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Full Council – 01.09.2021

September 1, 2021 @ 19:00 - 21:00

AGENDA - Full Council - Wednesday 1 September 2021 - PUBLIC

Agenda & meeting papers can be accessed in the PDF pack above.

MINUTES of a Meeting of Council held in the Function Room, Marshalls Sports Ground, Middlefield Lane, Gainsborough on Wednesday 1 September 2021 at 7:00pm

 Present:

Councillor Richard Craig (Chairman)

Councillor Matt Boles

Councillor Caroline Davies

Councillor Tim Davies

Councillor David Dobbie

Councillor Paul Key

Councillor Chris Lambie

Councillor Pat O’Connor

Councillor Keith Panter

Councillor James Plastow

Councillor Kenneth Woolley

In Attendance:

Sean Alcock                           Operations Manager

1. TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

       Councillor Dennis Dannatt

Councillor Sally Loates

Councillor James Plastow

Councillor Denise Schofield

Councillor James Ward

2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

None received.

3. TO RECEIVE MEMBERS’ DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCALISM ACT 2011 AND TO RECEIVE ANY APPLICATIONS FOR DISPENSATION

None declared.

4. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING (Paper A, B & C)

i. Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 7 July 2021

RESOLVED to defer to next meeting due to a missing recorded vote identified by Councillor David Dobbie.

ii. Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 14 July 2021

 RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 14 July 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record.

iii. Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 28 July 2021

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 28 July 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record.

Note: Councillor Plastow arrived at 7.15pm

5. COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES (Paper D)

 RESOLVED to NOTE committee meeting minutes drafted since the last meeting.

6. TOWN CLERKS REPORT (Paper E)

 RESOLVED to NOTE the report from the Deputy Town Clerk.

7. LOVE LANE ALLOTMENT POND

 RESOLVED to defer to next Property & Services Committee meeting once outcomes of environmental impact study, H&S report and budgetary requirements to fill the pond in are obtained.

8. SHOWFIELD ALLOTMENT WALL

 Council considered increasing the Showfield allotment wall budget.

 RESOLVED to increase the Showfield Allotment Wall budget by £6,000 from general reserves.

9. INTERNAL AUDIT

 Council considered increasing the Internal Audit budget by £1,924 from general reserves.

 RESOLVED to increase the 2021/22 internal audit budget by £1,924 from general reserves.

10. COMMITTEE VACANCIES

One vacancy on the Planning Committee, no interest was made by Members.

11. MEETING CALENDAR (Paper F)

Councillor Boles queried why he could only see minutes up to June 2020 on the Council Website, it was agreed this would be investigated by GTC staff and a response sent to him.

 Councillor Dobbie was concerned regarding meetings returning to Richmond House.

 RESOLVED to approve 2021/22 meeting schedule, Full Council meetings to remain at Marshalls Sports Ground, Committee meetings to return to Richmond House.

Note: Councillor Key voted against the above resolution.

 12. ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING

RESOLVED to hold the Annual Public Meeting on the 5th October 2021 at the All Saints church or John Robinson Memorial Church if All Saints is unavailable

13. APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE TO AN OUTSIDE BODY (Paper G)

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Panter to the Armed Forces Day 2022 working group.

Note: Councillor Key abstained from voting on the above resolution.

14. MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILLOR C. DAVIES

“I would like to put a motion forward to the council that a working Group to be set up for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to organise a party in the park and a concert in the evening possibly followed by a firework display on Marshalls Sports Ground”

Seconded by Councillor Boles

RESOLVED that the Finance & Strategy Committee on the 21 September 2021 should produce a scoping document and consider a working group on holding a Platinum Jubilee event and report back to full council.

There was a query on the six month rule for attending meetings and when this came back into effect.  Cllr O’Connor said he would ask GTC staff to check with LALC on the provisions of this rule and report back to Councillors.

Meeting concluded at 8.35pm

 

Details

Date:
September 1, 2021
Time:
19:00 - 21:00
Event Category:

Venue

Marshalls Sports Ground and Community Hall