AGENDA for Meeting 30th July 2019

Councillors, you are hereby summoned to attend the Meeting of the Parish Council on Tuesday, 30th July 2019 at 7:30pm in Bletsoe Village Hall

Councillors are asked to notify the Clerk of any matters they wish to raise at the meeting in order that a supplementary agenda can be issued if appropriate. Please send apologies prior to the meeting to Mrs D Robins, Clerk.

Members of the public welcome!

Signed: D Robins, Clerk

AGENDA

Public Participation

[At this point in the meeting, members of the public may, at the discretion of the Chairman, address the Council, ask questions of the Council or request items to be included for the next Agenda for consideration.]

• Report from Borough Cllr Martin Towler

1Apologies – Cllr Gibbons

2 Disclosures of Interests

Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in any items on the Agenda for this meeting in accordance with the Council’s Code of
Conduct for Members.

3 Minutes

To consider approving the Minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 26th March 2019 (Copies previously circulated)

4 Matters Arising from Minutes

5 Co-option of New Member

6 Neighbourhood Plan – To approve the Bletsoe NDP

7 Grass Cutting at Play Area – update

8 To Approve Draft GDPR Policy

9 Review Assets and Insurance Requirements

10 Finance
1. To approve payments
2. To note any income
3. To receive information regarding the current financial statement

11 Matters Arising from Correspondence

1. BBC – Bedford Borough revised Statement of Community Involvement 2019 Consultation: to consider a response from BPC
2. E-mail from Thurleigh Parish Council re: Traveller Encampment

12 Councillor’s Reports/Concerns

13 Date of Next Meeting – Tuesday, 24th September 2019 at 7:30pm in Bletsoe Village Hall

14 Staffing Matters

To approve the appointment of new Clerk and to consider terms of Clerk’s contract of employment.

Under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (as extended by s.100 of the Local Government Act 1972), press and public are excluded from this item of the agenda.

Please note: Minutes are available on our website under ‘Our Files’ or by request from the Clerk. This agenda is correct at time of publishing but may be subject to change.