January 2021 Minutes Closed Meeting
MINUTES OF WILSFORD PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD VIA VIDEO LINK (ZOOM) AT 7.30PM ON TUESDAY 05 JANUARY 2021. – THIS WAS A CLOSED FINANCE MEETING
Present: Cllr S Davey(Chairman) Cllrs M Harrison, Mrs J Clements,
Ms M Miller, R Frankland, and R Sirs
In Attendance: Denise Gascoyne Parish Clerk
1.Chairman’s Welcoming Remarks:
a. The Chairman welcomed Cllrs to this closed finance meeting.
2.Apologies for Absence:
There were none.
3.Declarations of Interest:
There were none. The Chairman had signed a four-year dispensation form on 10 November 2019.
4.Finance:
a. The Cashbook and reconciled bank accounts to 31 December 2020 had been circulated to all Cllrs.
It was proposed, seconded and
Resolved: by a show of hands to accept the cashbook and bank reconciliations to 31 December 2020.
b. An invitation had been received to continue with the Parish Agreement Scheme – Urban Highway Grass Cutting for 2021-2022.
It was proposed, seconded and
Resolved: by a show of hands to continue with the Parish Agreement Scheme – Urban Highways Grass Cutting for 2021-2022.
c. The draft budget and requests for donations for 2021-2022 had been circulated to all Cllrs. This was discussed in full.
It was proposed, seconded and
Resolved: to agree to all the requests for donations and these would be paid on receipt of the Precept in April 2021.
The report from the play inspection had been received and circulated to all Cllrs. The report did not show any major concerns however, there were some points that needed maintenance. Cllrs would inspect the area and report back to the next meeting with a list of priorities.
It was proposed, seconded and
Resolved: any expenditure for the maintenance could come out of reserves.
Cllr Ms M Miller suggested we had a Wildlife and Conservation policy. This would be discussed at the next parish council meeting.
It was proposed, seconded and
Resolved: any expenditure for this could come out of reserves.
Cllrs discussed the Precept requirement for the financial year 2021-2022 and agreed it would not be fair on parishioners in the current situation to increase the Precept.
Resolved: by a show of hands to request the same amount of Precept as last year.
5.Date and time of Next Meeting:
a.Cllr Davey suggested as we are now all having to meet virtually, would it be possible to change the time to 7.00pm instead of 7.30pm for the next meeting 12 January.
It was proposed, seconded and
Resolved: by a show of hands to change the times of the meeting to 7.00pm 12 January.
There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.24pm
Signed: …………………………
Chairman Wilsford Parish Council
12 January 2021
It is important to understand that the information given above represents notes of the Virtual(Zoom) meeting which took place on 05 January 2021 and do not become Minutes of WILSFORD PARISH COUNCIL until accepted or otherwise at the next meeting.