Wigmore Group Parish Council
Councillors are summoned to join the scheduled meeting of the Parish Council on
Monday 9 November 2020 at 7.30pm via Zoom
The Press & Public are cordially invited to join the meeting, or to submit a comment or question for the Parish Council. For further information please contact the Clerk, Maggie Brown, 07398 222 310 or clerk@wigmoregrouppc.co.uk or The Quern, Chapel Lawn, Bucknell, SY7 0BW.
AGENDA
1. Apologies. To receive apologies for absence.
2. To receive Declarations of interests and written requests for dispensations.
3. Open Session
3.1. To receive brief oral report from Ward Cllr Carole Gandy.
3.2. To receive views of residents on parish matters.
4. Minutes To approve minutes of the scheduled meeting 12 October 2020.
5. Finance
5.1. To note Notice of Conclusion of Audit and agree for how long it is to be displayed.
5.2. To confirm Zoom subscription for December meeting, due 2 December 2020. £14.39 net.
5.3. To note balances, payments between meetings, and approve payments. See Appendix 1.
5.4. To receive report from Environmental Issues Working Group including Lengthsman costs in draft budget.
5.5. To agree provisional budget for 2021/2022
5.6. To note budget and precept will be agreed in December.
6. Village Hall Public Lavatories and Car Park
6.1. To consider Memorandum of Understanding between WGPC and Wigmore Village Hall.
6.2. To receive further information on the basis of past and future cost allocation for maintaining the public lavatories and car park.
7. Consultation
To consider views on the diversion of WQ6. Highways Act 1980 Section 119 Proposed public path diversion order Footpath WQ6 (Part) in the Parish of Wigmore. Deadline 14 December.
8. COVID-19
To discuss and agree action as deemed necessary.
9. Mortimer Voices / Newsletter
To discuss the future of WGPC News Sheet and Mortimer Voices.
10. Bury Lane Playing Field
To note monthly inspection of play equipment.
11. Streetlights
11.1. To further arrangements for transferring responsibility of 10 streetlights from Wigmore Group Parish Council to Herefordshire Council.
12. Information items, correspondence & training. To note and action, as necessary.
13. To raise matters for next scheduled meeting: Monday 14 December 2020.
A resolution will be passed to exclude the press and public from the following confidential item.
14. Employment.
To consider Clerk’s probationary period review and contract.
Mrs Maggie Brown, Clerk to the Council
Email clerk@wigmoregrouppc.co.uk Telephone 07398 222 310
4 November 2020
Appendix 1
FINANCE
Lloyds Bank Balance at 6/10/20 £49929.91
Less October payments 752.53
Less payments made between meetings: HMRC PAYE 103.09
Wigmore Village Hall £1,000 towards costs for hot water installation 1000.00
CP Hill Inv 92 Mowing Village Green & Churchyard x 3; Jacobs Ladder & Millennium Garden 273.00
Clerk, underpayment re Month 4 25.60
Wigmore High School, donation to prize for Awards Ceremony 30.00
OPUS Energy electricity for streetlights 1-31 July 22.94
Lloyds Bank Balance at 3/11/2020 £47722.75
Ringfenced funds: Bury Lane Community & Playing Field: maintenance fund 4610.24
Bury Lane Community & Playing Field: development fund 8675.00
Election Fund 1809.02
Traffic/Signage 1536.00
Reserve Fund 7500.00
General Revenue Reserve 6327.16
TOTAL ringfenced £30457.42
Un-ringfenced funds available: £17265.33
Payments for approval. Amounts include VAT where applicable.
PKF Littlejohn LLP HE0132 for External Audit 2019/20 240.00
Wigmore Village Hall Inv. 26 cleaning & maintenance of public toilets & car park Jul to Sep 665.55
Clerk Payroll – October, including £60.55 backpay, SCP rate increase from 1 Apr 2020 461.68
Total Payments 1367.23
Un-ringfenced balance after October Payments: £15898.10