January 2024
Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council
Minutes of the meeting held 17 January 2024 at 19:00 at The Oliver Roper Parish Meeting Room
24.001 Councillor Bindley chaired the meeting and welcomed everyone and opened the floor to the public.
24.002 Public time – 2 members of the public who had been unable to attend the recent Fosse Green Energy public meeting held by the Parish Council asked for an update.
Cllr Bindley advised that the next stage of the process was for Fosse Green Energy to begin the official public consultation stage. Following the consultation stage, the application will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate, and anyone opposed to the project will at this stage be able to register as an interested party within 28 days of the acceptance of the application.
The setting up an action group to run independently of the Parish Council was discussed and any interested parties should email the Parish Clerk at tothparish@gmail.com .
24.003 District/County Council Updates - no District or County Councillors were in attendance.
Formal Session Commenced at 19:15
24.004 Parish Council – Members, present, apologies for absence, declarations of interest, declarations of gifts/hospitality, training.
1. Membership: Cllrs Mark Bindley (Chair), Jason Bramford (Vice-Chair), Zoe Ives, Nick Lyons, Charlotte Owen, Bob Sheldon MBE, Neville Williams,
2. Present: 1.Cllrs Mark Bindley (Chair), Jason Bramford (Vice-Chair), Zoe Ives, Nick Lyons, Charlotte Owen, Bob Sheldon MBE, 2 members of the public.
3. Apologies: Cllr Williams
4. Declaration of interest: none
5. Declaration of gifts and hospitality over £25: None
24.005 - The minutes of the Parish Council meeting held 06 December 2023 were agreed as a true record by the members and signed by the Chair.
24.006 - To consider whether the Council will move any items on the agenda to the closed session in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 as per Standing Order 7h. No items were proposed, and it was resolved to discuss all items in the open session.
24.007 Financial matters – The payments and income as below were authorised and noted. Appendix A
24.008 - The financial report for this financial year to date was noted. Appendix B
24.009 - Parish Clerk report. Appendix C.
24.010 -It was resolved to agree the budget for the financial year 2024/25. Appendix D
24.011 – It was resolved to set the Precept for the financial year 2024/25 at £25350.00 which is an increase of 1.33% for a Band D property which equates to £1.24. Action Parish Clerk
24.012 – It was resolved to transfer £50,000.00 (fifty thousand pounds) to the new savings account with Unity Trust Bank to comply with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Action Parish Clerk
24.013 –Oliver Roper Parish Meeting Room extension.
Cllr Bindley advised that the working group had met several times to discuss the tenders received including a meeting with the contractors and had recommended that should the project go ahead, the contractor being recommended was contractor A.
Cllr Bindley called for a vote by a show of hands.
(a) All those is agreement that the project should go ahead. – Result of vote – agreed unanimously
(b) All those is agreement that the contract should be awarded to contractor A. Result of vote – agreed unanimously.
The contract has been awarded, pending the receipt of references, to The Todds Group which is a local company. Action Parish Clerk
24.014 – It was resolved to adopt the Publication Scheme as circulated to all Parish Councillors. Action Parish Clerk
24.015 -. The following planning application was noted. 23/0946/HOUS Laurel Holme Little Thorpe Lane Thorpe on The Hill Lincoln. No comments submitted.
24.016 – To receive and consider correspondence received that has not been circulated to the wider Parish or is not on the agenda. No correspondence received.
24.017 - Verbal updates from portfolio holders
Cllr Bramford advised that he had completed quarter 3 of the internal audit check and all was in order.
Cllr Sheldon thanked Cllr’s Bindley and Lyons from his prospective as a Parish Councillor and a resident, for the excellent presentation they delivered on the solar farm proposal at the public meeting and all the time and incredible effort they had put into this project so far.
24.018 – Future meeting dates
Parish Council Meetings
6 March 2024, 17 April 2024, 29 May 2024,
10 July 2024, 4 September 2024, 16 October 2024, 4 December 2024
Lake Committee Meeting
20 March 2024
24.019 – Meeting concluded at 19:35.
Appendix A, B C, D can be viewed on the PDF version or in an alternate format by contacting the clerk at clerk@thorpeonthehillparishcouncil.gov.uk
Please be advised that these are notes of the meeting taken by the Parish Clerk and cannot in any way be regarded as official minutes of Council proceedings until approved and signed at the next meeting