Councillors: you are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Oakford Parish Council, to be held in the Committee Room at Oakford Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday 9th June 2025 for the purpose of transacting the following business.
To receive apologies for absence.
Declarations of Interest:
In accordance with the Code of Conduct, members are required to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, in items to be considered at this meeting.
Public Forum:
an opportunity for members of the public to make representations, answer questions and give evidence in respect of any item of business on the agenda, or any matter of interest to the parish. No member of the public will speak for more than 3 minutes. The period of time designated for public participation shall not exceed 15 minutes.
To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 12th May 2025 as an accurate record of the meeting.
Matters arising from the minutes, not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
Planning
a) To comment on any planning applications received before the meeting.
No applications received when the agenda was published.
b) To note any planning decisions made by MDDC.
No decision notices received
c) Update on alleged planning breaches.
d) Any other planning matters.
Highways:
a) Any matters to note or report
b) Update on flooding issues/blocked drains
c) Update on improvements to the fingerpost signs.
d) Any other highways matters
Footpaths
a) Update on P3 funding
b) Any other footpath matters
Reports:
District Cllr Report.
County Cllr Report
Community Area:
a) Any points to note from inspections of community area.
b) Refurbishment of pavilion interior.
c) Report from the community area maintenance/clean up day.
d) Update on the possibilities of creating a footpath from the Village Hall car park to the Community Area.
e) Any matters to note
Finance
a) To approve any invoices or expense claims presented for payment.
b) To note any receipts since the last meeting and the bank balance
c) Bank reconciliation 31.05.25.
d) To receive the Internal Audit Report
e) To agree the Annual Governance Statement for 2024-25
f) To agree the Accounting Statement for 2024-25
g) To agree that the Parish Council wishes to certify itself as exempt from a limited assurance review under Section 9 of the Local Audit (Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015.
To note the installation of the new defibrillator
Correspondence:
DALC Newsletters
MDDC press releases
MDDC – invite to the raising of the flag for Armed Forces Day on 23rd June
To confirm the date of the next meeting: Monday 14th July 2025