April 2023

Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council

Wednesday 19 April 2023 at 7pm at the

Oliver Roper Parish Meeting Room

Dear Cllrs                   

You are hereby summoned to a meeting of Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council details above. If you require a paper copy of this agenda or supporting documents please let me know at least 2 days before the start of the meeting. Signed: Kerrie Vickers, Parish Clerk.       

              Parish Council Meeting Agenda

 

1. Chair’s welcoming remarks and note to public to remind them of the Standing Orders regarding public participation in meetings  - Notably there can be no participation in meetings once public time has ended. Members of the public raising issues or questions should be aware that only items on the meeting agenda can be debated or decided at the meeting, unless the Parish Clerk has delegated powers to deal with it as urgent, e.g. highway repairs. The Chair may decide to answer a question asked by a member of the public or call on a fellow councillor to do so, or, direct that a written response be given.

 

2. Public time (20 mins) - members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council.

 

3. Apologies for absence and declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 to include any declaration of gifts and hospitality over £25 and note training courses

 

4. Consider updates from District and County Councillors

 

5. Consider and sign meeting minutes of Parish Council meeting on 08 March 2023 available on the Parish Council website Click here to view

                                                                                                                                         

 

6. Discuss and authorise payments & note income received. Appendix A

 

7. Discuss and review Parish Clerk report. Appendix B

 

8. Note the following planning applications. none

                                                                          

9. Receive and consider correspondence received that has not been circulated to the wider Parish or is not on the agenda.

 

10. Receive verbal updates from portfolio holders

11. To consider appointments to the following

Lake Management Committee Parishioner seat – 1 vacancy

12. Closed session

Future meeting dates

Parish Council Meetings

2023 – 17 May, 5 July, 6 September, 18 October, 6 December.

Annual Meeting of the Parish Council – 17 May 2023

Portfolio holders

  • Staffing Committee – Cllr Mrs Ives, Cllr Sheldon MBE and Cllr Bindley
  • Whisby Quarry Liaison meeting – Cllrs Lyons and vacancy
  • Whisby Nature Park Steering Board – Cllr Sheldon MBE
  • Allotments – Cllr Lyons
  • Planning – Cllrs Lyons, Bindley and Williams
  • Finance – Cllr Bramford
  • Tennis court – Cllr Bramford
  • Oliver Roper playpark – Cllr Mrs Owen
  • Wildlife – Cllr Lyons
  • Oliver Roper Parish Meeting Room – Cllrs Lyons, Bindley and Mrs Owen

Appendix A

 

Budget  2022/23

Actual  2022/23

Precept

(23,838.00)

(23,838.00)

VAT Refunded

(1,000.00)

(1,269.19)

Allotments and lake

(270.00)

(414.00)

ORPMR

(2,620.00)

(4,957.79)

Interest Received / Bank charges

(50.00)

(850.74)

Grants / donations

(600.00)

(152.97)

Total income

(28,378.00)

(31,482.69)

     

Love Your Parish week (section 137)

300.00

35.00

Insurance

1,800.00

1,610.96

Audit

300.00

270.00

Salary, Expences, Training

14,700.00

20,048.32

Subscriptions

330.00

286.52

Miscellaneous

88.00

12.00

Repairs & Maintainance of Lake

2,000.00

1,742.53

Repairs & Maintainance of assets

3,000.00

1,601.47

Various assets

500.00

0.00

Stationary, stamps etc

250.00

503.74

Grants and donations (Section 137)

3,286.93

3,649.00

ORPMR, bowls and tennis courts

400.00

2,393.01

Christmas (Section 137)

0.00

0.00

VAT paid

500.00

4,537.62

Total Expenditure

27,454.93

36,690.17

Campaigning/planning issues

1,000.00

0.00

Election

2,000.00

0.00

Traffic calming

10,000.00

5,000.00

ORPMR trans from Vhall

4,429.14

3,692.00

OPRMR Covid grant

6,194.40

0.00

Tennis court deposits

390.00

(10.00)

Purchase of additional assets

241,471.92

9,759.84

Total reserves

265,485.46

18,441.84

Total income, expenditure inc reserves

264,562.39

23,649.32

     

Balance Sheet

   

1.Balance Carried Forward

 

(265,485.46)

2.Precept

 

(23,838.00)

3. Other receipts

 

(7,644.69)

4. Staff costs

 

20,048.32

6. Other Payments( inc reserves)

35,083.69

7. Carry Forward

 

(241,836.14)

Unity Bank Current Account

 

4328.33

Skipton BS

 

237507.81

Total in bank

 

241,836.14

   

 

 

Date

Payable

Details

 

Expenditure

 

 

 

09/03/2023

EDF Energy

Electricity OMPR

96.26

13/03/2023

Lloyds Credit Card

One Drive Subscription

4.99

16/03/2023

View from the Hill

Grant

513.62

17/03/2023

NKDC

tree inspections

257.40

17/03/2023

HMRC

salary

42.44

17/03/2022

LCC Pensions

salary

222.42

17/03/2023

UK Alternative Energy

service

150.00

17/03/2023

P Harding

salary

206.40

17/03/2023

M Scott

salary

83.50

17/03/2023

J Burden

salary

165.20

17/03/2023

K Vickers

key safe

68.99

20/03/2023

K Vickers

salary

717.15

02/03/2023

Wave (Anglian Water)

water rates

75.85

24/03/2023

Emma Hughes

Freedom Scroll

78.00

30/03/2023

LALC

Allotment Training

82.80

30/03/2023

Pete Harding

expenses

129.04

30/03/2023

School Badge Ltd

Coronation Pin

462.00

31/03/2023

Unity Bank

service charge

18.00

 

 

 

3374.06

Income

 

   

02/03/2023

Paypal 791

Hall hire

-15.72

06/03/2023

B Roper

Hall hire

-52.00

13/03/2023

Kostrazewa

Hall hire Refundable Deposit

-150.00

15/03/2023

British Gas

Feed in Tarrif

-68.39

24/03/2023

NSDC grant

Litter Picking Grant

-152.97

28/03/2023

Kostrazewa

Hall hire

-637.00

30/03/2023

Paypal

Hall hire

-15.72

31/03/2023

Lincoln Featherbenders

Hall hire

-166.00

 

 

 

-1257.80

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 Appendix B Parish Clerk report outstanding/ongoing Parish Council decisions

 

Date raised 

Issue

Current position 

Person/s responsible 

June 2022

Possible extension to

ORPMR

  1. The working party have met with several contractors to discuss the project and seek quotes.

Cllrs

Lyons/Bindley/Owen

July 2022

Refurbishment of circular seat on village green

Seeking quotes to repair bench

Parish Clerk

 

All other actions from Parish Council Meetings are either completed or itemised above