February 2023 Agenda
DEEPING ST JAMES PARISH COUNCIL
The Institute, 38 Church Street, Deeping St James, PE6 8EP
E-mail: clerk@dsjpc.co.uk
Tel: 01778 343266
Webpage: //deeping-st-james.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk Facebook: Deeping St James Parish Council
Parish Clerk: Julie Fortnum
Dear Parish Councillors Bowell, Denman, Dilks (County and District), Fowler, Gilbert, Hall, Halls, Hosking, Little, Olson, Robinson, Rose, Shinkins-Hoppe, Stevens (District) and Thomas (District).
You are hereby summonsed to attend the next meeting of Deeping St James Parish Council which will be held in the meeting room at The Institute 38 Church Street Deeping St James PE6 8HD on Tuesday 21 February 2023 at 7.30pm.
There will be an open forum, lasting a maximum of thirty minutes to permit residents to address the Parish Council before the meeting is formally opened, which will be at the closing of the open forum or at 8.00pm, whichever is the sooner.
The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda below.
Julie Fortnum
Parish Clerk
Published on Wednesday 15 February 2023
AGENDA
23.145 To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.
23.146 To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests.
23.147 To approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on Tuesday 17 January 2023.
23.148 To receive the Clerks report and receive an update on matters arising from previous minutes.
23.149 To receive reports from the District Councillors and County Councillor.
23.150 Financial matters:
1. To receive the minutes and consider any recommendations from the finance policy and personnel committee meeting held on Tuesday 6 February 2023
2. To approve the payments for February 2023
3. To note the income for February 2023
4. To consider the grant application received from Girlguiding UK Deeping District.
5. As Trustee of the Hall Meadow Estate Charity to consider the request for financial support received from the Friends of Deeping St James towards the upkeep of the ‘In Bloom’ flower beds and containers in the Parish.
23.151 Planning and transport matters:
1. To receive the minutes and consider any recommendations from the Planning and transport committee held on Tuesday 14 February 2023
23.152 To consider the following correspondence.
1. Safer Together Team in the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office - Parish Policing Priority setting meeting feedback form to be completed and returned by 7 March 2023
2. Deeping St James United Charities – Proposal to work in partnership and share the costs of providing Citizens Advice sessions one day per week to the residents of the Deepings.
3. The Deepings Lions Club - Seeking the Parish Council’s support for a proposal to plant a wildflower meadow in the Deepings, the area currently being considered is the South Kesteven District Council owned land on Wade Park Avenue behind Linchfield Community Primary School
4. Safer Together Team in the Police and Crime Commissioners Office – Request to complete the University of Lincoln’s evaluation survey on the Safer Together Team
5. Request from the Woodland Trust to write to the local MP and ask him to get involved in the All-Party Parliamentary Group on woods and trees.
6. Invitation from Marker Deeping Town Council to attend a short service and the raising of the flag for the Commonwealth at 10am on Monday 13 March 2023
7. Neighbour Policing Inspectors Quarterly briefing.
8. Response from The Rt Hon Sir John Hayes CBE MP to the letters received from the Clerk and the Parish Council requesting him to support Early Day Motion 611 – Intimidation at community parish and town councils.
23.153 To continue considering the lease/purchase of a Council vehicle.
23.154 To establish whether the Parish Council wish the Clerk to promote the upcoming elections and provide information on how to stand as a candidate
23.155 To receive and consider minutes and recommendations of other committees, reports from advisory committees, members reports from external bodies and reports of meetings, seminars, training and events attended on the Council’s behalf:
1. South Lincs Connected meeting held on Friday 20 January 2023
2. Presentation by South Kesteven District Council’s Deputy Monitoring Officer of the Local Government Association Code of Conduct on 31 January 2023 at the Open-Door Church
3. Cemetery Committee meeting held on Tuesday 6 February 2023
4. Recreation and Open Spaces Committee meeting held on 14 February 2023
5. Lincolnshire Pension Fund Employer Annual Meeting 2023 held via Microsoft teams on Tuesday 21 February 2023
23.156 Parish Pump – items for information or inclusion on future agendas.
Dates for the diary for the coming month –
27 February 2023 7pm – Presentation regarding the future of the Deepings Leisure Centre by the Deepings Leisure Centre Community Group
13 March 2023 – Commonwealth Day
14 March 2023 7pm – Planning and transport committee meeting
21 March 2023 7.30pm – Council meeting