Parish Council Meeting Agenda – 28th September 2023 @ 7.30pm

To Members of the Norton-juxta-Kempsey Parish Council

You are duly summoned to attend the next meeting of Norton-juxta-Kempsey Parish Council to be held at 7.45pm on Thursday 28^th September 2023 at Norton Parish Hall, Littleworth.

Public Question Time:  From 7.30pm residents are invited to give their views and question the Parish Council on issues on this agenda, or raise issues for future consideration at the discretion of the Chairman, before the start of the Parish Council meeting at 7.45pm. Members of the public may not take part in the Parish Council meeting itself.  This period is not part of the formal meeting.  

Agenda 

1. Apologies: To receive apologies and to approve the reason for absence   7.45pm
2. Signing of Undertakings and Declarations of Office following an uncontested election
3. Changes to membership
   To consider any changes to membership.
4. Declarations of Interest

1. Register of Interests: Councillors are reminded of the need to update their register of interests and to return their Register of Interests Form to the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of taking office.
2. To declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.
3. To declare any Other Disclosable Interests in items on the agenda and their nature.
4. Written requests for granting of a dispensation (S33 Localism Act 2011) are to be with the Clerk at least four clear days prior to a meeting.

Councillors who have declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, or an Other Disclosable Interest which falls within the terms of paragraph 12(4) (b) of the code of conduct, must leave the room for the relevant items.  Failure to register or declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest may result in the commission of a criminal offence.

5. Minutes (Chairman)   7.50pm
   a.  To consider adoption of minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 20 July 2023
   b.  Review of minute action summary
6. Progress reports (for information, reporting by exception)     8.05pm
   1. District Councillor Report (Cllr Adams and Cllr Mrs Turier)
   2. County Councillor Report (Cllr Mrs Robinson)
   3. Finance (Responsible Finance Officer)
      1. Balances
      2. Monthly accounts/bank reconciliation to 31 August 2023
      3. 2022/23 financial year end and annual audit process – closure of audit
   4. Social Media/Website Communications (Cllr Pollard)
   5. West Mercia Police/PACT/Anti-social Behaviour (Police/Cllr Job)
   6. St. James the Great Church, Norton (Rev. Badger)
7. Community Apiary (Apiary Group/Clerk)             8.25pm
   To consider update and actions.
8. Tranquillity Trail and The Kings Meadow Projects (Cllr Fincher)       8.30pm
   To consider update from working group and actions.
9. Public Rights of Way (PRoW) (Cllr Fincher/Clerk)     8.40pm
   To consider update.
10. Open Space/Verge, Highways and Drainage Matters (Cllr Fincher/Cllr Arrow/Clerk)  8.45pm
    To consider update incl. Active Travel Corridor, Barracks curtilage wall repairs, Church Lane hedge maintenance (adj. to pavement) and direction of new speed indicator sign on B4084.
11. Norton Connector (Cllr Waizeneker)          8.55pm
    To consider update.
12. Planning (Cllr Richmond/Cllr Fincher/Cllr Waizeneker)               9.00pm
    To consider report on current applications and other planning matters (incl. those associated with the SWDP Review/Parkway Garden Town) and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) payments.
13. Parish Council Owned Land (Cllr Fincher/Clerk)                   9.15pm
    To consider tree survey report and recommendations.
14. Allotments (Cllr Richmond/Assistant Clerk)                                             9.25pm
    To consider update.
15. Parish Hall Recreation Facilities and Outside Space (Cllr Fincher)       9.30pm
    To consider update incl. playing field drainage (baseball area), slab maintenance, landscaping around conifer stumps and rainwater outflow system.
16. Coronation Coins (Cllr Fincher)        9.50pm
    To consider allocation of remaining Coronation coins (after presentation to NJK CE Primary School pupils).
17. Parish Defibrillators (Cllr Stafford)    9.55pm
    To consider update regarding installation of defibrillator within the Brockhill area of the Parish.
18. Parish Hall (Cllr Fincher – Parish Council Chairman & Chair of the Hall Trustees)       10.05m
    To consider Parish Council representative report.
19. Worcester Norton Sports Club/Worcester Norton Community Interest Company 10.10pm
    To consider update from Parish Council WNCIC representative (Cllr Fincher).
20. Santa Sleigh Visit (Cllr Dawson)  10.20pm
    To consider update and funding/volunteers to assist.
21. Employment Matters (Chairman/Clerk) 10.25pm
    To consider any matters/updates.
22. Sentry Statue (Cllr Job, Cllr Fincher, Clerk)       10.30pm
    To consider landscaping update.
23. Neighbourhood Plan Parish Aspirations Document (Cllr Arrow/Cllr Pollard/Cllr Waizeneker) 
    To receive update regarding quarterly review due August 2023.
24. Policies (Chairman/Clerk)  10.40pm
    To formalise the Council’s policy on camping on the Parish Hall playing field.
25. Finance (Chairman/Responsible Finance Officer)                   10.45pm
    a. To consider payments to be made/confirmed.
    b. To consider grant request from NJK CE Primary School.
26. Correspondence for Information (Chairman)               10.50pm
    Items of correspondence will be available for inspection at the meeting.
27. Clerk’s report – Urgent Decisions & Expenditure Delegation since last meeting (Clerk) 
28. Items for update to local M.P. (Chairman)                        
    To consider any items for communication.
29. Councillors’ reports and items for future agenda (Chairman)            
    Each Councillor is requested to use this opportunity to report minor matters of information not included elsewhere on the agenda and to raise items for future agendas. Councillors are respectfully reminded that this is not an opportunity for debate or decision making.
30. Date of next Parish Council Meeting
    26 October 2023

Signed
Jane Greenway
Mrs Jane Greenway, Clerk to Norton-Juxta-Kempsey Parish Council

21 September 2023

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