The next meeting is on the 6th of March. A copy of the clerk’s notice, including the agenda, follows below; the notice is also available in PDF format, as is a copy of the clerk’s notes.
From the clerk, Sharon Brown, 28/02/2023:
The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 6th March 2023 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.
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 6th February 2023.
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.
- Neighbourhood Development Plan
- Dog Poo Bins
- Memorial Bench
- Green Space Land North East of Mandene Gardens. S106 Agreement under planning application 17/01375/OUT
7. Playground
- Maintenance
- Development
- MUGA maintenance contract – quotes
- Public Relations
8. Reading Room Cottage Water Supply
9. Reading Room – Building Project
10. Car Park Lighting – Reading Room / Playground
11. RFO’s Financial Statement and Budget Review February 2022
12. Payments for Approval
13. Purchase of ‘Local Council Administration’ by Charles Arnold.
14. Energy contract
15. Highways
- Any repairs or maintenance needed:
- Playing Field – hand rail at Little Lane steps
- Great Gransden 20MPH Zone – Formal Consultation – update – (Councillor Catmur)
- Speed Watch (Councillor Catmur)
- Future LHI bids
16. Correspondence
16.1 Meadow Road – need for speed reduction
16.2 GRSA – request for support from GGPC for grant application
16.3 Blocked brook
16.4 Alternative Land Management options
17. Planning Applications: None.
18. HR Committee Update. In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public
19. Next Meeting Monday 3rd April 2023, following on from the Annual Parish Meeting which will commence 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.’