused or withdrawn: S25/0283 - refusal of prior notification details for: Conversion of agricultural buildings to provide 8.no dwellings Fen Road Northorpe Fen

13.4

To note any Application appealed or any decision made regarding an appeal:  none to note

14. 

To confirm Expenditure

£40.00 – B M Champness (use of home as office)
£556.93– B M Champness (salary)

£51.40 – Elaine Reynolds (salary)

£54.121 – BT (broadband charges) (DD)

£306.00 – Bourne Skip Hire (weekly bin collection charges x 5)
£430.16 – Zurich Insurance (Insurance premium)
£2000.00 – Lawrance Park Community Association (half Grant monies)
£1000.00 – St Firmins Churchyard (half Grant monies)

£20.80 – St Firmins PCC (contribution to Naturehood website)
£105.00 – ICCM (Annual fee)

£3.40 – B M Champness (postage)
£15.60 – Bluecom Services (Annual domain name fee)

[  ] denotes those payments paid between meetings, which have been approved by the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Parish Council or at a previous meeting but not listed

15. 

To discuss the accounts for April and for the bank reconciliation to be signed as a correct record

16. 

Audit of 2024/25 Accounts

1.         To approve the Annual Governance Statement 2024/25

2.         To accept the Accounting Statement 2024/25 as a true record

3.         To sign the Annual Return and submit for Audit.

17. 

To consider and agree the Insurance cover and whether we wish to include or remove anything from the schedule

18. 

To discuss the purchase of a Professional Office 365 licence for £115.20 per year.

 and to pay Bluecom Services a fee of £48.50 for the DNS support

19. 

To discuss if we require to sign up to Bluecom Services for a support programme.

20. 

To consider the data received from the reactive sign

21. 

To receive an update on the Cemetery to include grass cutting, maintenance and burial fees

22. 

For any Councillor to produce a written report of any meeting that he/she has attended as a representative of the Parish Council

23. 

To consider what information should be placed in the Village Link

24. 

Members Questions - reminder only questions given to the clerk a week in advance will be answered.

25. 

The date of the next meeting – to be held on Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 7.30 p.m. in the Lawrance Park Social Room, Thurlby