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Minutes May 2025

Parish Council meeting was held on Thursday 8th May 2025 at 8 p.m. in the Parish Hall

 1.  MEMBERS PRESENT

 Mr G. Hall (Chairman), Mr D. Berry, Mr. M. Lake, Mrs J. Mitchell, Mr J. Grant

2.  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Ms R. Wibberley (Work), Mr P. Lake (unwell), Cllr P. Colthorpe (District Councillor) (attending other meetings)

3.  NON-ATTENDANCE

Mr G. Kingdom

4. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN ANDVICE-CHAIRMAN

CHAIRMAN

Proposal: Mrs Mitchell proposed and Mr Grant seconded Mr G. Hall as Chairman of the Parish Council.  The meeting unanimously agreed. 

VICE-CHAIRMAN 

Proposal: Mrs Mitchell proposed, and Mr Lake seconded Mr D Berry as Vice-Chairman of the Parish Council.  The meeting unanimously agreed.

5. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 

The minutes of the meeting held on 10th April 2025 had already been circulated prior to the meeting. 

Proposal: Agreement to the content of the minutes was proposed by Mr Berry and seconded by Mrs Mitchell and the meeting unanimously agreed. The minutes were signed by the chairman. 

6.     DECLARATION OF INTEREST 

None 

7.     MATTERS ARISING

 None 

  1. PLANNING APPLICATION (25/00368/FULL) – Erection of building over existing silage pit at Deptford Farm, Pennymoor 

The meeting discussed the application. 

Proposal: Mr Berry proposed and Mr Grant seconded no objections to the application and the meeting unanimously agreed. 

  1. Audit 2024/5 
  1. Internal Audit report – The clerk stated that she had received the completed and signed report which will be added to the website
  2. Annual Governance Statement – The clerk read out the 9 questions on the Annual Governance Statement with the meeting answering YES to them all. The chairman and the parish clerk signed the Annual Governance Statement.
  3. Accounting Statements – The meeting agreed with the all the figures on the statement and the chairman, and the clerk signed the form. 
  1. UK DOMAIN 

The clerk stated that the Government has stated that Parish Councils now had to have GOV.UK domain for emails and website. This change needs to happen by the audit next year. 

Proposal: Mr Berry proposed and Mr Grant seconded agreement to this action and meeting unanimously agreed. 

  1. REPLACEMENT DEFIBRILLATOR PAD 

The clerk stated that one of the defibrillator pads in the phone box outside The Cruwys Arms needs to be replaced as it is going to expire at the end of May 2025 

Proposal: Mr Lake proposed and Mrs Mitchell seconded agreement with purchasing a replacement pad 

  1. Highways problems 

None 

 

 

Meeting closed 8:50

Minutes March 2025