Minutes and Agenda

SOUTH COCKERINGTON PARISH

Minutes of the Annual Meeting held at Grimoldby Village Hall

7pm Wednesday 12th May 2025

Present; Cllr S Needham; Cllr P Hope, Cllr S Wood, Ms J Beilby, Mr R Bell

Apologies None

Declaration of Interests     None

1. Election of Officers

• - Cllr S Needham   proposed as Chairman by Cllr P Hope, seconded by Cllr J Beilby. Elected unopposed

Vice Chair – Cllr J Beilby   proposed as Vice Chair by Cllr S Needham, seconded Cllr R Bell. Elected unopposed.

2. Minutes of Annual Meeting held 8th May 2024

  (2.1) Minutes had been approved previously at Parish Council Meeting September 23rd 2024

3. Matters arising from previous Annual General Meeting

(3.1) Clerk confirmed that external auditors had approved all aspects of the external audit.

4. Finance Report

 (4.1) motion ‘This Certificate of Exemption is approved by this authority on this date’

        Proposed Cllr S Needham Seconded Cllr. J Beilby. Agreed unanimously

 (4.2) motion ‘The Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25 is approved by this authority’                   

    Proposed Cllr S Needham, seconded by Cllr J Beilby. Agreed unanimously.

(4.3) Motion ‘to accept the Accounting Statements for 2024/25 and approve them’. Proposed by Cllr S Needham, Seconded by Cllr J Beilby. Agreed unanimously

(4.4) The Clerk reported that at the financial year-end there was a balance of £1501.26 in the Parish Council Account and £2314.56 in the Parish Council Business Account.    Proposed by Cllr S Needham and seconded by Cllr J Beilby to approve the accounts for 2024/25 Agreed unanimously

5. Chairman’s Report

(5.1) Chair presented her report (copy of which is filed with these minutes) summarising the activities of the Parish Council during the last twelve months. She thanked all members of the Parish Council and especially the Clerk for their ongoing efforts and support throughout the past year. She noted that the future regarding St Leonard’s Church continues to be very uncertain and noted the challenges faced in coming months as a result of the Viking Carbon Capture Pipeline and the National Grid proposals for a pylon scheme that would have a significant visual impact on the Parish .

6   Matters Pertaining to Parish Business.

    (6.1) None

7 Date and time of Next AGM 

To be determined.         .

     Meeting closed 7.24pm

Signed                                                          Chairman