February 2025 Agenda
Dear Councillors,
You are summoned to attend the Monthly Parish Council meeting, which will be held on Wednesday 12th February 2025, at 7pm at Wyberton Community Centre Meeting room. The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in this agenda.
Mrs Val Austin - Clerk /RFO to the Parish Council, Dated: 3rd February 2025
AGENDA
1. Chairman to open the meeting.
2. Apologies for absence: To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Clerk prior to the meeting.
3. Public Forum: To resolve to suspend the meeting for a maximum of 10 minutes to allow members of the public to ask questions or make short statements to the council.
4. Declarations of interest (if any): To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests
5. Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on Wednesday 11th December 2024- To resolve as a correct record and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes.
6. Lincolnshire County and Boston Borough Councillors
6.1.1 Cllr Mrs Alison Austin
6.1.2 Cllr Mr Richard Austin
6.1.3 Cllr Chris Mountain
7. Clerks Report – Ongoing issues
a) Footway Lighting – To Resolve
• The clerk emailed the councillors with regards to the increased prices of the repairs
• Cllr Mike Sharp has a query with the repairs element of changing the lights to LED
• The clerk to send the original spreadsheet to all councillors.
• The clerk sent the annual bill to all councillors.
b) Speeding and traffic / Radar Signs – Update
• The clerk has received a reply from Lincolnshire Road Partnership, they are suggesting a meeting to discuss where the possible radar signs could be placed, and more information.
• Councillors to decide on a meeting date.
c) New Logo on the front of the community centre – The Clerk - Update
• The clerk order and received the vinyl, unfortunately the printers sent the wrong size and now awaiting the new vinyl to be printed
d) Energy Grant - Update
• The Clerk sent the emails to all councillors to have a look through and let the clerk know what they should apply for.
e) Noticeboard at the Front of the community centre - Update
• The noticeboard has now been ordered and waiting for delivery date
f) Chattertons – Land at Parthian Avenue – Update
• Chattertons – The solicitor is dealing with the transfer, waiting for the final documents.
8. Councillors update on previous agenda items – To Note / To discuss and resolve
8.1. Crest update – Cllr Allan Fryer
• Cllr Allan Fryer to show Councillors revised designs.
9. Councillors to discuss and resolve the following items:
9.1 New member to Staffing Committee
To resolve for Cllr Caryn Sheldrake to become a member of the staffing committee, as Cllr Jason Stevenson is not in attendance.
9.2 Mole Hills – Parthian Avenue
A resident has contacted the parish council regarding the mole hills on the land, the clerk has sent the emails to the councillors. (3rd February 25)
The resident will be in attendance at the meeting.
9.3 To consider Churchyard Grass Cutting Quotes for the Village Burial Ground at
St Leodegar’s Church – Cllr Mike Sharp
3 Bids received – Cllr Mike Sharp has the quotes to be shown at the meeting
9.4 United Charities Annual Meeting - Cllr Mike Sharp
To set the annual meeting for the charity.
9.5 Newsletter – Cllr Caryn Sheldrake
To agree the spring newsletter content
To add content to the spaces in newsletter
To arrange delivery of newsletter
9.6 To set the date for the Annual Parish Meeting
The local government act states that every parish must hold a Parish meeting each year to be held between 1st March – 1st June, and not to begin before 6pm
9.7 Outer Dowsing Offshore – Representative
To nominate a representative from the parish council for the Outer Dowsing Community liaison group.
10: Finance
10.1: Approve Payments of Accounts
10.2: Bank statements – 12th February 2025.
11: Planning matters: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - To consider and make observations on all planning applications received and to note planning approvals, refusals, enforcement complaints and appeal decisions advised by the Borough Council – The parish clerk has delegated authority to respond to planning applications, in consultation with the councillors via email.
To include those received between the day of posting this notice and the day of the meeting
PL/0003/25 – Category A – Boston Waste Transfer Station Slippery Gowt Lane.
Cllr Jason Stevenson, advised the clerk to contact LCC regarding CIL funds (Community Infrastructure Levy) – The clerk is looking into.
B/24/0513 – UK Planter Solutions – Slippery Gowt Lane – No objections
Next Meeting: Wednesday 12th March 2025 at 7pm