December 10th 2025 Agenda
SCOTHERN PARISH COUNCIL Meeting of the Council
Wednesday 10th December 2025, at 7.30pm
held in Scothern Methodist Church, Main Street, Scothern
Public participation – Members of the public may raise subjects they wish to bring to the attention of the Parish Council. Items relating to matters on the agenda will be taken first and any decisions will be made during the meeting. The time will be 15 minutes maximum unless the council decides otherwise. Listeners should note that decisions cannot be made at this meeting on items not on the agenda.
L Brooks-Sleight
Lisa Brooks-Sleight (Clerk/RFO)
clerk@scothern-pc.gov.uk 5th December 2025
AGENDA
279/2025 Apologies for Absence
To receive apologies with any reasons given
280/2025 Representatives Report
To receive reports from the District & County Councillors
281/2025 Public Participation
To resolve, if necessary, to temporarily suspend the meeting for a period of no more than 15 minutes to allow for a
period of public participation. Members of the public may raise subjects, which they wish to bring to the attention of
the Parish Council. Items relating to matters on the agenda will be taken first, and any decisions will be made when
the meeting is declared opened.
282/2025 Declarations of Interest
To record declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and consider any requests for
dispensation for any listed agenda items.
283/2025 Minutes of last Meeting
To approve & sign the notes of the Council Meeting held on 12th November 2025 as minutes
284/2025 Clerks Report
To receive Clerk’s report
285/2025 IT Policy
To approve the policy
286/2025 Village Planters 2026
To receive and consider quotes for the village 2026 planters & window boxes and decide future actions
287/2025 Final Precept 2026/27
To approve & sign the Final Precept request form for WLDC
288/2025 Play Area
a. To receive the monthly inspection report and decide any future actions
b. To receive an update on Stage 2 & 3 of the play area improvements & equipment and WLDC grant funding application
289/2025 Grange Park
To receive the working group notes from the 10th November and decide any future actions
290/2025 Village maintenance report
To receive the maintenance report and decide any future actions
291/2025 Internal Audit Report
To receive the IA report from the 28th November 2025 with recommendations and decide future actions
292/2025 HR Terms of Reference
To review & update
293/2025 Scothern News
a. To receive a report/update on the current monthly newsletter
b. To receive & discuss information regarding vat – whether the fees for advertising in the Scothern News are subject to VAT as raised in the internal audit?
294/2025 Arboriculture Risk Assessment Report
To receive the recent safety tree report of the car park and cemetery off Sudbrooke Rd and decide future actions
295/2025 St Germains Church Clock
To receive a report on the Church clock from the PCC
296/2025 Communications Strategy
To discuss and approve future events and the new PC Logo
297/2025 Highways
To discuss and receive any issues/updates and decide future actions
298/2025 Finance
To approve & sign the monthly accounts for December payments; the corresponding bank statements to 30/11/25 with bank balance of £71,884.54, and to nominate 2 councillors to authorise the online bank payments.
Cartridge people Printer ink & paper 53.20
Tesco Monthly DD mobile 7.50
Lloyds Banks Monthly account fee 4.25
Nettleham Methodist Meeting room rental 108.00
Ian Moore Contractors Grass contractor 564.00
Watson Lindsey Arboriculture Tree Survey 425.00
Multidata VH Broadband December invoice 50.34
Springbok Monthly IT November invoice 54.92
L Brooks-Sleight Salary/expenses 882.14
Pelican Trust SN printing December 253.50
299/2025 To receive reports/updates
a. Community Speed Watch
b. Police
c. Village flooding
d. Lindum Homes – West Thorne Grange
e. War Memorial
f. SRC
g. Emergency plan
300/2025 Planning
To receive any decisions and discuss any applications received from WLDC
301/2025 LALC Training Scheme
To approve any training requests by members
302/2025 Correspondence for information (sent prior)
• WLDC Parish News, Parish Vacancy flowchart, Elections team newsletter 3/12/25
• LALC – E-news 21/11/25
• NALC Bulletin /11/25
• LALC Training bulletin 31/11/25
303/2025 Agenda items for next meeting (to be received by 7th January) and any updates/points from members
304/2025 To consider the exclusion of the public and press in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to
meetings) Act 1960 s1 (2) due to the confidential nature of the items to be Discussed
To confirm the date & time of the next Meeting of the Council – 14th January 2026 at 7.30pm