Parish Council Meeting Agenda

Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk

Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk

9th September 2021

To: Members of the Council

You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Stewartby & Kempston Hardwick Parish Council to be held at the Sports Pavilion, Park Crescent, Stewartby on THURSDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2021 at 7.15 pm.

Members of the Public/Press can join the meeting. Please refer to Agenda Item 4 for guidance on public/press participation.

AGENDA

1. Apologies

To receive apologies for absence.

2. Declarations of Interest in items on the Agenda
3. To consider any applications for a dispensation

 

4. Public Participation

Members of the public are invited to speak (5 minutes per person). Please raise your hand and state your name.

5. Presentation by Jo Roberts from the Forest of Marston Vale

 

6. Consider application to co-opt a member to the Parish Council

 

7. Minutes (attached)

To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Council meeting held on Thursday 15th July and Thursday 5th August 2021.

8. Matters arising from previous minutes

For information only

 

9. Chairman’s Report

 

10 mins
10. Report from Bedford Borough Council

 

5 mins
11. Clerk’s Financial Report

11.1 Authorise payments for BACS transfer

11.2 Accounts

10 mins
12. Quotations for authorisation

12.1 Hot Water Dispenser for the Sports Pavilion

12.2 Finance Training

12.3 Village Hall Drains

12.4 Section 137 Funding Request

12.5 Moving PIR Sensors in the Sports Pavilion

12.6 Village Hall Balcony

12.7 Floor Buffing Machine for the Village Hall

12.8 Water System for the Sports Field

12.9 Other

13. Planning Applications / Decisions

 

10 mins
14. Amenities:

14.1 Highways/Lighting

14.2 Recreation Area

14.3 Newsletter

14.4 Sports Field/Pavilion – Income Budget

14.5 Village Hall – Asbestos Register

14.6 Policing

14.7 Covanta

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

15. Outdoor Gym Project

 

16. Brickworks Site

 

17. The Local Government Boundary Commission – Final Recommendations for Bedford Borough Council

 

18. Letter to Town and Parish Councils – Request from Budget & Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

19. Proposal to change the start time of future meetings

 

20. Parish Council Surgeries

 

21. Community Events

 

22. Items of an URGENT nature or for inclusion in the next agenda

Items raised will be restricted to essential information only – no motions will be accepted.

 

23. Close of Meeting and items for the next/future agendas

 

24. Date and Time of Next Meeting

Thursday 21st October 2021 @ 7.15 pm

Signed:

T J Bartens

T J Bartens

Parish Clerk