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Full Council – 06.10.2021

October 6, 2021 @ 19:00 - 21:00

AGENDA - Full Council - Wednesday 6 October 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 6 October 2021 at 7:00pm

 Present:

Councillor Pat O’Connor (Chairman)

Councillor Matt Boles

Councillor Caroline Davies

Councillor Tim Davies

Councillor David Dobbie

Councillor Paul Key

Councillor Chris Lambie

Councillor Keith Panter

In Attendance:

Sean Alcock                           Operations Manager

1. TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Councillor Richard Craig

Councillor Dennis Dannatt

Councillor Sally Loates

Councillor Denise Schofield

Councillor James Plastow

Councillor Baptiste Velan

Councillor Kenneth Woolley

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)

 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.

i. Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 1 September 2021

 RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 1 September 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record.

ii. Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 15 September 2021

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 15 September 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record.

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

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. RAGE WEBSITE

Council noted the recommendation made by Planning Committee on Wednesday 25 August 2021:

RECOMMEND TO FULL COUNCIL to create a budget of £125 for the hosting and maintenance of the RAGE website.

Council considered creating a budget of £125 for the hosting and maintenance of the RAGE website.

RESOLVED to create a budget of £125 for the hosting and maintenance of the RAGE website.

8. CEMETERY BURIAL SOFTWARE

Council noted the recommendation made by Finance and Strategy Committee on Tuesday 21 September 2021:

RECOMMEND TO FULL COUNCIL that Officers investigate if the Council signed up to agreement that stated data extract would be charged, also query the quotation cost. Following that agree that up to £4,625 be taken from General Reserves for the data extract.

Council considered increasing the cemetery software budget by £4,625 from General Reserves.

RESOLVED increase the cemetery software budget by up to £4,625 from General Reserves.

9. QUEENS DIAMOND JUBILEE WORKING GROUP (Paper F)

 Council noted the recommendation made by Finance and Strategy Committee on Tuesday 21 September 2021:

RESOLVED to rework the Armed Forces Day remit and RECOMMEND TO FULL COUNCIL to adopt as part of the Structure and Functions, reallocated current Armed Forces Day budgets to a Queens Jubilee event budget and appoint Members to the working group.

Council considered adopting the Queens Jubilee event remit, appoint Members to the working group and reallocating the current Armed Forces Day budget to a Queens Jubilee event budget.

RESOLVED to: –

1) adopt the Queens Jubilee event remit

2) reallocate the Armed Forces & Community Day 2020&21 earmarked reserve of £3,082 and Armed Forces & Community Day 2022 budget of £3,000 to the Queens Jubilee event

3) appoint Councillors C Davies, T Davies, Lambie and Panter to the working group

10. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SCHEME (Paper G)

Council noted the recommendation made by Finance and Strategy Committee on Tuesday 21 September 2021:

RECOMMEND TO FULL COUNCIL to accept Option 1 from Blachere.

Council considered accepting the quotation received from Blachere.

RESOLVED to accept the quotation from Blachere for a new Christmas lighting scheme.

11. COMMITTEE VACANCIES

Council considered making appointments to vacancies on committees

  • X2 Planning Committee
  • X1 Property & Services Committee
  • X2 Roses Sports Ground Steering Group

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Key to the Planning Committee.

RESOLVED that Members are not currently needed as part of a Roses Sports Ground Steering Group.

12. EXTERNAL AUDIT (Paper H)

 Council NOTED the outcome of the external audit for the 2020-2021 financial year and to consider any matters arising.

 Meeting concluded at 7.50pm

 

Details

Date:
October 6, 2021
Time:
19:00 - 21:00
Event Category:

Venue

Marshalls Sports Ground and Community Hall