Bramham cum Oglethorpe Parish Council
Parish Council Meeting
You are hereby summoned to the Parish Council meeting to be held at 7.00pm on Wednesday 10th January 2024 at Bramham Parish Centre
Prior to the first item on the agenda there will be an opportunity for members of the public to address the meeting. The members will take these representations into account when agenda items are considered but are not required to make a response. The session will last for a maximum of 20 minutes and each member of the public will be entitled to speak for a maximum of 3 minutes after which members of the public will no longer be permitted to address the Parish Council unless specifically permitted.
1. To receive apologies and approve, where requested, reasons for absence MC
2. To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-18 of the Members Code of Conduct. Also to declare any other significant interests which the Member wishes to declare in the public interest in accordance with paragraphs 19-20 of the Members Code of Conduct.
3. To accept the minutes of the Parish Council on 13th December 2023 as a true record MC
4. Crime Report LR
5. Budget and Precept request Clerk/RFO
5.1 To approve the budget for 2024/2025
5.2 To approve the Precept Request for 2024/2025
6. To approve any grant applications to the Bramham Community Fund MC
7. To review the Tenter Hill Allotments rent for 2024 MC
8. To receive an update report from the Tenter Hill Allotments Committee on fire safety compliance and rubbish removal at the site HB
9. Football Pitch Management Working Group MC
1. To approve the FPMWG terms of Reference
2. To receive the notes of the FPMWG meeting on 1st January 2024
3. To agree the clubs that will be offered contracts for the 2024/2025 season
4. To agree that the contracts terms before the end of the 2023/2024 season
5. To agree to obtain quotes for pitch improvements work to be carried out before the beginning of the 2024/2025 season
10. To adopt the following Policies MC
1. Biodiversity
2. Media and Communications
11. Traffic Management Working Group MC
1. To receive the data from the fixed SID on Clifford Road
2. To consider the requests from Thorp Arch Parish Council to buy a share of the mobile SID
12. To consider registering the Parish Centre as a warm space MC
13. To appoint a councillor to undertake a Fire Risk Assessment, in conjunction with the clerk, of all council managed premises MC
14. To consider the transfer of reserve funds to the Skipton Building Society account MC
15. Financial Matters RFO
1. To note the receipts for December 2023
2. To approve the following payments :
Payee Amount (net) VAT Total Sec 137
1 BACS Salaries Incl HMRC tbc
2 BACS Team Clean Cleaning 135.00 135.00
3 BACS Tenter Hill Allotments (Signage) 160.00 160.00
4 BACS Tenter Hill Allotments (security lights) 56.64 11.32 67.96
5 BACS Cllr M Corrigan (Carbon Monoxide Monitors) 38.78 7.76 46.54
6 BACS Green Guard (Pest control) 220.00 220.00
7 BACS Peter Conway (Pavilion boiler service) 70.00 70.00
8 DD ID Mobile 4.17 .83 5.00
9 DD BT (Parish Centre Broadband) 32.95 6.59 39.54
3. To receive the bank reconciliations as at 31 December 2023
4. To note the bank balances as at 31 December 2023
16. Planning Matters LR
a) Decisions received
b) Applications received
23/07499/FU/NE Two storey extension to the side, including car port and dormer windows to front and rear; rooflight at Farfield Court Wetherby
23/07093/FU/NE Demolition of existing buildings; construction of 23 dwellings and Three apartments blocks comprising 33 apartments with new access, landscaping, and other associated works at Bramham House Bowcliffe Road Bramham.
c) Update regarding ongoing planning matters
17. Clerk’s Report Clerk
18. To note correspondence received since the last meeting MC
19. Minor Items MC
20. To note the date of the next meeting as 13th February 2024. Any agenda items or reports to be sent to the Clerk by 5 pm on the Tuesday 2023 prior to the meeting MC
21. To consider excluding the press and all members of the public regarding items 22 due to the confidential nature of the business to be discussed. MC
22. To consider applications for the office of Parish Councillor and to co-opt a councillor for the existing vacancy. MC
23. To vote on the applications for the office of Parish Councillor MC
24. To agree that the successful applicant shall complete a Declaration of Acceptance of Office and return a signed copy to the clerk as soon as possible after being notified of their successful application MC
N R Fairbairn
Clerk to Bramham cum Oglethorpe Parish Council
4 January 2024