March 2025 Agenda
NOTICE OF A MEETING OF HECKINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
Dear Sir/Madam
You are summoned to attend the Heckington Allotment Management Committee Meeting to be held in the Parish Council Chambers, St Andrews Street, Heckington on Monday 10 March 2025 at 7.30pm.
Members of the Press and Public are invited to attend. All members of the Parish Council are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the meeting, as set out hereunder.
Signed: Heidi Wilson, Clerk & RFO Dated: 5 March 2025
AGENDA
The parish council may pass a resolution on any agenda item, even if the agenda does not specifically state ‘to resolve to approve’. This wording ‘to resolve to approve’ in certain circumstances could be interpreted as predetermination. The parish council have received advice from LALC in relation to this matter.
1. To elect a Chair
2. Chair’s Welcome (Safety Announcements)
3. Statement from the Allotment Association Chair
4. Public Forum: Fifteen minutes will be set aside for Members of the Public to ask questions or make short statements to the Council. The Council may choose not to answer any question; a response may instead be given in writing. Matters raised may be added to an agenda for a future meeting. Members of the public are welcome to stay for the Parish Council meeting after the public session but are not permitted to speak during the meeting. If you would like to make comment during the meeting, please raise your hand if you are able to do so.
5. Councillors/members present
6. Apologies
Apologies for absence and reasons given.
7. To receive any reports of member’s interest, pecuniary or otherwise in relation to the agenda and any dispensations in accordance with the Localism Act 2011
8. General Matters
a) To discuss terms of reference with a view to making recommendations to the parish council about how the Allotment Management Committee should operate moving forward.
b) Ring-fencing of allotment income (deposits).
c) To obtain an understanding of how the allotment income (ring-fenced) and Allotment Association income differ.
d) To receive an update in relation to pest control.
e) To note that Wright’s Garden services have been appointed to cut back the outside edge and top of the hedge at the front of the allotments.
f) To discuss the need for working parties comprised of Allotment Association members.
g) To receive an update in relation to the allotment inspections carried out on Friday 21 February 2025.
h) To discuss the requirement for a defibrillator to be sited at the allotments. Applications can be made to organisations including the British Heart Foundation, AEDonate, National Lottery Community Fund and Co-op Local Community Funding.
i) To discuss grant applications to pay for Allotment Association Insurance (Co-op Championship for Community and NK Lottery).
j) To note the zero-tolerance policy to theft.
9. Finance
a) To receive an update from the Clerk in relation to income and expenditure for 24/25 versus the budget and to look at any potential carry forward to 25/26.
b) To receive an update from the Treasurer of the Allotment Association.
10. Date and time of the next meeting/s
11. Questions from the public (time permitting at the discretion of the Chair).
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