AGM 13th May 2024

Sledmere and Croome Parish AGM 13th May 2024 The Village Hall

 

 

Present: John Southwick - Chairman

Colin Treen - Vice Chair

Adrian Robson - Councillor

Jennifer Douglas - Clerk

Sara Fairclough - Prospective Councillor

Michael Lee - Councillor (Con)

Apologies: James Fenwick

 

Parishioners - None

ACTIONS

  1. Minutes of Previous Meeting the Minutes of the AGM meeting dated 15th May 2023 were read a true record and signed by the Chairman.
  2. Chairman’s Report. Nothing to report as to be discussed later
  3. Accounts: The accounts for period ending 31st March 2024 had been distributed prior to the meeting. The Governance forms AGAR were approved at the previous meeting and would be uploaded onto the website. The new precept had been set at £3500 and received into the Parish Councils account.
  4. Defibulator: The Estate had now taken responsibility for checking it, but the Parish Council would continue to pay for the replacement pads annually and battery which required replacing every two years
  5. Additional Litter Bin: continued to be emptied
  6. Neighbourhood and Farmwatch: Continued to be successful and value for money
  7. Trees: Ongoing the Parish Council continues to chase the Estate as straw lorries will soon be going to through the village which would affect the drains.
  8. Kings Coronation. The Parish Council had received monies from ERYC and had purchased a bench which had been installed at the Sykes monument. This continued to be used and enjoyed by both walkers and cyclists.
  9. Telephone Box the telephone box had been painted and any repairs carried out. The Estate had agreed to pay for a Perspex notice board and shelving which was yet to be erected due to difficulty in removing the current back plate from the telephone.
  10. Election of Officers It was proposed by Mr. Robson that Mr. John Southwick be Chair for the Parish Council and it was seconded by Mr. Colin Treen. Mr. Colin Treen was proposed as Vice Chair, and this was seconded by Mr. Southwick It was confirmed that the councillors would continue as before. Ms. Sara Fairclough had agreed to stand as councillor, and she was handed the necessary forms to complete. Miss Douglas would continue as Clerk.

 

  1. AOB: A discussion took place on how best to get more parishioners involved in the village as no one had attended this meeting. Cllr Lee suggested that maybe a monthly or quarterly newsletter be posted through each door notifying the residents of activities happening in the village. He said this had been successfully done in Bainton. This did not need to be anything fussy, but it might encourage the locals to get involved and therefore attend AGM’s if they had any comments to make. Ms. Fairclough agreed to undertake this, and the Clerk agreed to forward details of any information she received from ERYC and other organisations which could be included. Cllr Lee agreed to forward a copy of the latest newsletter from Bainton to Ms Fairclough

 

 

  1. Date of next meeting to be confirmed

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John Southwick

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