Minutes of the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on Thurs 12th May 2022

Present:

Cllrs. Robinson (Chairman), Hailstone, Freeman, Bevan, Smith, Chown, Rees & C O’Meara
Clerk – D Robinson
County Cllr. M Watson
4 members of the public

22.1                 To elect a chairman for the forthcoming year (the Chairman, when elected, to sign the Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

It was Proposed by Cllr Chown, Seconded by Cllr Hailstone and unanimously resolved to elect Cllr Robinson as chairman.  Cllr Robinson signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office.

22.2                   Chairman’s remarks

Cllr Robinson thanked fellow councillors for all their hard work over the last year.

22.3                  Apologies for absence and reasons given

Cllr B O’Meara – currently in hospital
Borough Cllr. Macdonald

22.4                 Public Participation

There were no comments from the public.

22.5                 To elect a Vice Chairman

It was Proposed by Cllr Freeman, Seconded by Cllr Bevan and unanimously resolved to elect Cllr B. O’Meara as Vice-Chairman.

22.6                 Declaration of Interest and requests for dispensation: (To receive declarations of   interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider granting dispensation(s), as per written requests received by the proper officer, to councillors under section 22 of the Act.

There were no declarations.

22.7                 Constitution of Committees

a) Finance Committee – Cllrs Robinson, Freeman & Bevan
b) Maintenance Committee – Cllrs. Robinson, Chown, Bevan & Smith
c) Planning Committee – Cllrs. Robinson, Rees, Freeman, C O’Meara & Hailstone
d) HR Committee – Cllrs Rees, Freeman, B O’Meara & C O’Meara
e) Platinum Project working Group – Cllrs Robinson, Smith & Bevan

22.8                 To elect representatives of the parish council for the following outside bodies

a) The Thomas Dole Charity – Cllr Rees
b) The Board of Governors of Water Orton School – Link Cllrs C O’Meara & Smith

22.9                 To approve the dates for the meetings for the forthcoming year:

The following dates were proposed by Cllr Hailstone, Seconded by Cllr Freeman and resolved by a majority vote of 8 to 1.  Cllr Chown voted against the proposal.

30^th June 2022                        5^th January 2023        25^th March 2023 (APM)
29^th September 2022              26^th January 2023        30^th March 2023
27^th October 2022                  23^rd February 2023      27^th April 2023