Skerne and Wansford Parish Council Church Cottage, Wansford, , YO25 8NT e-mail: [email protected] tel: 01377 254741

You are summoned to a meeting of the Skerne and Wansford Parish Council to take place on Tuesday May 21 2018 Wansford Village Hall at 7.30pm.

Mrs Jill Pick Clerk, Skerne and Wansford Parish Council Church Cottage, Wansford e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01377 254741

May 13 2019

AGENDA

1 Present:

2 Apologies:

3 Election of a chairman and vice chairman

4 Chairman and vice chairman to sign declarations of acceptance of office

5 Councillors’ registers of interest forms (circulated by e-mail) and acceptance of office forms

6 Public session: At this point the meeting may be suspended for no more than 15 minutes for members of the public to make representations to the council. No one member of the public may speak for more than five minutes. Immediately after the public session the meeting will be resumed.

7 Declarations of interest:

8 To confirm the minutes of the meeting on March 18 2019 as a true and correct record:

9 To dispose of any business remaining from the previous meeting and, if necessary, decide on a course of action: i Village clean-up day ii ERYC Streetscene walkabouts of the villages (circulated). iii Update re Wansford kiosk iv Village(s) maintenance: Skerne noticeboard, Wansford bench, etc v Skerne community space: to note letters from agent Ian Pick/Warrendale Farms and Skerne resident David Tite. To agree on a preliminary course of action re the playing field: public meeting and/or village survey; applying for change of use for the area, etc vi Footpath in Skerne vii Wansford roundabout

10 Planning: i To note the following planning applications and consider a response: 19/01325/PLF – erection of two-storey extension and balcony to rear and installation of rooflights following creation of additional living accommodation at first floor and erection of a detached double garage at High Trees, Skerne (revised application 18/00796/PLF). Applicant: Mr and Mrs Robert McLoughlin. To note the following planning decisions: 19/00679/PLB – internal alterations at Eagle House, Skerne. Applicant: Mrs Caroline Naylor. Permission granted.

11 Finance: i To resolve to pay parish grants of £275 each to Wansford Village Hall, and St Leonard’s and St Mary’s PCCs re burial ground maintenance ii To note that precept of £4,000 has been paid into the bank iii To resolve to pay clerk of total of £194.78, made up of expenses, £109.87; a ream of paper and plastic wallets; £9.44; varnish and sandpaper for village bench, £27.50; black, yellow and magenta cartridges for printer, £47.97 iv To ratify payment of the ERNLLCA subscription of £271.87 (renewal agreed at March meeting) v To resolve to pay Wansford Village Hall a total of £75.72 (£60 for village hall hire and £15.72 for electricity to the defibrillator) vi To resolve to pay ERYC for 250 dog fouling post cards, £12 inc VAT vii To receive bank reconciliation

12 Administration and training: i To consider certifying the authority as exempt from sending the completed Annual Governance and Accountability Return to the external auditor, having met the required criteria for exemption. To note that, should the authority not wish to declare itself exempt, the fee for the limited assurance review will be £200 plus VAT. ii Subject to the decision above, to resolve to return the certificate of exemption to the external auditor iii To resolve to approve the annual Governance Statement iv To resolve to approve the annual Accounting Statement v To accept an explanation of variances for the year and the year-end bank reconciliation vi To note that the internal audit was carried out this year by Mrs Mary Hudson and that John Newland, who has fulfilled the role for more than 10 years, has stepped down vii To consider the appointment of a new internal auditor viii To appoint three members to the Personnel Committee ix To appoint two councillors to check the books on a meeting by meeting basis x To review suitability of parish council insurance – currently on a long-term agreement; to note that the clerk has sought a postal quote from Zurich following a round-robin letter to parish councils xi To establish meeting dates for the forthcoming year: July 16, September 10/24, November 19, January 21 2020, March 17 2020. xii Co-option of a councillor xiii To review Standing Orders and Financial Regulations (circulated)

13 Correspondence: i ERNLLCA – One day Chairmanship course: July 8 Bishop Burton, July 11, Angel Suite, Brigg. ii ERNLLCA – resolutions to send to NALC and annual meetings iii ERYC: Town and parish council liaison meetings: May 21, , May 23 , May 29, June 4 , June 5, iv ERYC: Anti-social behaviour statistics. Nothing to report. v East Yorkshire Advanced Riders and Drivers – request for funding (letter circulated by e-mail) vi Maureen Yates, Community and Crime Reduction Resilience officer, Friends Against Scams on-line training

14 Highways:

15 Other correspondence:

16 To appoint representatives: Nafferton Feoffees, Trust (Terry Jarvis is willing to fulfil the role once again), parish transport champion

17 Items for next agenda:

18 Date of next meeting: