LITTLE ECCLESTON WITH LARBRECK PARISH COUNCIL
ANNUAL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA
Thursday 9th May 2024, 7.00pm at Elswick Village Hall, Roseacre Road, Elswick, PR4 3UD
Public Participation
1. Election of Chair
To elect a Chair for the next 12 months.
2. Election of Vice Chair
To elect a Vice Chair for the next 12 months.
3. Acceptance of Apologies
To receive apologies for absence
4. Appointments to Outside Bodies
To agree subject leads to the following areas:
- Maintenance/Village Inspection
- Defibrillator
- Contractors
- Human Resources
- FBC Planning
- FBC District Parish Liaison Committee
- LALC
- Responsible Financial Officer
5. Calendar of Parish Council Meetings for 2024 25
To approve the dates of the meetings
- Thursday 13th June 2024
- Thursday 18th July 2024
- No meeting in August 2024
- Thursday 12th September 2024
- Thursday 10th October 2024
- Thursday 14th November 2024
- No meeting in December 2024
- Thursday 9th January 2025
- Thursday 13th February 2025
- Thursday 13th March 2025
- Thursday 10th April 2025
- Thursday 8th May 2025
6. Declaration of Interests and Dispensations
- To receive declarations of interest from Councillors on items on the agenda
- To receive written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests
- To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate
7. Minutes of the Previous Meeting
To resolve to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on 11th April 2024.
8. Action Tracker
To review the action tracker (for information only)
9. Finance
- To receive and approve monthly bank reconciliation.
- To authorise payments
- To receive the cumulative budget monitoring report
- To acknowledge receipt of income
10. Audit: Annual Return for the year ending 31st March 2024
- To receive and note the Annual Internal Auditors Report and resolve any actions required.
- To approve the Annual Governance Statement (Section 1)
- To approve the Accounting Statements (Section 2)
- The RFO to set the date and action the exercise of public rights.
11. Monthly Health and Safety Risk Assessment
To discuss and consider additional risks to be documented on the risk register.
12. Planning and Licensing
Nil planning applications at time of agenda.
13. Amenities/Maintenance/Environment
To discuss and consider the following items and resolve any actions required:
- East End triangle: to receive and consider quotation for block planter
14. Parish Council Business Continuity
To approve a new process prepared by the clerk to enable the Parish Council administration functions to continue in an emergency event of the Clerk being unexpectedly unavailable.
15. County & Borough Council
To receive and consider any Parish issues and resolve any actions required:
- FBC: Parish Councillor Vacancies: to agree advertising for the two vacancies.
- FBC: DPLG Planning Forum
16. Parish Council Insurance Renewal
To review the Parish Council insurance cover quotations and agree the new policy.
17. Items for the Next Agenda (for information only)
18. Date of Next Meeting
To be agreed