Parish Council Agenda 11 October 2016

Meeting of Buxted Parish Council to be held on 11th October 2016 at 7.30pm in The Reading Room, Church Road, Buxted

 

The public have a right and are welcome to attend and at the discretion of the Chairman, members of the public may ask questions prior to the commencement of the business proper. Any Police update will be given at this point.

 

AGENDA

1

Apologies for absence

 

2

Declarations of members’ interests in respect of items on this agenda

 

3

Minutes of the 13th September 2016 meeting (previously circulated) to be confirmed and signed

 

4

ESCC/WDC report

 

5

Adoption of Proposed Policies - polices-and-procedures-report

Please note, all of the policies and procedures below are in DRAFT form to be approved by the parish council.

grievance-procedure-and-problem-solving

disciplinary-procedure

complaints-procedure

social-media-policy

foi-and-data-protection

document-and-record-retention-policy

health-and-safety-policy

risk-management-policy

bullying-and-harassment-external-policy

communication-policy-11-10-16

co-option-policy

dignity-at-work-policy

employees-code-of-conduct

it-policy

media-press-and-policy

procedures-re-gifts-and-hospitality

procedures-re-response-to-consultation-requests

recording-of-meetings

site-visit-protocol

whistleblowing-policy-and-procedure

 

6 Outstanding matters – For Information Only unless otherwise stated:

  • Public footpaths
  • Trees
  • Road Safety – Request to work with residents of London Road, Uckfield to reduce speed limit
  • Ionides Trust – Update on Transferal of Management to Parish Council
  • New community hall
  • Defibrillators
  • Wealden Local Development Framework – Local Plan
  • Property issues: Reading Room – (i) feedback from meeting with planning consultant (ii) approval of Chubb Invoice for fire equipment testing as over £500 (iii) Consideration of purchasing a new computer for Claudine
  • Communications Matters: Website

 

7

Correspondence – as listed and subsequently updated and circulated at the meeting

 

8

Committee meetings

 

9

Finance: (i) Half yearly financial report (ii) to approve invoices for payment - to be tabled (iii) to receive bank reconciliation (iv) approval to appoint Mr Mark Mulberry as parish council’s internal auditor for financial year 2016/17

 

10

Reports on other meetings attended by members

 

11

Members questions

 

12

Announcements – a) Chairman of the Council; b) Clerk to the Council – Proposed Timetable of Meetings 2017

DRAFT Timetable-of-meetings-2017

 

Posted in Parish Council Agendas

Calendar

3rd December 2016
  • Uckfield Singers Christmas Concert
    Starts: 3:00 pm
    Ends: 3rd December 2016 - 5:00 pm

    Location: Uckfield Civic Centre


    Description:
    The Christmas concert will be at an earlier time of 3pm on Saturday 3rd December. The choir will be singing many beautiful Christmas songs i.e. Mr. Santa [based on Mr. Sandman tune], Mary Did You Know, and many others together with Joseph & His Technicolor Dreamcoat. They also have much pleasure introducing some very talented students to perform duets, we have Tom Wasels & Oscar Richardson, also Zoe Mattelaer & Andrea Lobley. Tickets are £7 for adults and £5 for under 16’s available 7th November from Gale & Woolgar. We are fundraising for Sussex Air Ambulance.

13th December 2016
  • Planning and Parish Council Meeting
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: 13th December 2016 - 10:00 pm

    Location: The Reading Room, Church Road, Buxted


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