Scopwick Parish Council Meeting Agenda - 30 Sep 2008

To All Councillors - You are summoned to attend Scopwick Parish Council Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 30th September 2008 commencing at 7.15pm in the Village Hall, Scopwick. There will be a 15 minute public forum between 7.00pm and 7.15pm when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council, and your attendance is also requested during this period.

Original Signed by :Clerk to the Council
Date: 24th September 2008

Agenda

1. Welcome by Chairman of Parish Council
2. To receive apologies for absence
3. Report from Councillor Cartwright and Councillor Whittle
4. Declarations of interest:
a) Standards Board for England - Legal requirements of Declarations of Interest
b) To receive Declarations of Interest in accordance with Local Government Act 2000
5. Notes of Parish Council Meeting dated 29th July 2008 to be approved and signed as the minutes
6. Clerks report
7. Finance:
a) To resolve to approve accounts and cheques for payment
b) To resolve to approve the Asset Register dated 30th September 2008
c) To receive the external auditors report for the year ended 31st March 2008
8. BT Payphone Proposals - Objection by NKDC to Kirkby Green red box removal
9. Metheringham Cluster Group - to receive a report from Cllr. Nelson
10. NKDC:
a) Parish Litter Picking
b) Parish Dog Warden
c) Churchyard grass cutting - report by Cllr. J. Woodward
d) Clarification of costs relating to extra footway lighting in Scopwick
e) Count of rough sleepers in North Kesteven
11. Correspondence:
a) Invitation to Local Police and Community Forum, Navenby - 1st October 2008
b) Community Links - To receive the marking sheets/judges' comments
12. Beck Project:
a) To receive a report from Cllr. Nelson
b) To resolve to obtain quotations for tree work around the beck.
13. Highways Issues:
a) Parking problems on Brookside
b) Overgrowth on Trundle Lane
c) Flooding on Bloxholm Lane
14. Planning applications:
a) Notify Members of decisions of decisions on current applications
15. Playing Field:
a) Weekly inspection - to receive a report
b) ROSPA - to receive a report of the annual inspection of playground equipment
c) Invitation to the AGM of Lincolnshire Playing Fields Association
16. Village Hall:
a) To elect a representative to sit on the Village Hall Management Committee b) Blankney Estates - correspondence re length of lease
c) Request from Management Committee for a carol concert on 22nd December
17. Allotments - to update on this matter
18. Scopwick Notice Board - to consider repair of the notice board
19. Sustainable Villages - to receive a report from Cllr. Woodward
20. Date of next meeting - Tuesday 25th November 2008
21. To resolve whether to move into closed session. Should this resolution be moved, press and public will be requested to leave at this point.
22. Casual Vacancy - To discuss the co-option of a new councillor