Parish Council Meeting

Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk

Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk

14th October 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 21ST OCTOBER 2021 at 6.30 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. Consider application to co-opt a member to the Parish Council

 

6. Minutes (attached)

To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Council meeting held on Thursday 16th September 2021

7. Matters arising from previous minutes

For information only

 

8. Chairman’s Report

 

10 mins
9. Report from Bedford Borough Council

 

5 mins
10. Clerk’s Financial Report

10.1 Authorise payments for BACS transfer

10.2 Accounts

10.3 Budget Monitoring Report

10.4 Outcome of External Audit

10 mins
11. Quotations for authorisation

11.1 Swing Scales Replacement

11.2 Village Hall Insurance

11.3 Bus Shelter Cleaning

11.4 Defibrillator for Sports Field

11.5 Christmas Lights for The Crescent

11.6 Solar Light for the Youth Shelter

11.7 Floor Buffing Machine for the Village Hall

11.8 Other

12. Planning Applications / Decisions

12.1 Ref: 21/02624/FUL Full Planning Application for loft conversion with rear dormer @ 16 Rousbury Road, Stewartby, Bedford MK43 9NJ

12.2 Ref: 21/01307/FUL Full Planning Application for single storey side extension following the demolition of existing alterations to external wall @ 107 Alexander Close, Stewartby, Bedford MK43 9LT

 

10 mins
13. Amenities:

13.1 Highways/Lighting

13.2 Recreation Area

13.3 Newsletter

13.4 Sports Field/Pavilion – Income Budget/Fire Risk Assessment Findings

13.5 Village Hall – Fire Risk Assessment Findings

13.6 Policing

13.7 Covanta – Community Trust Fund

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

14. Parish Council Christmas Meal

 

15. Outdoor Gym Project

 

16. Parish Council Surgeries

 

17. Community Events

 

18. 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.

 

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

 

20. Date and Time of Next Meeting

Thursday 18th November 2021 @ 6.30 pm

Signed:

T J Bartens

T J Bartens

Parish Clerk