2024-05-14 Agenda

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BRADFORD ON TONE PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk: Joy Norris
Email: bradfordontonepc@gmail.com

7th May 2023
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Bradford on Tone Parish Council will be held on Tuesday
14th May 2023, commencing in the rising of the Annual Parish Meeting, in the Chant Room,
Bradford on Tone Village Hall for the purpose of transacting the business listed on the Agenda
below.
All members of the Parish Council are hereby summoned to attend the meeting.
Members of the public are invited to ask questions or raise issues relevant to Bradford On Tone
as part f the item on the Agenda called Public Participation. The overall time available for public
participation is restricted to 15 Minutes unless the Chair decides otherwise. Individual speakers
are restricted to 3 minutes and are asked not to repeat points that have been made previously.

Joy Norris
Clerk to Bradford on Tone Parish Council

AGENDA
1.

Election of Chair

2.

Chair’s Declaration of Acceptance of Office

3.

Appointment of Vice Chair

4.

Chair’s Announcements

5.

Apologies for absence
To receive apologies for absence from Councillors unable to attend the meeting.

6.

Declarations of Interest/Dispensations
To receive any Declarations of Interest from Councillors and Officers in respect of matters
to be considered at this meeting, together with an appropriate statement regarding the
nature of the interest.
Councillors and Officers are reminded of the requirement to declare any interest, including
the type of interest, and reason for that interest, either at this stage of the meeting or as
soon as they become aware of that interest.

7.

Minutes
To approve the draft minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on 12 March 2024

8.

Public Participation

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To allow members of the public present at the meeting to raise matters which are relevant
to Bradford on Tone and / or the work of the Council.
9.

Reports from Somerset Council Councillors

10. Police Report for April 2024
11. Insurance
To consider insurance arrangements.
12. Financial Matters
(i)
To consider and approve items for payment
(ii)
Bank reconciliations
(iii)
Financial monitoring
13. Asset Register
To review and update the asset register.
14. Update on actions from previous meetings
• Bus shelter cleaning
• Dog Bins
• Grounds Maintenance to shrubbed area alongside sloped path near the war
memorial
In accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, members of the public
and press are very welcome to attend the meeting. Members of the public will only be
permitted to speak during the Public Participation Session listed on the Agenda (unless they are
attending to give a presentation on a specific agenda item at the Chair’s request).
Members are reminded that the Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in
the exercise of any of its functions. There are nine protected characteristics under the 2010
Equality Act (age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity), Crime and Disorder, Health and
Safety, Human Rights and Data Protection Regulations.

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