YOU ARE SUMMONED TO ATTEND A MEETING OF THE
STOKE POGES PARISH COUNCIL TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 10 APRIL 2017 AT 7.30 P.M. IN THE LIONEL RIGBY ROOM AT THE VILLAGE CENTRE, ROGERS LANE,
STOKE POGES, SL2 4LP
To deal with the following business:
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AGENDA
240/PC/17 – Police
To receive a report from the police.

241/PC/17 – Public Session Time (7.30 pm-7.45 pm)
The meeting is open to the public and press and fifteen minutes will be reserved, if required, for public comment.

242/PC/17 – Apologies for Absence

243/PC/17 – Declarations of interest
Members to declare any personal interest in any item of business as defined in the Code of Conduct 2012. If that interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest as defined in the Code; the member should withdraw from the meeting for that item.

244/PC/17 – Minutes
To approve the minutes of the Council meeting held on 13 March 2017 (previously circulated).

245/PC/17 – County Councillor’s Report
Councillor Egleton to report.

246/PC/17 – District Councillors’ Report

247/PC/17 – Chairman’s Update from last meeting.

248/PC/17 – WW1 Memorial
To resolve to agree on quotation for memorial, circulated..

249/PC/17 – Jogging Path
Update from councilor Carter, deferred from last meeting waiting for a third quote, to be tabled and decided upon.

250/PC/17 – Beeches LAF/Bollards
To discuss and decide on new quotes from the LAF for works which we asked to be carried out on four roads within the village, circulated.
To discuss and decide on any additional bollards to be installed by the Parish Council.

251/PC/17 – Outdoor Cinema
Update from Cllr Carter with quote to be tabled and ratified.

252/PC/17 – Village Pond
To discuss and explore the possibility of opening up the village pond as requested by several residents.

253/PC/17 – Pavilion
To note that most of the snagging has been carried out and an inspection will take place by the Parish Council and Heighways Associates before signing off the builders from the job.
To decide upon additional works which we required to be carried out by Basil Wyatt at an extra cost, quote circulated.

254/PC/17 – BCC Highways Contact Details
To note that highways have removed any direct contact with them for all Parish Clerks. Clerks now have to use the online form to report everything in the same way as anyone else, which is too time consuming for most. Update from Clerks meeting held on 5 April where Mark Averill from highways met with all South Bucks Clerks.

255/PC/17- Bells Hill Green
Request from doctors surgery to have a volunteer from the Bells Hill Green working party to monitor their car park as part of the green maintenance, and ask anyone not using the surgery to move on!!

To note volunteers have come forward for the working party and Saera is liaising with Franzi Cheeseman to get it up and running.

Window flowers have been instructed to install brackets ready for the baskets and troughs.

256/PC/17 – Litter Picking
To note that the litter picking session has been advertised for 6pm on 26 April 2017.

257/PC/17 – Stoke Poges United Charity
Two trustees of the charity nominated by the parish Council terms are ending in May 17 and October 17. Request for nominations, both existing trustees are happy to continue, to decide.

258/PC/17 – RECEIVE and ADOPT minutes from previous meetings of sub committees and working parties:
(1) Planning Minutes – 20 February 2017 – Signed 20 March 2017

259/PC/17 – Finance
(1) Statement of Accounts – March 2017 to be tabled
(2) To approve list of cheques/Bacs for signature March 2017 (subject to additions) – to be tabled.
(3) Bank reconciliations, March 2017 – to be tabled.
(4) Budget monitoring, March 2017 – to be tabled.

260/PC/17 – Circulars List/Correspondence and Items received by clerk but not on agenda.
List appended to the agenda of all circulars received in the office and available to view for one month after this meeting.
Correspondence:-
(1) Houses of Parliament – Letter regarding Annual Festival – circulated.

261/PC/17 – Dates of Future Meetings
Annual Parish Meeting– 20 April 2017
Planning Meeting – 24 April 2017
Litter Picking Evening – 26 April 2017
Full Parish Council – 8 May 2017

Julie Simmonds
Clerk to the Council
5 April 2017