Environment Committee - 3 October 2022
Notice of a meeting of the Environment Committee
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hereby give you notice that a meeting of the Environmental Committee of Ruskington Parish Council will be held on Tuesday 3 October 2022 at 7pm at the Parish Office, High Street North Ruskington, NG34 9DY. Members of the public and press are welcome to the public session commencing at 7pm and may ask questions or make short statements to the Committee at this time. Alternatively, questions or statements may be submitted to the Clerk in advance of the meeting: clerk@ruskingtonpc.org.uk
All Councillor Members of the Environment Committee are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the meeting, as set out hereunder.
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Signed: K. H. Locke Clerk to the Parish Council |
K. H. Locke |
Date: 28 September 2022 |
Agenda
1. To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.
2. Receive declarations of interest and consider applications for dispensations in relation to DPIs.
Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests is to be in accordance with the Localism Act 2011. The need for Disclosure is to be based upon agenda items or at any suitable time during the Meeting when it becomes apparent to a Member.
3. Notes of the meeting of the Environmental Committee held remotely on Thursday 3 May 2022 to be approved as Minutes.
4. To consider financial and expenditure matters:
4.1. Expenditure to date.
4.2. To receive an update on the application for Co-op Community Champion funding, if available.
5. To receive the Clerk’s Report.
6. Closed churchyard
6.1. To receive an update on the wildflower project in the closed churchyard and agree the next steps.
7. Sleaford Road Cemetery:
7.1. To review the cemetery rules and regulations and agree any amendments.
7.2. To review the size of the memorial headstones in relation to the size of a double ashes plot.
7.3. To consider the most suitable style and size for headstones for ashes plots to allow access to surrounding plots and allow for floral tributes, and other tributes if agreed.
7.4. To consider the information from the Council handyman regarding laying a slab or matt and gravel path at the ashes scattering area to improve the area.
7.5. To consider the cemetery fees to inform the budget for fiscal year 2023-2024
8. To request/receive an update on the Memorial Garden:
8.1. To consider the quotes to relay the gravel path.
8.2. To consider future planting for the garden.
8.3. To agree the date and time to plant an upright cherry tree in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
8.4. To consider the quotes to sandblast the gates and plate at the entrance to the memorial garden, if available.
8.5. To consider the wording, design, and expenditure for
a) memorial plaques for the two commemorative trees, and
b) a memorial bench to commemorate the late HM Queen Elizabeth II.
9. To request /receive an update on Horseshoe Hollow:
9.1. To receive an update on the information noticeboards for Horseshoe Hollow and consider the next steps to take this forward.
10. Community Garden
10.1. To consider the lease agreement for the use of the grass area belonging to Lincolnshire Co-op to extend the community garden.
11. To consider the tree survey undertaken by NKDC in July 2022 and agree the work to be undertaken and the expenditure required.
12. To receive an update on the LCC Zero- carbon Project and its funding grant of up to £5,000 following a meeting with the LCC’s Sustainability Team on 10 August 2022.
13. To consider the use and possible disposable of the “Billy Goat” leaf blower and its replacement with a smaller leaf blower.
14. To consider any projects and expenditure for projects, including the community garden, nature trail, replacement tubs and planters, and any equipment required, to inform the budget for fiscal year 2023-2024.
15. Delegates/Councillor Reports. No resolutions may be passed under this item, but requests for matters to be placed on the next agenda can be made.
16. To agree the date for the next meeting.
End of agenda.
Ruskington Parish Council
The Parish Office, 7-9 High Street North, Ruskington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 9DY
Tel: 01526 834483 Email: clerk@ruskingtonpc.org.uk
Chairman of Council - Cllr G Conway I Clerk to the Council - Mrs Kathryn Locke I RFO - Miss Kirsty Sinclair