Parish Council Agenda: February 2023

Councillors: you are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Oakford Parish Council, to be held in the Committee Room at the Oakford Village Hall on Monday 13th February 2023 at 7.30 pm for the purpose of transacting the following business.

Members of the public and press are invited to attend the meeting.

AGENDA

To receive apologies for absence

Declarations of Interest

In accordance with the Code of Conduct, members are required to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, in items to be considered at this meeting.

Public Forum

An opportunity for members of the public to make representations, answer questions and give evidence in respect of any item of business on the agenda, or any matter of interest to the parish. No member of the public will speak for more than 3 minutes. The period of time designated for public participation shall not exceed 15 minutes.

To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 9th January 2023 as an accurate record of the meeting.

Matters arising from the minutes, not covered elsewhere on the agenda.

Planning

To comment on any planning applications received before the meeting.

23/00179/TPO Application to reduce 1 Rowan tree and 1 Birch tree protected by Tree Preservation Order 21/00009/TPO by 2m. Location: Bakery Cottage, Oakford.

b) To note any planning decisions made by MDDC. No decision notices received when the agenda was published.

c) To discuss draft letter to be sent to MDDC regarding criteria for decisions on PNAG applications.

d) Any other planning matters.

Highways:

Any matters to note or report.

DCC Snow Warden Scheme

Reports

County Cllr

District Cllr

Community Area:

a) Any points to note from inspection of community area

b) Update on planting of free landmark tree

c) To discuss grass cutting quotes and agree contract for 2023

d) Update on quotes for S106 grant funding application

e) Any matters to note

Update on the purchasing and siting of waste bins

Finance

a) To approve any invoices or expense claims presented for payment

b) To note any receipts since the last meeting and the bank balance

c) Annual Review of the Effectiveness of Internal Controls and Internal Audit

d) Appointment of Internal Auditor

To review the Council’s Business Risk Assessment

Update on CHT moving the defibrillator to the phone box

District/Town & Parish Council Elections on May 4^th including Voter ID

DCC P3 Scheme – to note the submission of the forms for 2022-23 to DCC

To report whether there have been any issues with smell from the sewerage treatment works

Correspondence

DALC – Nominations for Garden Party at Buckingham Palace

DALC Newsletters

MDDC press releases

Batsworthy Cross Wind Farm Community Fund – update and discussion meetings

DCC - Health and Social Care Skills Accelerator Programme (HSSAP) – Marketing Toolkit