The next Parish Council meeting is on Wednesday 10th January 2024, at 8.15 pm, at Leafield Village Hall.
The meeting is open to the public, and residents are welcome to attend.
Recording of the meeting: Please be aware that the meeting may be recorded by the Council or others, and no permissions are required for this, pursuant to the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, amending the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960.
AGENDA
- Welcome from the Chairman
- To receive apologies for absence
- To approve and sign the minutes of the Council meeting on 13 December 2023
- To receive declarations of interest from Members regarding items on the agenda
- Opportunity for the public to speak – to provide members of the public/press with the opportunity to comment on items on the agenda, or raise items for future consideration. In accordance with Standing Orders, this will not exceed 15 minutes in total and five minutes per person
- To receive reports from County and District Councillors
- To receive and comment on the Clerk’s report
Recreation and Leisure
- Playground – To receive regular playground inspection reports and agree actions
- Village Hall – To receive an update regarding the CIO and agree actions (deferred from December 2023 meeting)
Environment
- To receive an update regarding verge posts in Lower End and agree actions
Churchyard and Burial Ground
- To receive quotations for the churchyard wall repairs and agree actions
Planning
- To comment on any planning applications received before the date of the meeting
- To receive an update of previous planning applications
Administration and Finance
- Finance update – To review and approve the finance update, to review and approve the bank reconciliation
- Budget update – To review and approve the budget update
- Reserves – To review and approve the reserves
- Payments and receipts – To ratify previous payments, to review and approve current payments, to note current receipts
- To instruct bank signatories to approve payments
- To consider the Internal Auditor agreement of terms and letter of engagement for 2023-2024 and agree actions
- To consider the draft Oxfordshire Councils Charter and agree actions
- To consider sending a representative to WODC’s Oxfordshire Councils Charter meeting on 06 February and agree actions
Communications
- Correspondence Register – To receive the correspondence register and agree actions
- To receive items for information only
Meetings
- To receive requests for items for the next agenda, and note that motions for inclusion on the next agenda, and background papers (including quotations), must be received by the Clerk at least one week before the next meeting
- To confirm the date, place and time for the next meeting
07 – Clerk report
10 – Verge posts
10 – Verge posts
14 – Statement of account
17 – Payments and receipts
20 – Email – Oxfordshire Councils Charter
20 – Oxfordshire Councils Charter
21 – Invitation