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Agenda

December 2023

To members of Halwill Parish Council You are hereby summoned to attend a Meeting of Halwill Parish Council which will be held on 14 December 2023 at 7.30 p.m. at the Parish Hall for the purpose of transacting the following business:

2023/Dec/1 Apologies

To receive and accept apologies for absence. Apologies should be made known to the Clerk

2023/Dec/2 Declarations of interest and Requests for Dispensations:

To receive declarations of personal interest and disclosable pecuniary interests (DPI's) in respect of items on this agenda - To consider any dispensation requests. Requests should be made to the Clerk prior to the meeting

2023/Dec/3 Public question time

Deferment of business for Public Question Time. Time allowed at the discretion of the chairman. The public are invited to give their views and ask questions about items on this agenda. They may also raise issues for future consideration which may be made agenda items for a future meeting. Answers may be given in writing.

2023/Dec/4 Order of Business

At the discretion of the Chair, to adjust, as necessary, the order of agenda items to accommodate visiting members, officers or members of the public

2023/Dec/5 Clerk's & Councillors' announcements

To receive any announcements which the Chair a parish or visiting Councillor or the Clerk may wish to make (for information only)

2023/Dec/6 Parish Council Minutes

To confirm Minutes for the November 2023 Parish Council Meeting

2023/Dec/7 Finances

1. To approve the bills for payment for December. See Appendix 1

2. Budget preparation

2023/Dec/8 To consider responses to planning applications

Any planning applications that the Parish Council is asked to comment on after this agenda has been published will be discussed here though a formal decision cannot be made at this meeting.

2023/Dec/9 Playing field maintenance

To consider funding for maintenance and improvements to the playing field including new grounds maintenance equipment and a storage shed

2023/Dec/10 Action List and progress reports

To receive updates on current projects. See Appendix 2

2023/Dec/11 Correspondence

Correspondence received and to be written

2023/Dec/12 Coöption to Halwill Parish Council

To coöpt a new member to fill a vacancy outstanding since the last elections

2023/Dec/13 Date of next meeting

To confirm January 11^th 2024 as the date of the next meeting

2023/Dec/14 Close

Please note that:

1. Members of the Press & Public are invited to attend under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960. Members of the public may, at the Chair's discretion be given the opportunity to address councillors in attendance as part of the agenda.

2. Under the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, any members of the public or press are allowed to take photographs, film and audio record the proceedings and report on all public sections of the meeting.

3. Under the Local Government Act (LGA) 1972 Sch 12 10(2)(b), Halwill Parish Council is unable to make any decision on matters not listed within the agenda.