Notice is hereby given that Richards Castle (Herefordshire) Parish Council will meet online at 7.30 pm on Thursday 14 January 2021
THIS WILL BE AN ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Members of the public wishing to join the meeting should click on the following link:
7.30 pm: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85488954983
1. Apologies for absence
2. Co-opt one new member to the parish council
3. Declarations of Interest and Written Requests for Dispensation
Declaration of any disclosable pecuniary interest in a matter to be discussed at the meeting whether or not it is included in the register of interests. Members are reminded that they are required to leave the room during discussing and voting on matters in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest whether or not the interest is entered into the register of members’ interests maintained by the Monitoring Officer.
4. Minutes of the previous meeting – 26 November and 15 December 2020
5. Report from the Herefordshire Councillor for Bircher Ward
6. To invite views and discussion from members of the parish
7. Clerk’s report
8. Financial Items
To consider payments:
R Bayliss, footpaths maintenance – £ tbc
D C Gardening Services, lengthsman – £720.00
Smartwater Technology, 110 Smartwater kits – £ tbc
P Enzer, expenses for community Smartwater letter – £31.18
The Clerk, wages January 2021
9. Footpaths
10. Lengthsman/ highways
11. Village gates – Consider quotation for installation of three ‘gates’ to be placed on the B4361 at the start of the 30 mph limit to the south of the village (x2) and at the county boundary (x1), confirm width of gates and agree next steps
12. SmartWater – Update, consider proposal to purchase the kits and then distribute post vaccination programme and agree next steps
13. Sandbags – Agree community location, whether to purchase ‘sandless’ absorbent sandbags and agree next steps
14. Consider Future of mobility: Rural Strategy – call for evidence consultation
15. Review HALC training programme
16. Matters raised for next meeting (no discussion)
17. Close meeting and date of next meeting
Clerk to the Parish Council
10 January 2021