December (including Clerk's Report and Draft Budget for 2026/2027)
FOSDYKE PARISH COUNCIL
25th November 2025
Dear Councillor
You are hereby summoned to attend the next meeting of Fosdyke Parish Council, which will be held on Tuesday 2nd December 2025 commencing at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda. If you are unable to attend, please notify me of your apology.
Maxine Warr
Clerk
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PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
To receive and consider questions submitted by members of the public (10 minutes)
AGENDA
25/74 CHAIRMAN’S REMARKS
25/75 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive any apologies for absence.
25/76 DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY OR NON-PECUNIARY INTEREST
- To receive Member’s declarations of pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest
- To receive and consider any written requests for dispensation
25/77 MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING
To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 4th November 2025 and note any matters arising (for information only)
- Remembrance Service – to receive a short report
25/78 PLANNING
New plans – B/25/0244 - Statutory Consultation Notice under section 42 of the Planning Act 2008 and the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedures) Regulations 2009 to Boston Borough Council for project EN020036 for the proposed Grimsby to Walpole Project (the Proposed Development) at Grimsby to Walpole
25/79 POLICE REPORT
1 crime of anti-social behaviour was reported in Whitecross Gate in September.
25/80 CLERKS REPORT
To receive a report on matters not on the agenda – attached.
25/81 HIGHWAYS
To receive an update on highways matters including:
- Thompsons Lane – to note the objection to the ‘stopping up’ has been submitted to LCC
25/82 FINANCE
- To receive an update on financial matters and receive a bank reconciliation.
- To consider and approve the following invoices:
M Warr – salary for November - £TBC
C Glenn – salary for November - £TBC
M Firth – grass cutting October - £115.34
Tesco Mobile – contract for November - £12.57 (DD)
- To consider items for inclusion in the 2026/27 budget (first draft attached)
25/83 ALLOTMENTS
To receive any updates on matters relating to the allotments.
25/84 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
To receive a report on the dressing of the Christmas tree and consider repairs to electric box and trimming of the tree.
25/85 QUICKLINE
To receive any updates on the rollout and the ‘wrapping’ of the box.
25/86 COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE REVIEW
To consider making representation to BBC, for a community governance review, in relation to increasing the councillor numbers for the Parish Council.
25/87 LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL AND BOSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL MATTERS
To receive reports and information, if available.
25/88 NEXT MEETINGS
To confirm the date of the next meeting – Tuesday 6th January 2026, 7.30pm at the Village Hall
To confirm the meeting calendar for 2026:
3rd February - 3rd March - 7th April - 5th May - Annual Parish and Annual Meeting
2nd June – 7th July – August - No Meeting - 1st September
6th October - 3rd November - 1st December
EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To resolve, in accordance with Section 1(2) of the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during this item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the report.
Confidential Item – to discuss pay and conditions relating to the Admin Support Officer.
Clerks Report December 2025
As this is my first Clerk’s report, I would like to thank the Councillors for their warm welcome and put on record my thanks to Courtney for the handover and well-kept paperwork. It is much appreciated.
This is a brief update of items I have dealt with and plans for the next few weeks:
Parish Finance – the Scribe subscription has been cancelled, making a saving of £273.60. The accounts have been transferred to an Excel spreadsheet and will be available to the councillors monthly, along with a bank reconciliation.
Invoices – all invoices should be signed off by two councillors and if cheques are used the stubs should also be signed. There could be an option of buying a stamp for the invoices or attaching a front sheet.
Staff Salary Payment - Currently the staff salaries are calculated by Walker and Quinn Accounting at a cost of £24 per month. I would recommend that this is taken back ‘in house’ from the start of the next financial year. The reason for not changing beforehand, is because it is quite problematic to make a change to the HMRC tools mid-year.
Website – I am in contact with Steve about updating info on the website and he will let me know when it’s done. There will be more to update when the relevant council polices have been reviewed.
Policies – I hope to bring a list of policies next month for review or adoption. Some councils like to nominate a smaller number of councillors to review polices before they come to full council.
I think that is about all for this month, but hopefully next month the info won’t be quite so dry!
Maxine Warr