A MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL will be held at STOCKTON HEATH LIBRARY, ALEXANDRA ROAD, STOCKTON HEATH on TUESDAY 12 September 2023, commencing at 7.30pm for the consideration of the subjects mentioned below.
AGENDA
23/057 Apologies
To receive and accept apologies given for non-attendance.
23/058 Declarations of Interest
Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any disclosable pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest which they have in any item of business on the agenda no later than when the item is reached. Declarations are a personal matter for each Member to decide and the decision to declare, or not, is the responsibility of the Member based on the particular circumstances. Dispensations on any declarations of pecuniary interest made either before or during the meeting to be then considered by the Parish Council and any dispensations documented accordingly.
23/059 Public Participation
In accordance with Standing Order 3 (d,e,f,g,h,i) – The meeting shall be adjourned for a maximum of 30 minutes for Public Participation. Speeches will not last more than 3 minutes. No elector will be allowed to speak more than once on any one subject.
059.1 PCSO Monthly Report
059.2 Presentation by South Neighbourhood Team
059.3 Grappenhall Borough Councillors
059.4 Members of the Public
23/060 Minutes
The minutes are circulated with the agenda and will be taken as read.
060.1 Parish Council
The minutes of the Monthly Meeting of the Parish Council held on Tuesday 11 July 2023 to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.
060.2 The minutes of the Planning, Finance & General Purposes Committee held on Tuesday 22 August 2023 to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.
22/061 Matters to be resolved from minutes
Planning, Finance and General Purposes, Tuesday 27 July 2023
061.1 (minute P23/036) Recommended that the proposed changes to the Financial Regulations are adopted.
061.2 (minute P23/037) Recommended that the Expenses Policy is adopted.
061.3 (minute P23/038) Recommended that the Investment Policy is adopted.
23/062 Report on actions from previous minutes and on correspondence received
To receive and note the above reports (enclosed).
23/063 Councillors’ Reports
To report any matters that have been raised to councillors since the Monthly Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday 11 July 2023.
23/064 Working Groups
To receive and consider any recommendations or actions from the following Working Groups:
064.1 Communications
064.2 Climate and Ecological Emergency
064.3 Local Plan Response
23/065 Reports from Outside Bodies
To receive and discuss reports from attendance at other meetings:
Police and Crime Commissioner meeting, Thursday 18 July 2023.
Red Lane Allotments Visit, Friday 19 July 2023
23/066 Libraries and Leisure facilities
To discuss the recent announcement that library and leisure facilities are to be brought back under the control of Warrington Borough Council.
23/067 Report of the external auditor
To note that the external auditor has completed their report, that no actions were necessary and that the Notice of Conclusion of Audit has been posted on the parish council’s website and on the noticeboard at Clarks.
23/068 Staffing Matters
To receive a report on the probationary review of the assistant clerk.
To receive a request from the clerk for permission to undertake additional employment.
23/069 Future Agenda Items and Items for Publicity
To agree any items to be placed on a future agenda, publicised through the website, newsletter or by report to the press and media.
Matters for discussion in closed session
Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 s.2
A body may, by resolution, exclude the public from a meeting whenever publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted or for some other special reasons stated in the resolution and arising from the nature of that business 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.
23/070 Date and Time of Next Meeting
Tuesday 10 October 2023, 7.30pm