Clerk's Report 2nd October 2023
CLERK’S REPORT 2ND OCTOBER 2023
Action Points from Previous Meetings
4th September 2023
Para 63 –Defibrillator bid- Email received to say that bid is now open. Decision on site needs to be made. There has to be an electricity supply.
Para 66- Transfer of funds-not undertaken as only allowed to transfer £10,000 as a minimum.
Para 68- Community Speed Watch- email sent to Spilsby Town Council. Reply received that there are to be two sessions this week and email forwarded to Councillors to enable them to attend.
Para 72- Parish Rooms Hire – was placed on Finance Committee Meeting Agenda
25th September
Para 4- Parish Rooms- I will write to the regular hirers once the hire increase has been ratified.
Hirer’s Agreement still to be reviewed.
Google Page still to be set up. Once photographs have been received I will be able to do this.
Full inventory for the Asset Register/Insurance still to be carried out.
Report
The three drawer cabinet has now been received from Caistor Town Council and I have ordered more drop files to allow for a more effective filing and retrieval system.
I am still working through the list of issues with the Parish Rooms. There is now a window which is leaking. The Fire and Safety Check was carried out on Wednesday 27th September and all is in order.
I have not been able to start the training of the replacement Clerk as they were on holiday. I do have a concern that two months may not be long enough to train them.
I still have a large task list which I am working through. Meetings and meeting preparations is very time consuming and along with the finance work, leave little time for reducing the list.
Correspondence
I received an email of complaint from a resident regarding certain issues within the Parish Council. I have sent them a copy of the Complaints Policy and asked they put their complaints on the form provided and return it to me. When it is received, I will pass it to the Parish Council for consideration for a reply.
BONNY SMITH
LOCUM PARISH CLERK
1/10/2023