Council Meeting, 27 July 2022

HELMDON PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES
of the meeting of Helmdon Parish Council, held in the Reading Room, Church
Street, Helmdon on 27 July 2022 at 7:30pm.
Present: Cllrs Harris, Marchant (Vice-Chair), Moody (Chair), Plunkett, Thorpe, and Charmaine Jay (Clerk)
In attendance: 1 member of the public
036. To receive and approve apologies for absence
Apologies were received from Cllrs Bearman, Gray, Hosea and Wheeler
RESOLVED: To approve Cllrs Bearman, Gray, Hosea and Wheelers absence.
037.
Declarations of Interest
Cllr Moody expressed interest in item 042 due to being CEO of Northants CALC
038.
Approval and signature of the minutes of June 22, 2022
RESOLVED: That the minutes be signed without amendment.
039.
Matters arising
No update received from Playdale. Update required for September meeting.
Defibrillator is not owned by the Parish Council but would like to pursue training.
040. Open forum (15min max- 3 min per person)
• It was questioned as to why Helmdon Parish Council do not Zoom their meetings for residents. Its due to acoustics and vision that the meetings are not put on Zoom.
041. To receive an update from HS2 liaison officer from recent meetings.
HS2 are keen to get a cycle path established from Brackley to Towcester.
There have been various complaints and now all staff at the site are wearing body cameras.
The Oak tree has now been adopted by Radstone.
RESOLVED: Cllr Marchant to update in September meeting.
042.
Finance a. To receive the financial report and consider invoices to be paid
NOTE: Cllr Moody (chair) left the room due to declaration of interest
RESOLVED: That the following bills be approved for payment:
Payee
DCK Payroll
R&G
Northants
CALC
Reading Room
Northants
CALC
Northants
CALC
Charles Binns
Danny Moody
Invoice number
3264
118722
1975
Purpose
Amount
£12.00
£273.60
£635.95
337
2140
Payroll services
Grass Cutting
Yearly
Membership
RR Hire
Training
2219
CIL training
£45.60
N/A
N/A
Snapshot book
Snapshot book
Total
£23.50
£59.13
£1164.78
£80.00
£35.00
NOTE: Cllr Moody returned to the meeting b. To receive recommendation from Finance Committee for Charmaine Jay to authorise payments for:
i. DCK Payroll ii. R & G (Grass Cutting)
RESOLVED: The recommendation for Charmaine Jay to authorise payments for DCK
Payroll and R & G (Grass Cutting) was approved and it was noted to report payments every meeting.
043. To note the Civility and Respect Pledge
(i) to update and adopt our Code of Conduct
RESOLVED: To re-adopt the previous Code of Conduct
(ii) to adopt a Dignity at Work policy
RESOLVED: To not approve the Dignity at Work policy and therefore to not sign the
Civility and Respect Pledge.
044. To consider two delegates to attend the Northants CALC 75th Annual
Conference on 1st October 2022
RESOLVED: Cllr Plunkett will be in attendance of the Northants CALC 75th Annual
Conference
045.
To consider parking on Station Road Green
It was discussed regarding cars parking on the green on Station Road
RESOLVED: Cllr Moody to draft a letter to residents in Station Road.
Cllr Marchant raised issues with parking at the bottom of Church Street.
046.
Close
RESOLVED: To close the meeting (20.22)
Next meeting is 28th September 2022.
Next Finance Committee meeting 15th September 2022.