20th April 2022 Council Meeting
Dear Councillors,
You are hereby summoned to attend the next meeting of Mareham le Fen Parish Council which will be held on WEDNESDAY 20TH APRIL 2022 commencing after the Annual Parish Meeting expected to be at or shortly after 8.15pm in the Lancaster Hall, Mareham le Fen Community Centre. Face coverings are not mandatory but welcome if anyone wishes to wear one. Parish Council business must be conducted in a public meeting (except for items deemed to be confidential and not in the public interest). Items to be discussed are shown in the agenda.
If you cannot attend the meeting, please send your apologies to the Clerk with reasons.
PRESS AND PUBLIC WELCOME. There will be a public forum at this meeting starting at 8.15pm or prior to the start of the parish council meeting when parishioners may ask questions or raise issues of local interest with the parish council for up to the first 15 minutes of the meeting. The chair of the meeting may limit the amount of time that each person may speak. The Council meeting will commence at the end of the public forum. Members of the public may not speak during the Parish Council meeting unless the Chair of the meeting allows this.
Signature: A.Everard Clerk to the Council Date: 13.04.22
AGENDA
1. Comments from the Chair
2. Apologies for absence with reason given
3. Declaration of Members’ interests in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and requests for dispensations
(Disclosure by all members present of disclosable pecuniary interests in matters on the agenda that have not already been declared on their Declarations of Interests form. Councillors may not take part or vote on items they have a pecuniary interest in unless granted a dispensation. Requests for a dispensation should be sent to The Clerk by email or at the start of the meeting).
4. To receive the draft minutes to be approved as the minutes of the meeting held on 24th March 2022.
5. To consider any matters arising from the minutes of 24th March 2022 not already on this agenda.
6. To receive the minutes of the Cemetery Committee dated 24th March 2022 and Jubilee Committee dated 19th April and adopt the decisions and recommendations made by the Committees.
7. To consider and comment on any local planning matters
- S/114/01622/21 - LAND AT MOAT FARM, WATERY LANE, MAREHAM LE FEN – update only
- S/114/02220/21 - LAND ADJACENT CROESO, MAIN STREET, MAREHAM LE FEN – update only
8. To receive updates and approve any action to be taken on,
a) Cemetery – proposed memorials by William Kent; to consider and decide the amount of fees to be paid by Lincolnshire Co-operative Funeral Services in respect of two interments arising in 2021; to receive an update from the council’s solicitor regarding the purchase of land to extend the cemetery; to receive updates on fees and other charges and any actions that arise from that update, update on groundwater testing contractor.
b) Benches – to consider any feedback from residents and to decide on any changes needed.
c) Noticeboard – to consider any feedback from residents and to decide on any changes needed.
d) Grass-cutting contracts – to consider any issues that have arisen from the start of the grass-cutting season.
9. To consider and approve financial matters
a) To approve expenditure on the payments schedule
b) To note VAT reclaimed, fee invoices issued and other income
c) To note end of year accounts and consider any feedback from the Annual Parish Meeting.
10. To note items of correspondence for information and decide on items for future action – LALC E-News, Invitation to nominate Community Centre Trustees.
11. To nominate a parish councillor to become a Mareham le Fen Community Centre Trustee.
12. To consider and receive details about any other parish matters and items for the next agenda.
13. To meet and consider any applicants for co-option to the parish council following the Co-option Policy and Procedure. The Council may resolve to go into a private confidential session in accordance with the Policy and Procedure if necessary.
14. Date of next ordinary meeting – 18th May 2022 and the dates of any committees and extraordinary meetings planned.