To All Members of the Council:
You are hereby summoned to attend a Meeting of Northborough Parish Council to be held by video link on Wednesday 13th May 2020 starting at 7.00pm
Catherine Franks, Clerk
The meeting is held in public. Members of the public and media are invited and should email the Clerk no later than 5pm on Wednesday 13th May 2020, for details of how to attend
AGENDA
20.62 TO NOTE THOSE PRESENT
20.63 TO NOTE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
20.64 COUNCILLOR VACANCIES:
To consider any applications received and co-opt up to two councillors
20.65 DECLARATIONS: To receive declarations of interest in items on the agenda and to grant any written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests
20.66 TO CONFIRM MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING, HELD ON Wednesday, 22nd April 2020
20.67 TO RECEIVE REPORTS FROM WARD COUNCILLORS or OTHER INVITED SPEAKERS
20.68 PUBLIC FORUM
Members of the public to comment on any item on the Agenda; standing orders permit 15 minutes total
20.69 PLANNING
Planning applications (none received at date of publication):
20.70 CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY
70.1 To Note any further legislation and subsequent activity since the last meeting.
70.2 To receive a verbal update on the Northborough Volunteer Network
20.71 VILLAGE AMENITIES AND MAINTENANCE
71.1 Burial Grounds – verbal report on recent cemetery activity
71.2 Green Space including playing field and verges
71.3 Footpaths and Highways – to Agree purchase of surface marker paint to reduce dog fouling
71.4 Village Hall
20.72 FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE
72.1 To Note a requirement to meet web accessibility regulations by September 2020 and Agree to instruct 23ccc Ltd or seek further quotes for the work, combined with design modernisation
72.2 To Agree renewal of insurance policy with Pen (AXA) via Came & Co
72.3 To authorise updated schedule of regular payments delegated for payment between meetings
72.4 To Approve receipts and payments according to the attached schedule
20.73 REPORTS FROM COUNCILLORS AND CLERK:
73.1 Update on resolutions from previous meetings (those not elsewhere on agenda)
73.2 Reports from councillors on portfolio of responsibilities and projects not elsewhere on the agenda
73.3 External meetings, conferences and training – to note upcoming dates and receive reports
20.74 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED:
Invitation to attend John Clare Countryside Parish Meeting to discuss habitat
20.75 NEXT MEETING
To confirm date of the next Council meeting, Wednesday, 10th June OR Wednesday 8th July 2020
Schedule of Receipts and Payments (20.72.4):
Receipts: None
Payments made since the last meeting:
a) Staff Pay and Expenses for April 2020, £1,755.50
b) HMRC: Employee/Employer NI for April 2020 £53.15, plus September 2019, £0.58 (carried forward)
c) NEST: Employee/employer pension contribution April 2020, £70.44 (direct debit)
d) Lloyds Bank plc: monthly debit card fees for May 2020, £3.00
e) C Franks, for Zoom Video Comms: monthly subscription for video meetings, £14.39
f) HP Print: ink subscription for printer, £7.99 (auto card)
g) Takepayments: monthly subscription for card receipts scheme, £20.40 (direct debit)
h) Meon UK: Surface marker paint, £69.96
i) Came & Co: Insurance cover 1st June 2020 to 31st May 2021, £635.85
j) Richard Harding: Grounds Maintenance churchyard, cemetery etc, April 2020, £482.50.
k) Richard Harding: Grass cutting playing field, April 2020, £200.00
l) Richard Harding: Grass cutting verges, April 2020, £300.00
m) Viridor Waste Management: Waste removal April 2020, £43.18
n) 23ccc Ltd: Email support March/April 2020, £90.00
o) Dropbox Inc: annual subscription for document cloud storage, £95.89 (auto card)