January 2025

Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council

Meeting Agenda

Dear Parish Councillor’s,                           

You are hereby summoned to a meeting of Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council to be held on Wednesday 15th January 2025 at The Oliver Roper Village Hall at 7pm where the undermentioned business will be transacted.

There will be a 20-minute public forum at the start of the meeting followed by updates from our County and District Councilor’s.  Your presence is required during this time.

Signed: K. Vickers, Parish Clerk.       

1. Chair’s welcoming remarks and note to the 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. To receive updates from District and County Councillors.

4. Formal Session

5. 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.

 

6. To consider if the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held 4th December 2024 available to view here are a true reflection of events.                                                                                  

 7.  To consider whether the Parish 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).   Should this resolution be passed the public and press will be required to leave the meeting at this stage.

 8.  To consider the Parish Councillor co-option application.

9. Finance Report.

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

        ii.To consider the financial report for this financial year to date. Appendix B       

     

 10. To agree the precept for the financial year 2025/26. Appendix C

 11.   Discuss and review the Parish Clerk report on ongoing/outstanding actions.Appendix D                       

 12 . To consider the recommendation from the staffing committee regarding the Parish Clerks salary.

13. To note the following planning application decisions. N/a.

14. Fosse Green Energy Update.

 15. Whisby Quarry floating solar farm project.

17. To receive and consider correspondence received that has not been circulated to the wider Parish or is not on   the agenda.

 18.To receive verbal updates from portfolio holders.

Future meeting dates

Parish Council Meetings                                                                                              

5 March 2025, 16 April 2025, 28 May 2025, 9 July 2025, 3 September 2025, 15 October 2025, 3 December 2025.

Lake Committee Meeting

02 April 2025

Portfolio holders

  • Allotments – Cllr Lyons
  • Finance – Cllr Bramford
  • Lake Management Committee – Cllr’s Bramford, Lyons, Sheldon MBE
  • Oliver Roper playpark – Cllr Owen
  • Planning – Cllrs Lyons, Williams and Owen
  • Staffing Committee – Cllr’s Ives, Lyons and Sheldon MBE
  • Tennis court – Cllr Bramford
  • Whisby Quarry Liaison meeting – Cllrs Lyons
  • Whisby Nature Park Steering Board – Cllr Sheldon MBE
  • Wildlife – Cllr Lyons
  • Village Hall – Cllrs Lyons, Ives and Owen

Appendix A

Appendix B

Income

Budget

Actual

Precept

25,350.00

25,350.00

VAT Refund General

1,500.00

2,062.32

VAT Refund Hall Renovations

20,000.00

27,741.13

Allotments and lake

1,100.00

1,859.00

Village Hall

5,000.00

4,280.04

Other income

130.00

1,854.06

Internal Transfer

 

21,020.39

Interest from Skipton BC

 

5,816.98

Interest from Unity Trust

 

221.22

Total income

53,080.00

90,205.14

Transfer from Skipton Building Society

 

121,166.11

 

 

 

Salaries

18,000.00

(17,498.63)

Insurance

1,800.00

(1,947.50)

Audit

600.00

(378.00)

Expenses, training

300.00

0.00

Subscriptions

280.00

(35.00)

Eric East Lake - repairs/maintenance

2,000.00

(792.99)

Repairs & maintenance of other assets

2,000.00

(2,012.86)

ORPMR recreational site - repairs/maintenance

5,000.00

(8,154.57)

Stationery/office running costs

500.00

(612.54)

Grants and donations (Section 137/S111)

2,600.00

(2,315.95)

Transfer to Instant Access Account

 

(21,020.39)

 Payments from reserves

 

         (125,259.85)

Total Expenditure

153,080.00

(180,028.28)

 

 

 

Balance Sheet

   

1.Balance Carried Forward

 

200,248.98

2.Precept

 

25,350.00

3. Other receipts

 

64,855.14

4. Staff costs

 

(17,498.63)

6. Other Payments

 

(162,529.65)

7. Carry Forward

   
   

 

Unity Bank Current Account

 

5194.33

Unity Trust Instant Access

 

27214.69

Skipton BS

 

78016.82

Total funds

 

110,425.84

Appendix C

Income

Budget  2025/26

 

 

VAT Refund Estimate

1,500.00

Allotments and lake

1,200.00

ORPMR

5,000.00

Grants / donations

1,500.00

Bank interest

3,000.00

Other income total

12,200.00

 

 

Expenditure

 

Salaries

22,000.00

Insurance

2,100.00

Audit

650.00

Expenses, training

150.00

Fees/Subscriptions

400.00

Eric East Lake - repairs/maintenance

1,000.00

Repairs & maintenance of other assets

2,000.00

ORPMR recreational site - repairs/maintenance/utilities

6,000.00

Stationery/office running costs

250.00

Grants and donations (Section 137/S111)

2,000.00

Total Expenditure

36,550.00

 

 

Reserves

 

Campaigning/planning issues

4000

Election

3,000.00

Legal fees

5,000.00

Purchase of additional/replacement play equipment

20,000.00

Provision of additional recreational equipment

20,000.00

General reserves

25,000.00

Total

77,000.00

 

 

Precept 2025/26          no increase this year

24,350.00

 

Appendix D

Date raised

Issue

Status

September 2024

New staple item

Issues arising from hall users.

The walls are already very dirty.

Possible solutions sought, ie buffer at chair height, painting the bottom half grey etc.