2023 Meetings

Agenda - Folkingham Parish Council Meeting - 18 January 2024

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the next meeting of Folkingham Parish Council, which will be held on Thursday 18th January 2024, commencing at 7.30pm meeting at Folkingham Village Hall. The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda.

The meeting will commence with a 15 minute public forum during which members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council (for a maximum of 3 minutes per person). Your attendance is necessary during this period.

Signature: _ Clerk to Folkingham Parish Council          Date:_ _11/01/24

Agenda

  1. Chair`s remarks.
  2. Apologies for absence and reasons given.
  3. To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations
  4. Draft minutes of the meeting held on 16.11.23 to be confirmed and signed as minutes.
  5. Financial matters: Accounts for payment and budget figures, including report, up to 11.01.24.
  6. Planning Applications - None
  7. Correspondence
  8. Clerks report
  9. Updates from LCC/SKDC
  10. Pavillion
  11. Playing field
    1. Play area
    2. Allotments
  12. Bench – Market Place
  13. Street lighting
    1. General lighting
    2. Provision of street light off West Street
  14. Grant application – Folkingham & District Produce Show
  15. Police meeting – update from Cllr Pretty
  16. Grass Cutting Tender
  17. Annual Parish Meeting
  18. Greater Lincolnshire Devolution
  19. Storm Heck
  20. Other Village matters.
  21. Date & time of next meeting.

 

Public Forum Rules

 

As per Folkingham Parish Council – Standing order No 1

  • Meetings shall be open to the public unless their presence is prejudicial to the public interest because of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted or for other special reasons. The public’s exclusion from part or all of a meeting shall be by a resolution which shall give reasons for the public’s exclusion.

 
  • Members of the public may make representations, answer questions and give evidence at a meeting which they are entitled to attend in respect of the business on the agenda.

 
  • The period designated for public participation at a meeting in accordance with standing orders shall not exceed 15 minutes unless directed by the chairman of the meeting.

 
  • A member of the public shall not speak for more than 3 minutes.

 
  • A question shall not require a response at the meeting nor start a debate on the question. The chairman of the meeting may direct that a written or oral response be given.

 
  • A person shall raise his hand when requesting to speak except when a person has a disability or is likely to suffer discomfort.

 
  • A person who speaks at a meeting shall direct his comments to the chairman of the meeting.

 
  • Only one person is permitted to speak at a time. If more than one person wants to speak, the chairman of the meeting shall direct the order of speaking.

 

 

Once the meeting has started, the public are not allowed to speak or ask questions.