October 2023
Dear Councillor,
You are hereby summoned to the next Meeting of Market Rasen Town Council, which will be held on Wednesday 11th October2023 commencing at 7.00pm in the Committee Room of the Festival Hall, Caistor Road, Market Rasen.
Members of the public and the press are invited to attend.
Anna Lawson Town Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer
Date: 05 October 2023 Market Rasen Town Council
For further information, or to request copies of non-confidential reports please contact the Clerk at townclerk@marketrasentc.co.uk or on 01673 842479. There will be a 20-minute public forum.
Agenda
1. Open meeting
Chairman to welcome those attending and make any announcements
2. Apologies
To RECEIVE apologies for absence
3. Public Forum
To receive any questions and listen to observations made by members of the public (limited to 20 minutes)
4. Declarations of Interest
To RECEIVE any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the localism Act 2011 and to consider any applications for dispensations in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.
Members may make any declarations of interest at this point but may also make them again at any time during the course of the meeting.
5. Minutes
To RESOLVE to approve the minutes of the last meeting held on 13th September 2023 (Appendix A)
6. Action Points & Clerks Report (Appendix B)
To NOTE any updates on the action points
7. District & County Councillor Reports (Appendix C)
To RECEIVE the reports from the District & County Councillors
8. Planning Applications (Appendix D)
To discuss applications received since the last full council meeting
9. Town Events Working Group
a). To RECEIVE updates of meetings
10. Bank Reconciliations
b). To RECEIVE the current account reconciliation to 31st September 2023 (Appendix E)
c) To RECEIVE the savings account reconciliation to 31st September 2023 (Appendix F)
11. Accounts for Payment
a). To RESOLVE to authorise the accounts for payment (Appendix G)
b). Q2/YTD Financial Information and Budget (Appendix H)
c). External Auditors completion of report (Appendix I)
d). To CONSIDER Finance and Premises Committee recommendations
e) To APPOINT an Internal Auditor
12. Residential Car Parking Issues
To CONSIDER revised options regarding parking on Dear Street.
13. Remembrance Sunday
a). To RECEIVE update
b). To ALLOCATE tasks
c) To CONSIDER RBL request for nominations for a business to lay a wreath.
14. Christmas Lights
To CONSIDER proposals for type and placement of Christmas lights
15. Dementia Friendly
To CONSIDER adopting Dementia Friendly practices within the Council and the Festival Hall.
16. November’s Agenda
To RECEIVE any items for the next agenda
17. To RESOLVE that under the public bodies (admission to meetings) act 1960, the public and representatives of the press and broadcast media be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business as publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest because of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted. Should this resolution be passed the public and press will be required to leave the meeting at this stage.
18.
a). To CONSIDER any recommendations from the HR Committee meeting held.
b) To RESOLVE the following action in response to reports received