Wednesday 20th September 2023 - 7.00pm
Bellingham Town Hall
Community Room
Agenda
Part A
Public Participation
Part B - Parish Council Meeting
1. Apologies for Absence
2. County Councillor Report - Cllr Riddle Update
3. Declarations of Interest
4. Minutes of August Meeting - to be agreed
5. Matters Arising from the Minutes
6. Planning Applications
6.1 23/01820/FUL Land South West Of Burnside House- GRANTED
7. Finance
- 7.1 Aug-Sep income, expenses, bank balances
- 7.2 Grant Application
8. Correspondence
- 8.1 Flooding Hareshaw Burn
9. Borderlands Updates
10. Notified reports
- 10.1 Clerk: Itemised Kompan quote for play area.
- 10.2 Cllr D-G: Grounds Maintenance Contract Tender/Renewal
- 10.3 Cllr D-G: Christmas Lights Switch On
- 10.4 Cllr D-G: Update on bin emptying and village tidying
- 10.5 Cllr D-G: New Playground Equipment Update
- 10.6 Cllr D-G: Station Yard Update
- 10.7 Cllr D-G: Public Toilets Refurb/Maintenance
- 10.8 Cllr Tilley: Karbon Homes grass cutting
- 10.9 Cllr Irving: Speeding
- 10.10 Cllr Irving: Parking at the Reed Hall
- 10.11 Cllr Irving: The allotments
11. Any urgent issues for consideration at the next meeting
12. Restricted Business
- Discussion of nerw councillor co-option
13. Agreement of date of next meeting - October 18th
Clerk’s Notes to the Agenda
5. Matters arising - updates required
Clerk
- Liaise with Time Fish re Riverside paths
- Can Street cleaning be restarted
- Reiterate dissatisfaction with parking bay width
- Ask about Station Yard
Cllr Dickson-Green
- Purchase of Christmas Lights
- Skip hired for allotments
Cllr Moore
- Explore options for ongoing village maintenance & respond to play area safety reports
- Play area bolts to be secured to prevent removal
6. Planning Applications
- 6.1 23/01820/FUL Land South West Of Burnside House Burnside Bellingham
Change of Use- Garage to Holiday Accommodation. GRANTED
7 Finance
- 7.1 Income and expenses - Jul-Aug
Income:
- Income from Toilet Honesty Boxes - £73.03
- Precept Income - £17,998.50
- Interest - £13.39
Invoices to be paid:
- Expenses for Cllr Dickson-Green totalling £1161.31:
- Postage - £1.10
- Cemetery Show Poster - £24.42
- Festive Lights - £667.79
- Skip Hire - £468.00
- C Holbrow Exiam (Village Maintenance): £288.22
- Dickinson’s (Headstone repairs): £2880
- Northumberland Estates, Rent Public Toilets: £45.00
- C Woodcock (Clerk Wages): £212.51
- Town Hall Rent: £20
Bank account balances as at 11/9/23:
Current account £39,871.07
Reserves Account: £11,271.49
Cemetery Maintenance Fund: £6,940.42
7.2 Grant Application: Toni Williamson - Halloween and Christmas Parties. £250
