PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2026

AT 6.00PM AT

STAKEFORD AND BOMARSUND SPORTS AND SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE

Agenda – Part 1

  1. To accept apologies for absence and to remind members that any Member not attending a meeting of the Council for six consecutive months will be deemed to be no longer a member of the Parish Council.
  2. Members will identify any declarations of disclosable pecuniary and other registerable interest(s).
  3. To receive the written application for the office of Parish Councillor and to co-opt a candidate to fill the existing vacancy. 
  4. Public Questions
  5. Any planning matters for consideration.
  6. To receive and adopt the minutes of the Parish Council held on 1 July 26.
  7.  Any matters arising.
  8.  To receive and note the minutes of the Planning Committee 14 July 2026
  9.  To receive and note the minutes of the Finance Committee 22 July 2026
  10.  To receive and note the minutes of the Community Development and  Environment Committee of 2 September 2026.
  11. Parish Clerk’s Report    
    1. Finance Report.  Members will receive a report from the PC/RFO on expenditure made and income
    2. Members will review the bank statement and reconciliations for the last quarter and authorise the Chairman to sign them.  
    3. Financial Performance to the end of the financial quarter.  For information only. 
    4. Health and Safety report.  Members are requested to consider the report and advise if further action is required.
    5. External Audit. 
    6. Current issues.  Members will receive notice of correspondence, meetings and events.
  12. Casual vacancy procedure.  For consideration
  13. Procedure for the Election of Committee positions.  For consideration
  14. Grant request on behalf of Stakeford and Bomarsund Welfare Centre
  15.   Confidential matters – Members are invited to consider passing the following resolution:

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item(s), permitted under Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by the Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Exempt Information) (England) Order 2006), as the matter is confidential

NONE

Notes to be read in connection with Agenda Items 2 and 3

Note for the Public – Members of the public may attend but access will be on a first come first served basis.  Public questions can be notified to the Parish Clerk before 12noon on the day of the meeting and will be read out in the meeting during the public session.  As usual, it is not the Council’s custom to respond during the public session.  Where appropriate the Chairman will inform the resident of the action to be taken, that is, passed to a committee; go on the next agenda; or the points will be taken into consideration if already on the agenda

Note re Declarations of interest – Members are required to disclose personal and prejudicial interests relating to any matters to be considered at the meeting.  The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.   An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting if it only becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

If a member who has declared a personal interest then considers the interest to be prejudicial he/she shall declare that, and, after making any representations, answering questions or giving evidence relating to the business, the member shall withdraw from the room for the remainder of the item to which the interest relates.

 Angela Brindley

Parish Clerk

10 September 2026