April 2025

Full Council Meeting

Tuesday 1st April 2025, 7pm

Main Hall, The Heath: Village Hall & Library

The business to be transacted at the meeting will be as follows: -

Chairman’s welcome and announcements

COUNCIL SESSION

Code of conduct reminders

Nolan Principles

Members are reminded of the Nolan Principles which underpin the Council’s Code of Conduct - Selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

Register of interests

Members are reminded to submit to the Monitoring Officer at North Kesteven District Council any changes to the content of their Register of Member Interest forms. Interests should be declared in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

1. To receive apologies and accept valid reasons for absence

2. Declarations of interest

a. To receive members’ declarations of interest in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct

b. To receive and consider members’ requests for dispensations in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct and Standing Orders.

3. To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting – 11th March 2025

4. Finance and governance

a. To receive the clerk’s report on payments between meetings

b. To review and consider payment of accounts

c. To review and consider approval of bank reconciliations

d. To review budget, income and expenditure and consider any budget virements

e. To review bank signatories, add and remove trustees on the council’s bank account

5. To receive the clerks report on correspondence received and consider any recommendations

6. To receive and accept a report on decisions made using delegated authority

7. To receive draft notes from the personnel committee meeting on 27th March 2025 and consider any recommendations

8. To review policies and procedures

a. Financial Regulations

b. Standing Orders

c. Emergency Scheme of Delegation

d. Ordinary Scheme of Delegation

9. To review risk assessments

a. Pavilion risk assessment

b. Pavilion fire risk assessment

c. Litter picking risk assessment

d. General staff risk assessment

10. Planning

a. To consider planning applications received since the last meeting of the council

b. To receive a report on planning decisions

11. To consider co-option to council vacancies

12. To consider items for inclusion on the agenda for the next meeting

Items of a confidential nature to be debated in the absence of the press and public. Under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960.

13. To consider quotes for tree works as per the Tree Report dated January 2025

Mrs S Knowles - Clerk to Council – Bracebridge Heath Parish Council                             25 March 2025