FPPC December 2023 Agenda
DEEPING ST JAMES PARISH COUNCIL
The Institute, 38 Church Street, Deeping St James, PE6 8HD
E-mail: clerk@deepingstjames-pc.gov.uk
Tel: 01778 343266
Webpage: //deeping-st-james.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Facebook: Deeping St James Parish Council
Parish Clerk: Julie Fortnum
Dear Councillors Bowell, Gilbert, Halls, Hosking, Shinkins-Hoppe, Smith and Stevens.
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Finance, Policy and Personnel Committee to be held in the meeting room at the Institute 38 Church Street Deeping St James PE6 8HD at 8.00pm on Tuesday 12 December 2023.
The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda.
Julie Fortnum
Parish Clerk
Issued Wednesday 6 December 2023
AGENDA
24.36 To receive apologies of absence.
24.37 To receive any declarations of interest.
24.38 To adopt the minutes of the previous meeting held on Tuesday 17 October 2023.
24.39 To receive the Clerk’s report.
24.40 To receive a report of the current financial position. (see below)
24.41 To receive a report on the income and expenditure against budget for the period up to 6 December 2023.
24.42 To consider the quotations received for the grass cutting of the highway verges Woody Heights and the riverbank. (see below)
24.43 To receive and consider the provisional budget and precept recommendations for 2024/25.
24.44 To agree the date of the next meeting – 8pm Tuesday 13 February 2023
Bank Account balances as at 6 December 2023
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Accounts |
Balance |
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Unity Trust |
£ 13,229.02 |
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Barclays Current |
£ 101,440.60 |
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Barclays Reward |
£ 152,258.16 |
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TOTAL ` |
£ 266,927.78 |
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Reserves (Barclays reward) |
Balance |
Notes |
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A) General Reserves |
£ 52,112.86 |
Move reclaimed VAT from Truck back into here |
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B) Earmarked reserves |
£ 100,145.30 |
£15,000 to be moved from current account to here (£10,000 play equipment and £5,000 land acquisition) |
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Earmarked reserves breakdown: |
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Land / Premises acquisition |
£ 55,000.00 |
£5,000 to be transferred from current account |
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Election expenses |
£ 6,000.00 |
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Cemetery extension |
£ 5,050.00 |
To be spent on pathway improvements? |
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Culture, Amenity & Heritage fund |
£ 3,500.00 |
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Allotments improvements |
£ 3,000.00 |
£3,000 to be transferred to current account to pay for access track |
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Play equipment improvements |
£ 25,095.30 |
Including £95.30 in donations from community events £10,000 to be transferred from current account |
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Reactive speed sign |
£ 2,500.00 |
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TOTAL of A) & B) |
£ 152,258.16 |
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GRASS CUTTING QUOTATIONS FOR 2024 |
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Contract |
Quotation 1 |
Quotation 2 |
Quotation 3 |
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Highway verges To mow/strim the grass verges from the path/road edge to the wall/hedge/dyke boundary within The Deepings 8 times between April and November according to the attached maps of roads highlighted in RED
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£ 7,448.00 |
£ 14,144.00 |
Quotations requested on but unlikely to be received until January 2024 and will only be for 7 cuts per season |
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Riverbank To carry out a full cut in early April, to mow/strim the Riverbank from the road edge down to the reeds ensuring there are no weeds showing. Where there are nesting birds, for example swans or ducks, the mowing should only be carried out to within 5 metres of the nest. To carry out a top cut, before the end of April to mow/strim the Riverbank from the road edge, to the top and a metre down the bank towards the River and around the benches on the bank to provide access. This to be repeated every two weeks until a further 14 cuts have been completed.
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£ 1,440.00 |
£ 2,120.00 |
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Woody Heights Starting from the first week in April to mow/strim the grassed area at Woody Heights Skate Park grass cuttings may be left as a fine mulch. This to be repeated every two weeks until a further 15 cuts have been carried out. To cut the front hedge once a year in the Autumn
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£ 960.00 (hedge cut not included) |
£ 1,097.00 |
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