FOSDYKE PARISH COUNCIL

24th February 2026

The next meeting of Fosdyke Parish Council will be held on Tuesday 3rd March 2026 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

CHAIRMAN’S REMARKS

23/26    APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

24/26    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

25/26    MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 3rd February 2026 and note any matters arising (for information only)

26/26    PLANNING

To receive any updates on planning matters:

• Outer Dowsing – to note the application for the offshore wind project has been approved by the Secretary of State.

27/26    POLICE REPORT

1 item of criminal damage and arson in Hiltons Lane (The Stitch Witch) was listed for December.

28/26    CLERK and ADMIN SUPPORT REPORT

            To receive a report on matters not on the agenda including:

• Brown Waste Bins – The subscription for 3 bins for the Gardening Club have been renewed and the bins will be collected from All Saints Church.
• VAT Return – a return has been submitted covering April 2023 – March 2025

• Highways updates
• Quickline

29/26    FINANCE

• To receive an update on financial matters and receive a bank reconciliation.
• To consider and approve the following invoices:

M Warr – salary for February - £362.40

C Glenn – salary for February – TBC

M Warr – garden waste subs - £135.00

HMRC – January PAYE - £106.60

LALC – Yearly Training Subs - £ 130.00 (£ 26.00 VAT)

A refund has been received following the end of the Tesco Mobile contract – £11.39 (DD)

• Pruning the Christmas Tree – to consider 3 quotes:

Quote A – the contractor did not reply despite several requests

Quote B - £450 for taking off the tips and thinning out the tree or £600 to remove the tree and all wastage 

Quote C - To do formative pruning work on the large Christmas tree to make more of a uniform conical shape, remove 2 out of the 3 top leaders again to aid with shape and to remove all waste - Total price will be £350.

To reduce trees beginning to impede on the highway, over extended branches growing towards other trees and to crown raise over the seating area along with removing branches growing over/ around lighting columns. Removing all waste - Total price will be £675.00

30/26    COMMUNITY SPEED WATCH

            To consider purchasing equipment for the Community Speed Watch scheme and recruiting volunteers.

31/26    LITTER

            To consider options to deal with litter problems in the Village.

32/26    CEMETERY

            To consider picking up legal costs for taking over both closed and open cemeteries (approx. £2K)

33/26    POLICIES

To review and adopt a Donation Policy for 2026 and consider adopting a GDPR Data Map.

34/26    LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL AND BOSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL MATTERS

To receive reports and information, if available.

35/26    FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

To identify any items for future agendas

36/26    NEXT MEETINGS

            To consider and agree a date and venue for the Annual Parish Meeting

To confirm the date of the next monthly meeting – Tuesday 7th April 2026, 7.30pm at the Village Hall