Parish Council meeting, June 2022

From the stand-in clerk, Andrew Pett, 02/06/2022:

The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on  Monday 6th June 2022 at 7.30pm with Nick Ginn in the chair

All members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend for the purposes of considering and resolving the business to be transacted at the meeting as set out below.

MEMBERS :    8          QUORUM:       3

(The Agenda can be viewed offline by downloading the attached PDF file. Also available in PDF form is the Clerk’s report.)

Agenda

1.  Silent Prayer.                                                                                 

2. Apologies for absence.

3. Declarations of Interest. 

(a) Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest in any items on the agenda;

(b) Councillors to declare any other interest in any items on the agenda

4. Minutes.  Consideration of the minutes of the meeting on 18th May 2022.

5. Open Forum for 15 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council.

6. Matters Arising.

1.   Multi Use Games Area – update from PCSO & Councillors.

       2.   Mandene Gardens Play Area – update from Councillor Pett.

3.   Playground Area – update from Councillor Davis                     

4.   Recruitment of Replacement Clerk/RFO – update from Councillor Pett.

       5.   County Broadband     

7. Clerk’s Financial Statement.  For May 2022 and Budget Review.

8. Payments for Approval.

9. Financial mandate: to approve one person for interactive mandate.

10. Play Equipment and Muga Annual Inspection.

11. Poorsland, membership & correspondent appointments

12. Audit of the Accounts for the y/e 31st March 2022.  To consider Internal Auditor’s Report.

13. Highways.

  • Any repairs or maintenance needed;
  • Hedgerows & parking
  • Communication with Highways Officer

14. Correspondence.   

1. West and South Area Greater Cambridge Partnership Community Forums

2. Draft Active Travel Strategy CCC and CA Local Transport and Connectivity Plan

3. Luton Aircraft Noise. (email from Croydon Parish Council)

4. Church Wall & Lychgate

5. HDC CIL Funding Round 1 2022-23

15. Planning.

15.1.     Hayfield Homes Development, Sand Road, Great Gransden. Light pollution correspondence.

15.2.     PARISH COUNCIL CONSULTATION – APPLICATION REF. 22/01130/HHFUL

The proposal is to fit PV solar panels to certain of the roof aspects together with ancilliary battery storage and cables, 2 Church Street Great Gransden.

15.3      Reading Room Cottage. Planning for door and window expires in August 2022.   

16. HR Committee Update. In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public

17. Next Meeting Monday 4th July 2022 at 7:30pm 


   *‘Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960

(2) A body may, by resolution, exclude the public from a meeting (whether during the whole or part of the proceedings) whenever publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted or for other special reasons stated in resolution and arising from the nature of that business or of the proceedings; and where such a resolution is passed, this Act shall not require the meeting to be open to the public during proceedings to which the resolution applies.’